Well…whenever I look at any of the idiot trump’s cabinet and other officials that work for him, I see a bunch of morons who are all in over their heads…and that was shown this week when AG Pam Bondi held a breathless press conference to crow about drug overdose deaths being down during the adderal in chiefs term….just one slight problem with that…the chart she pointed to had data from 2015 to 2024…and guess what president was not president in 2024? Yep, the idiot trump…and the bribe taking AG was so dumb she didn’t even notice it or she didn’t care because all they do is lie…and let’s remember why Bondi is the AG…she took a 30,000 dollar bribe to drop the suit against trump university when she was the AG of Florida…so, stupid and corrupt is a qualification for any job with the idiot trump….geez…
Sleepy trump…
Well…what the hell happened to the media who harped on Joe Biden’s health for all 4 years of his term? Then they give the idiot trump a pass on his ill health and the fact the his staff is basically carrying him every day as he falls asleep in every meeting he has…and now he whines that they need to give him less to do…less than nothing would be a hard place to get to…he seems to have the energy to golf almost every damn week that has cost us over 100 million dollars just in 2025 alone…I would counsel him to either up his adderall intake or cut it out so he can sleep since he is up rage posting until all hours of the morning…I haven’t seen one damn in depth article dealing with idiot boy’s obvious declining health…another part of the conspiracy of the billionaires who own all of the media in this country…geez…
January 1st
Well…didn’t get out of bed til 6am today and I’m already feeling like a slug for it…need to be on the bike by 7 to get the two rides in before 9…the new year begins and I haven’t thought about what that means yet…I never thought I’d live to be this old…after all, my father died at 56 and that used to be the normal age to go out…it’s only 18 degrees out there right now and we got another 4 inches of snow that I’ll be out shoveling after the rides…still don’t have to cook with the big ham in the fridge but I do want to have some chili dogs or I’ll have to freeze the dogs I took out earlier in the week…I may run out to DD tomorrow to get some smoked sausage they have on sale but I wonder how that will affect my cholesterol…and they have self rising pepperoni pizzas for 2/5 bucks that I can embellish with ham, onion, and olives…haven’t had a pizza in a year but I don’t have room to put one in the freezer…I guess I can clean some stuff out of there…not much to do today…just need to get off my butt and get moving but sitting here has way too much attraction…happy new year….
Last day of the year…
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!
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…