Well…at pool on wed, Tom and I were trying to remember the name of the people who owned a gas station/bait shop that used to be right next to the bar where we shoot…and, I think I have it…Gilmore’s….pretty sure that’s what it was…I do remember the gas brand was a strange one…White Rose Gas…so maybe that’s it…I can remember pulling in there and getting about 8 gallons of gas for two bucks….and that was before self serve….
I guess there are no rules for the right…
Well….if you have been following politics for a long time as I have, you will no doubt remember the rule that the repubs used to have..”never speak ill of another repub”….looking at what is going on now, that rule has been shredded and dumped down the sewer. You only have to look at the spat between ole Donald and Ben Carson when the Donald compared ole Ben to a child molester to start and then trotted out some tried and true racist dog whistles to go after him since he is rising in the polls. Then ole Ben shot back with the comment that “he is terribly sad for Donald” and it is bad to see him “implode before our eyes”….now, I can see the ads that are going to be run if either of these idiots gets nominated and it won’t be pretty since they will use the words of other repubs to attack the nominee and the dems won’t even have to write anything. Contrast that to the deep policy discussions that are going on on our side….now, I am not naive enough to think that no one on our side will go negative…after all, negativity works in some instances and we do want to win…I am laughing at the lack of discipline on the right when they have lived by staying on the talking point message so well over the past few years…just hope they keep it up….
November 13th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I got a lot done but paid for it…have been eating antihistamines like candy and still feel like crap…slept okay last night and feel okay today but I am grumpy since I can’t ride again today…the wind is just too damn high to go out and get any flow going…I am going to try to get out this aft if the winds go down since I do need the exercise….I do need to take some ibuprofen again since everything hurts again and I think it is from standing so long and using new muscles yesterday…but, today I really don’t have anything to do so I think I may make this a veg day and just watch some sports…I think my chopstick fix of the leak in the car is working since it didn’t leak at all yesterday with all the rain and running errands…..not much to do today….going to just have coffee and take it easy for a little while and then get on the weight machine for a hour but that will be about it…things have gotten back to normal around here and I think I just want to enjoy that for a while….more later…
Two more for the B-3 count…
Well…just finished up the work that I had to do today…it took longer than I expected….but, were back to the Hammond B-3 count and just saw two more groups that use the B-3..Umphree’s McGee and The String Cheese Incident were on AXS tv doing concerts today and both had a B-3 on stage….so let’s add two more groups and keep the count going….can’t remember if I put Buddy Guy in the count yet but if I haven’t, he needs to go in, too….
November 12th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I won at pool so that was cool…and they came and finished my bathroom ceiling so that makes things easier in the morning….it was so nice that I had the top down in short sleeves on the way out and back but today is just ugly out there and it looks like no bike ride today…I have a lot of work to do around here so that works out pretty well…have had cramps in my right big toe for a couple of days now and that is kind of weird…I think I’m clenching it on the bike and will have to remember to relax when I go out…it is nice to have everything back to normal around here and it will be a relaxing day today…I hope….still need to take some ibuprofen this morning since my forearms are sore for some reason and it will probably help my back, too…not much to do today…just work around here, laundry and cleaning…and I need to finish off the leftovers so I can cook again…more later…
Oh, one last thing, happy birthday to Neil Young…70 frickin years old today…wow….
November 11th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and the nice lunch with T helped the rest of it…slept crappy again last night and feel it today…and, the time out with G didn’t help…and not getting on the bike while I was waiting for the idiots to come and finish the bathroom didn’t help either….they did promise that they will come this morning so we’ll see if that happens…my back has been really sore the past few days and I haven’t been able to get it to crack like normal…it even hurts on the bike which spikes every time I use my right leg….bitch, bitch, bitch….I am grumpy with my life being disrupted for the past two weeks..but, I did get a nice new coffee mug from T yesterday and that makes me smile a bit…the thing is huge and red since it is a Salvation Army mug so I guess I’ll have to fill it half way….not much to do today…pool of course and then I’ll have to clean my bathroom but I think I’ll let that wait til tomorrow…more later….
Some musings…or bitching…
Well…another day goes by and they still didn’t come to fix my bathroom so I had to go to the office to bitch…maybe they’ll come tomorrow…I am starting to get a little pissed about this whole ordeal and the disruption it is having on my life…..I was going to talk about the repub debate tonight but I am so bored with all the hate and ignorance that I won’t watch this one….I’ll let other people that get paid to do it watch it and I’ll just comment on the analysis tomorrow….it was a nice lunch with T today but I didn’t shoot pool…Tom had to reschedule and that worked out okay since it gave me time to go to the office and bitch….I did get the top down on the car and it was really quite nice….might be able to do that again tomorrow but then the weather is going to go to hell so I won’t be on the bike or have the top down until next week….okay…that’s about enough…I know there’s not really any content here but you see that sometimes….
November 10th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but this one is going to be different….my internet is going to be down periodically for the next three days so there may not be as much content added as would be usual…this goes with the guys not coming to finish my bathroom ceiling yesterday and I am starting to get really annoyed about that…I have work to do around here and can’t do that with people coming in and out…aaargh….I mean, how long should it take to replace a 2×4 foot piece of drywall? Going to bitch to the office here if it’s not done today….I would like to get the damn thing cleaned and be able to put my stuff back out….slept okay last night and had some strange, recurring dreams that are boring me…I do have lunch with T to look forward to along with pool today but I don’t think I’ll have enough time to get a bike ride in and shower before that…so it looks like I’ll be off the bike today…damn….more later….
Starbucks declares war on Christmas…
Well…I kinda figured you were tired of me writing about ole Ben Carson so I thought I’d go another direction today….if you haven’t heard, Starbucks has declared war on Christmas….at least according to some of the really crazy religionists on the right…and, how are they doing that you may ask? They have taken aim at Christmas by taking the snowflakes and reindeer off of their cups! I tell you it’s a travesty…Christmas will be ruined now that you can only get plain red cups for your coffee in the morning! Yeah, that sounds pretty ridiculous, huh? But, there are a bunch of nuts on the right who have taken this seriously to the point that a rant video by one of these nuts had gotten over 10 million hits…and write-ups in many of the mainstream newspapers followed…and not even tongue in cheek like my rant here…I wonder if we are going to have to endure this crap for the next two months when someone somewhere doesn’t celebrate Christmas to the satisfaction of these crazies…I know it will give me something to ridicule but I mean, really? Don’t these folks have anything better to do? I’ll bet Starbucks is shaking with the threat of a boycott…okay, I even laughed at that one….geez…
November 9th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get anything done…I think I’m going to stop feeling bad about that….I did get to watch a lot of sports so that was cool…and I got a nice bike ride in so I guess the day wasn’t a total waste….feel really crappy this morning and I think it’s from not eating enough yesterday…damn…not sure how I fix that…I know…eat more…but that’s harder than it looks….slept okay and had more Miata dreams of not being able to find where I parked it…not sure what that is about either….that’s not even a fear of mine…wonder if it’s literally about losing it? Hmmm….not too sore today and I think the bug might be breaking since I am coughing less this morning but I still feel crappy so maybe not….not much to do today…I hope they finish the damn bathroom today since it is so fricking annoying prepping for the work every day….I think I’ll take it easy and just feel better….more later….