Well…the dems in the senate finally got off their butts and started the process of reining in the dhs and ICE when they separated out their funding and have vowed not to pass it until the thuggery and killings stop…the rest of the government can keep functioning since that funding deadline of last night was met and now can’t be held hostage to insulate ICE from reform…I for one thinks both the DHS and ICE should be abolished since they are the two departments who are most involved with shredding the Constitution and our rights…and I think a good start would be to cut funding for each by 50%, prohibiting them from covering their faces, and prosecuting any agent who violates anyone’s rights…and that would mean an automatic firing of any agent caught and keeping them from the revolving door of police departments across the country…something is being done even though it is small…geez…
Monthly Archives: January 2026
Too darn bright out there…
Well…just finished up shoveling the snow, what little we got, and there is not a cloud in the sky and I am not used to how bright it is out there…after it being cloudy every day this year, this is too bright…but I’ll take it as long as it means no snow…still cold as crap but there is very little wind and I’ll take that, too…still wrapping my head around the idea that I’ve had cancer for a second time and dodged the bullet again with the surgeon getting all of it…again…let’s hope there is no third time…have everything done that I planned on doing so I’m going to take the rest of the day off to read and watch soccer…still no pain from the incision and my back even appears to be healing after shoveling so much snow but my right thumb hurts just typing so I guess I’ll have to treat it in a bit…time to make lunch…
January 31st
Well…damn, another night of crappy sleep with getting up at 2:44 and then dragging my butt out of bed at 5:40 and in between staring at the ceiling…feel pretty beat after the cancer diagnosis and the stress from life…didn’t get a lot done yesterday and I really don’t want to do anything today but I do need to get on the weights here soon and get two rides in…the incision is itching like crazy and I think that means it’s healing…at least I hope that’s the case…it only got down to 11 overnight and that is where the high has been for too long…the cold is really wearing on me but I’m going to grit my teeth and take it for the next month…maybe this year February won’t be the coldest month…I don’t think it snowed overnight so maybe I won’t have to shovel today…just need the coffee to work right now so I can get started…more later…
It’s cancer…
Well…just got the biopsy results and it is invasive squamous cell carcinoma…crap, cancer twice now and I really do need to start watching my skin and get this stuff treated sooner…one good thing is that it probably won’t need further treatment and now I understand why the incision is so big…they had to go down into the lower dermal layers to get it all…the 5 year survival rate after treatment is 99% so I’m not too concerned…but damn, cancer really is trying to kill me and I don’t like it one bit…I’m glad everything timed out to get it treated after only a couple of months…not sure if I should be happy or concerned…I guess I’ll find that out after they take the stitches out in a week….
Giving up ice hockey?
Well…man, the idiot trump is really one of the stupidest people on the planet…as you know, he has been attacking Canada again because they are finalizing a huge trade deal with China that cuts the US out since they are tired of trump’s threats to put 100% tariffs on every Canadian product and raw material…and then we had Mark Carney calling out idiot boy at Davos…and the idiot’s latest attack is a head scratcher at best and another sign that trump really is losing his mind…yesterday, when throwing a tantrum about Canada/China, the moron said “the first thing they’re going to do is say you can’t play ice hockey anymore…” where the hell did that come from? Hockey has nothing to do with trade and I think idiot boy is just fuming that people are starting to ignore him and he just can’t take it…keep it up Canada…geez…
January 30th
Well…darn, up at 4:14 and out of bed by 5am again and I’m worn out…and it’s 2 degrees out there an I’m really tired of the cold…I do have to run an errand to pick up the prescription for my face that is going to cost 31 bucks but I can live with that…still can’t sleep on my right side and that is causing lots of pain in my neck that I’ll have to stretch out to try to help that…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but the normal stuff and that looks the same for today…have leftovers to eat today but I am going to make a roast beef sandwich with horseradish sauce with the beef I got for a buck at DD and I’ll pretend I got it from Arby’s….will heat it to make it complete…face is still healing okay…no redness or infection so the scar shouldn’t be too bad…have to start figuring out what I need to take with me Monday for the dogsitting…food, coffee, and electronics to get me through two days…really can’t wait to get back here Tuesday….not much to do today…just going to read and start looking for what to do in Italy when we go later this year….more later…
An easier day…
Well…today was an easier day today with just a little snow overnight that took about 20 minutes to clear…then the normal stuff that I got a late start on for some reason…my incision seems to be healing pretty well and the swelling is going down and I still can’t believe I’ve had no pain at all after the topical wore off…pretty cool…my daughter is getting the Italy trip firmed up and has booked some cool old world hotels for us to stay in,…we even have an apartment in Rome that is cheaper than two hotel rooms would be…I need to get started on what I want to see in the three cities we are going be in…in Florence we can take the train from the airport and then a water taxi to our hotel…that will be fun…going to be cold again tonight down to about 2…brrr…have to run an errand in the morning to pick up the prescription that is going to treat all of keratosis on my face and scalp to keep them from turning into cancer…I did figure out that if I run the car for 10 minutes on really cold days, the car shifts perfectly fine so it must just be the standard gear lube they have in there…I’ll have that changed once spring gets here….time to read…
Same old lies…
Well…if you saw the news analysts buying the lie that removing Dan Bovino would “soften” the ICE terrorism in Minnesota, today showed to the world that it was just that, a lie…the new guy Homan, who was filmed taking a 50,000 dollar bribe and then having it swept under the rug by the idiot trump’s FBI, Homan came out today to say that they might remove some of the ICE agents if they got “cooperation” but if they didn’t he would send even more of his thugs into Minneapolis…now doesn’t that sound just like a mob boss talking? Typical protection racket talk from this thug of an administration…so now if the people exercise their constitutional rights by protesting, they are going to pay…he’s even sent his ICE thugs to the home of protesters to try to intimidate them…this is not frickin normal and no one should accept that it is…impeachment is going to be on the table after the fall election and we may even get a conviction in the senate this time…until then we need to stay in the streets to put pressure on the dems to not cooperate like the 7 traitor dems who voted for more ICE funding…geez…
January 29th
Well…another day of not getting out of bed til 5:44 and that is a win in my book…not sure why that is happening but it’s probably from being so worn out from getting out of bed before 5am for a week or so..we have another winter weather advisory on for today and I am so damn sick of the snow…need to get out tomorrow to pick up a prescription so I’ll be shoveling the alley again and my body is wearing out…and it’s only 13 degrees and getting down below zero tonight and I’m tired of the cold, too….just damn tired…but I need to get moving and get the weight work started so I can do two rides this morning…got a bunch of food that is bad for me at DD yesterday…even bought some turkey bologna for 99 cents for a pound along with some thin sliced roast beef and it will be the first time I’ve had beef in a long time…not much to do today…just need to get through the exercise to see how I fare after that…more later…
Bruce Springsteen “the Streets of Minneapolis”
Well…Bruce Springsteen has just released a song called “The Streets of Minneapolis” and it’s a good one…it calls out the thugs Miller, Noem, and trump by name and I think it will be playd at every “ICE out” rally in the future…and you can tell he really hates trump and what his thugs are doing to this country…thank you, Bruce…