Well…this year as in every year when we get to the last day I like to do a recap of the year and I think I’ll start with the mileage I’ve ridden this year…5,283 miles outdoors, 3,668 miles indoors for a total of 8,951 miles…not a record but damn close to 9,000…and the indoor miles are a record for me…more than 500 miles farther than I’ve ever ridden indoors…and today marks the 805th day in a row I’ve been on the bikes…I think I’m going to try for a 5 figure year in 2026 but it will be a loose goal that I’m not going to stress over…financially it has been an okay year with too many big ticket items like my dentures and the new tires for the car but those were one time expenses that won’t have to be repeated…still have a comfortable amount of money in the bank so I don’t have financial worries and my house gained 11% in value this year so I’ve got at least 100K in equity that I can play with if I have to…my health keeps ticking along with no big scares but I do need to work on my cholesterol since it is up year over year but I’m still not taking anything for it and my doctor doesn’t seem too concerned…I’ve really enjoyed getting back into reading over the year and I have 5 more books sitting on the table to get to over the next week…I really do think reading so much has sharpened my brain and made it clearer than it was…and that is supported by many studies that say it helps to prevent dementia and that is about the only thing I worry about…so, it’s been a good year and I look forward to next year and getting back outside on the bike…Happy New Year!
Monthly Archives: December 2025
Trump has killed the bourbon industry…
Well…earlier this week, I talked about Jim Beam shutting down production for all of 2026 but that was just a start of the carnage that the idiot trump has inflicted on the bourbon industry…earlier this week Jack Daniels laid off 25% of their workforce and bankruptcies are rippling across the country with one company that has been in business since 1879 closing their doors…and it’s all because of the stupid trade war that the idiot trump, with his 4th grade knowledge of economics, continues…and the tariffs he imposed…this has cost every sector of the economy from wines to agricultural products and everything else…and his voters still think he’s an economic genius, even the 50% of the South Dakota farmers who are in danger of losing their farms…and all I can say is they deserve it…every damn person who voted for this moron should personally feel the consequences of their stupidity and racism…geez…
December 31st
Well…that was a little better…didn’t get out of bed until almost 6 this morning but I still feel pretty worn out and I may give myself an easy day on the bike and only do one ride…we have another winter weather advisory on for today and will probably get another 4 inches of snow but I really don’t have any place to be so I’ll just relax about that one…I should make a run to DD since they have self rising pizzas on sale for 2 for 5 bucks and I have ham, onions, and olives to put on it and I haven’t had pizza this year…might be a good way to end the year…BP is still good with 123/69 the first reading of the day and we’ll see later if the good news holds…I’ll be posting the mileage on the bike for the year later…didn’t make it to 9,000 miles but pretty close…need to reset the computers on the bikes today and we’ll get started on the new year tomorrow…I’ve ridden for 804 days straight but I should keep that for a riding post later…not much to do today…going to clean my bedroom since there is a lot of dust and cobwebs in there and I think I’ll do the bedding today, too…more later…
The new dosage could be working…
Well…after one day on the new dosage of BP meds, it appears to be working with my waking BP of 117/71 and the 2nd one of the day at around 1pm was 120/66…the later one for the past couple of months has been in the upper 130’s but I’m not going to jump any conclusions until I have a few days of data to look at…at least it didn’t go up…it would be really cool if this one little change, going from 2.5 milligrams to 5 milligrams did the trick…but one thing I have to watch for is it getting too low and getting dizzy from it…
A busy day…
Well…It’s been a busy day but I’m finally done just a little before 1pm…got all of my exercise done before I headed out for the grocery run and, even with 6 inches of snow in the alley, I was able to cruise right out and back in with no problem…the new tires are great except on glare ice and I think I have to remember to push the clutch in coming up to stop light since the car has so much compression the back tires want to slide on ice…new tires, new car and I have to get used to both of them in the snow…I looked at a pork shoulder at Meijers but the smallest one was 10 pounds and there is no way I’m paying 20 bucks for a pork shoulder…so I took some all beef dogs out of the freezer and I’ll make some chili dogs this weekend…then I shoveled the snow when I got back here and did a little cleaning…now it’s time to read until Man U plays at 3:15…
A couple of things…
Well…haven’t found anything yet that would be a full blown political topic so I’ll use a couple of light topics to make a post…the Kennedy Center is cratering since idiot boy defaced it by putting his name on it illegally and lots of acts are pulling out and cancelling their performances…so that meant the christmas eve and new years eve went dark this year for the first time since it opened…and every day there is another cancellation…pretty soon they should just close it…as always, everything idiot boy touches dies…the second part is a short blurb I read about South Dakota soybean farmers and the damage that the idiot trump has wreaked on them…this report said that more than 50% of them are in danger of losing their farms and are still clinging to the delusion that idiot by is going to get the Chinese market back for them…not going to happen when, as I posted the other day, China is investing billions of dollars to expand ports in South America to more easily import their farm products and raw materials…and these repub farmers who complain mightily about “moochers” getting government help stand there with their hands out for the bailout idiot boy has promised them…hypocrites all…geez…
December 30th
Well…up at 5:15 again today but I slept through the night so it’s a little different…still feel pretty crappy but I’ll get moving soon and get on the weight work by 6am…want to get the rides in before the grocery run so I don’t have anything to do for the rest of the day…my BP is really down this morning to 117 and I’m curious to see if the change in meds works…going to pick up the new meds at Meijers this morning but I am going to use up the old ones by doubling it up…it’s nice that I can have coffee today and I have a new pot that just brewed…it’s only 23 out there right now and it’s going to be cold for a while but I hope it doesn’t snow too much…it is nice that I don’t have to worry about getting around anymore…I did get a call from the dermatologist and have an appointment for late January to have the lesion taken off my face…my fair skin is cancer prone and I have to stay on top of it…not much to do today…going to pick up a pork shoulder to cook in the instant pot and I really look forward to doing it later in the week…more later…
Reynaud’s is hereditary
Well…after I got the diagnosis of having Reynaud’s syndrome today…I told my daughter about it and she revealed that she has it too…so then I went out to research it and found that it is hereditary…so she got it from me…not that I feel bad about that because who controls the things they pass on to their children? At least it’s just annoying and not life threatening and the funny thing is it’ pretty wide spread since the NP I saw for my appointment also has it…and mild cases like mine are nothing to worry about…I guess you can earn something every day…it is so nice to get back to my normal routine and I think I’ll watch a movie tonight and have a cocktail…going to try a benadryl to sleep tonight since I have a bottle of 600 of them in the drawer and I haven’t really slept in week…
Ignore the supreme court…
Well…with all of the ruling that the supreme court has done that favors the people who are bribing them and gives repubs everything they want, the time has come for the states to start ignoring their rulings until we take the house and senate back and reform the court…this has come from the right wing justices who have no ethics and who don’t feel the need to follow the law or precedent; just making it up to get the results they want that will favor their biases… there has never been such a corrupt court in the history of this country and three of the justices really should be in jail for taking bribes and then ruling for the people who bribed them…the senate has the power to investigate and set rules that the court has to follow…and that should happen first thing we take the senate back…we can’t afford to have the oozing corruption continue to poison this country…geez…
Healthy…
Well…just got back from the doctor’s office and I made it quite easily even with the atrocious conditions out there…it rained until about 7am and then the temp dropped and the snow and wind has been howling since…6 inches of snow in the alley and the car just chugged right through it without spinning a wheel…pretty cool…so I’m sitting here with a clean bill of health except for my BP and they are adjusting the meds to try to help that…just a little too high still…I did find out I have Reynaud’s disease that causes my fingers to turn white when they are cold but unless I have huge pain, you just ignore it and massage it to get the color back…oh, well…having my first cup of coffee and it feels good to have nowhere else to go til tomorrow when I’m doing the grocery run and hitting the library…more later…