Well…it was an okay day yesterday but it was another one that I didn’t get anything done….slept okay last night and feel okay today but just a little slow…did hear from 3 of the 4 kids yesterday and that was cool….got a good bike ride in and feel good about that and will do the same this morning after the workout….l was hoping that it would storm and get ride of the humidity but it looks like that won’t happen…it’s almost warm enough to hit the beach one of these mornings and that might just happen this week…I do like to get the swim in early and there is not much else going on….not much to do today…just the normal routine and I do need to clean the kitchen but that will be about it…I am already sweating like crazy just sitting here so I should be soaked on the ride today…more later…
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June 19th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get a lot done….did get a nice bike ride in and watched a lot of races so that was cool…and LeMans is still on right now and I am waiting for the F1 race to start in a while…slept okay last night and feel kind of crappy this morning…slept on my left eye and it is fuzzy so I am having a hard time even seeing this as I type…..I’m not sore, though, so that’s something….will have to wait to get on the bike until after the races and that is okay…might have to sunscreen before I go out since I have the ugliest biker tan going on….may have to lay out later today to start evening it out….not much to do today….going to kind of lay low and just veg out the day…more later…
Bye, bye Pavel…
Well…it’s the day we all saw coming but we hoped would never get here…Pavel Datsyuk announced today that he is retiring from the NHL to go home to Russia. There is something about Russia that seem to pull it’s people back to their homeland, and Pavel is no different…he just wanted to go home to be with his teenage daughter and the rest of his family…and who can fault that? I will always remember his magic on the ice, and his sense of humor that came through even his broken english….he could do things on the ice that earned him the nickname “the Magic Man” and, as he has gotten older, he wanted to take what’s left of the magic and play in front of Russian fans to finish out his career…he is 37, after all, and age catches up with even magic…we will miss him playing for the Red Wings, but the highlight reels are still there to help us remember what he meant to us…bye, bye, Pavel…and good luck!
June 18th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I won at pool so that was cool…and the drive out and back was fun but the 3 beers were hitting me pretty hard and I’m not sure what that was about other than I didn’t eat much yesterday…slept okay last night but feel a little slow today…tried to get the pedal off the bike and it was a no go….might have to take the arm off and heat it but I’m not too worried about it since the pedal is still good…my mp-3 player gave me a scare this morning when it wouldn’t work going out to get the papers….must have left it on when I got home yesterday aft and ran the battery completely dead…it is charging now and that takes a load off….it is going to be a cool race day today with the 24 hours of LeMans, and F1 this morning…so, I am going to wait to get on the bike until later or I may even take the day off…not sure yet….more later….oh, forgot to do the not much to do today…going to clean a little and make an omelet for lunch…remembered to get the green pepper and cheese this morning so I can make a good one….now, more later…
Another one for the B-3 count…
Well…back to do another one on my obsession with the Hammond B-3 organ and the bands that used it…was watching a concert with the original lineup of the Beach Boys the other day and there it was… a B-3 sitting on the side of the stage but this one was painted white which was quite weird but still easily recognizable…so, add another one to the B-3 count…
June 17th
Well…running a little early today since I want to see the F1 practice at 9 and need to get the bike ride in before then…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get anything done…and today looks much the same…but I am going to make some cash today so that will be cool….feel okay today but shouldn’t…it was a cocktail night last night and I stayed up late for me….okay…need to get going…not much to do today…pool later but busy this morning so I will end here and come back later when I have time…not even going to have my second cup of coffee until I get back….more later….
Hypocrisy, hypocrisy, hypocrisy…
Well…I didn’t know if it was possible for me to hate one person as much as I hate Ted Cruz…but, guess what? It IS possible after his speech in the senate today that was dripping with so much hypocrisy I wonder why he didn’t drown in it. Everyone knows that ole Ted is one of the biggest haters of the LGBT community in the entire US and has made that known through his associations with people and organizations that advocate the killing of LGBT people if they can’t be “converted” by christianity….and these same groups have been instrumental in taking the culture wars to Africa…where, in Uganda, they have worked their dark magic to get the government there to make being gay a crime that is punishable by life in prison but their first iteration of the legislation basically let anyone kill anyone that is found to be gay. These are the people that ole Ted still supports so when he comes out and announces his sorrow at the killings in Orlando, he is being the biggest hypocrite in the US…he doesn’t give a damn about LGBT people and never has…just another of his calculated lies that he thinks will get him the repub nomination in 4 years….geez….
Synchronized bunny running and other trail stuff…
Well…I am amazed how much difference it makes to the bike just replacing a cracked pedal that flexed a bunch….now my right foot stays on the pedal without having to stress my hip at all…and the pain is almost gone…but, that’s not what this is about…a few days back, as I was in the fastest downhill that has a left-right-left fast curve in it, the damnedest thing happened…just in front of me, three bunnies on each side of the trail ran out and crossed right in front of me and then disappeared into the brush…now, I’m sure they didn’t practice that move but it couldn’t have been better synchronized if they did…I laughed my butt off for the rest of the ride at that sight…oh, one more thing…this morning as I was just starting my ride, a groundhog ran out onto the trail, between my wheels, and I whacked him with my right pedal, sending him rolling down the trail…I looked back to see if he was hurt and he just sat up, shook his head, and then took off into the brush….not sure why these animals have such a deathwish, or maybe they are just having fun? Who knows? Still funny….
June 16th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I got a few things done…finally…and have a spider free bathroom, for today anyway…slept normally and crappy but feel okay today…it feels nice to have a cool breeze blowing through here this morning but it is going to be hot over the weekend…might even have to put the air on to sleep….I did get the broken pedal replaced on the bike but can’t get the left hand threaded one off…just don’t have enough leverage…so, Tom…I need a 5/8 open ended wrench and a piece of pipe or something for a cheater bar…I’ll e-mail later….no pain today but I did get some more ibuprofen this morning and I may try that before the bike just to keep the cramps out of my calves….not much to do today….there is soccer on in a minute and I want to see England play so the bike ride will be put back for a while unless the game is not interesting…more later……
Keep talking Donald…just keep talking…
Well….I think all we need to do in this election is just let the Donald keep talking…the more he talks the dumber he appears and the more his poll numbers tank….in fact…after the Orlando speech debacle, his unfavorables have hit a never before seen 70%…that means that 70% of the people in the US now have an unfavorable view of Donald….this number would better fit with a murderer or a serial killer; not a candidate for president from one of our major political parties…but, that doesn’t matter to him…he is so delusional that he truly believes that polling didn’t exist before he came along….”I think I’ve made polling a very important thing. ‘Cause I never used to hear about the polls.” How much more isolated of a person can there be? That polls don’t exist because he didn’t notice them before? We just need this guy to keep talking and we will not even need to spend any money on the election….typical rich repub….that nothing exists unless they can see it personally…what a maroon….geez…