Well….it was an okay day yesterday but I am grumpy this morning…no newspapers to go with my coffee and that just puts me out of sorts…slept okay last night but I am still sore and I need to figure out why I can’t crack my back….it was a total veg out day yesterday but today will be different with pool this aft for the second time this week…will be good to get out…the leak is back in the car and I think it is from not latching it correctly….re latched it and it stopped leaking so I hope that’s it….I really should clean today but I’m not sure I will….there are a few other things I need to get done around here so maybe I’ll just do that….not much to do today…going to try to get the bike ride in later but it is still raining and dark right now so I think I’ll just have coffee and wait a while…more later…
Happy Thanksgiving….
Well…another day of not having any ideas leads me to this…just describing what happened today….I did make a turkey and all the rest of the normal stuff but it was all cleaned up and put away by 2 o’clock….it came out pretty good but I don’ think I’ll use apple juice again….nice and juicy, though, so that was cool….I am still so stuffed that I probably won’t need to eat again for a few days….I did get a bike ride in this morning and only got a little wet…but, I think I’ll say goodbye to the shorts for the year….on the bike anyway and I’ve gotten to t-day in shorts again so I can wear jeans tomorrow if I want…might not but I can….it has been an okay day…but, I am going to end here so I can have a cocktail and watch some shows…
November 26th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done…slept okay last night but my back is still sore and it is getting annoying…even hurts down my left leg and that will be bad if it stops raining and I can get out on the bike….I do have the pie in the oven and it smells good in here and that will get even better when I put the turkey in later…brined it over night with rosemary and apple juice and I can’t wait for the one turkey that I make every year….going to slather it with butter so the skin gets brown, too….going to be a lazy day today and I don’t think I’ll do much around here but eat and nap….and come back for a couple of these if I can get some inspiration…oh, I did get something done yesterday…I lubed the bows on the top to get them to stop squeaking….was supposed to meet up with T for a couple but her day got away from her so I didn’t….okay…need more coffee…more later….
Just don’t want to get more behind…
Well…just sitting here waiting for the Man U match to start and thought I’d do another one so I don’t fall farther behind this month. After seeing the tape of the kid getting shot in Chicago last year…he was walking away from the cops and a new one rolls up and just starts shooting the kid in the back…shot him 16 times and would have kept going but other cops stopped him…they are finally going to charge the cop with murder but, my question is: “why did it take 13 months to charge this guy?” I think it’s all part of the cozy relationship that this prosecutor has with the cops, getting a large part of her re-election money from the police union…now….I am normally a fan of unions, but when we see them conspiring with the prosecutors to subvert justice, I think they should be de-certified and the officers charged. Just can’t believe this crap goes on and on in this country….geez….
November 25th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I lost at pool…again…but that was cool…didn’t put the top down yesterday and it was kind of pleasant being warm but I may drop it today if I go out this aft….slept okay last night and feel pretty good this morning and I’m not sure why….the bug is almost gone and my lungs are so much better but it has taken almost a month to get back where I feel okay…did get a bike ride in yesterday…finally…but had to do the almost full thermasuit…but I now know that I can go out in the mid 30’s and still be comfortable….the two pairs of glove cramped my hands, though, and my right forearm hurts this morning from it….I do have some stuff to get done this morning…need to brine the turkey this morning but that doesn’t take long…not much to do today…may meet up with T for HH later and that will be fun if it happens…..and I need to clean the bathroom but I’ll have plenty of time to do that over the next 4 days…more later….
November 24th
Well….it was an okay day yesterday and I got the oil changed in the car so that is something…and it helped the oil pressure in the car a bunch so that is cool…slept okay last night and it was a good thing there were no dreams…just didn’t want that same one to come back….still sore but will be getting back on the bike today and I hope that helps…will have to do almost full thermasuit and wait a while so the ice on the trail melts….don’t need to crash and get hurt….other than the oil change, didn’t do much yesterday….I was going to clean but really don’t have to so I didn’t….I do need to work out here in a minute to get back in the groove but I need to finish the coffee first…not much to do today…not sure about pool but I am sure I have lunch with T tomorrow so that is something to look forward to….more later….
Mo Brooks is the worst person in the world…
Well…I really do miss Keith Olbermann and his bit on the worst person in the world…if he was still doing it, this guy, Mo Brooks, a repub rep from Alabama would win the day hands down. Over the weekend this ass, this idiot made it known how bad he is by just one comment…that he thinks the Syrian refugees that are fleeing the violence there are just coming here for a “free vacation”….yep, he actually said that…with over 300,000 murdered or killed in the fighting there, these people fleeing for their lives are taking two years of jumping through hoops, and living in camps, just to get a “free vacation” here in the US. I wonder if the real reason might be that they want to live, that they want their children to live, and they want the chance to wake up in the morning and know their home won’t explode by the end of the day? I am so tired of these guys…you know, I really think it’s a plan by the assholes on the right…continue to be more and more assholey and outrageously crappy human beings and, after a while, people will just get immune to this crap…just like me…my outrage o’ meter has overloaded and it takes worse and worse things to peg it…but this one did….geez…
Some short takes…
Well…not sure if you have been following the news like I have time to do, so I think I’ll do one on some short takes since I am having trouble making sense of a big issue to do a whole one on….first, let’s start with the fascist, racist Donald and his comments the other day on the beating of a protester at one of his rallies….after his racist crowd set upon a BLM protester and beat him, the Donald didn’t say that they shouldn’t…he said the guy deserved it and just shrugged…seems similar to any authoritarian party around the world…dissent is not allowed and is usually met with violence….then we have the second place candidate for the idiot repubs showing his ignorance of everything again…I have a couple of those here that I want to comment on….first, he said that he doesn’t think that there are racial disparities in policing in this country, basically asking the questioner to prove it…which he did but that didn’t stop ole Ben…he just KNOWS it’s not true even though there is a mountain of evidence that shows it is….then ole Ben showed his total lack of historical knowledge by saying that Thomas Jefferson wrote the Constitution when Jefferson was in France in 1787 as the ambassador had nothing to do with it…I can understand his confusion since Jefferson did write the Declaration but cripes…do facts mean anything to this guy? Okay…that’s enough for now….there is a soccer match on and I need to clean my brain out…..
November 23rd
Well…running a little early today since I want to get the oil changed in the car before I run an errand in a while…slept okay last night and feel okay this morning but I seem to be much more sore since I haven’t been on the bike…hope to be able to get out this aft but it will be in half thermasuit…going to have to put long pants on but it is that time I guess…after all, I only have to wear shorts til Thursday…..it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done…just wasn’t that into cleaning and the kitchen is going to get trashed Thursday with t-day so I think I’ll wait to work on that til Friday…..but the Lions won and I am still in shock about that…and Man U won Sat and Michigan won so it was a good weekend for sports…I think I’ll do one on sports later today…not much to do today…the oil change and errand and then back here for basically nothing this aft….more later…
Just another one….
Well…..the damn cursor has disappeared….need to restart….okay back from that one….just wanted to do one more today so I don’t get further behind….decided to change the oil in the car before winter…realized I have almost 7,000 miles on this change and, with the oil pressure drop, it probably wouldn’t be smart to let it go til spring…bought the new oil filter today and it says to change it no longer than 5,000 miles so I guess I’ll get that done tomorrow if the pavement dries out….going to make enough cash to buy the oil in the morning so that is cool….okay…..that’s enough for now….this one is kind of a filler but not really….I did have something to say….