Well…running a little late today and it’s because I feel a little crappy today and I’m not sure why…slept okay even and that means I should feel better but I don’t…hope it’s not a permanent thing like the wrinkles I noticed yesterday….decided to skip the bike ride yesterday since it stayed in the 20’s all day and I just couldn’t make myself get that cold again…but, I am going to give it a try this morning after coffee since it usually makes me feel better and I really need that today…didn’t do much yesterday but run the slow cooker with some chicken and it came out pretty good so I will have food for a few days…need to figure out how to get a little more flavor in it, though, maybe some peas or bay leaves….not much to do today…lunch with T an then out for pool but that is it….more later…
Another thing I don’t understand…
Well…just read an article about the “tips” that the St. Louis police force tweeted the other day for young black kids to follow to make sure they don’t get shot by the police while playing with toy guns…first, don’t ever use them…anywhere, anytime…and if you do and the police come…throw them away and lie down on ground so you don’t look threatening to the police….not like any white guy that is open carrying a rifle on his back into anywhere he wants to…no, not like that…or not like the white guy with an assault rifle that was threatening to blow cops heads off while drunk and in the street….then, the reaction was to politely ask him “what’s wrong, and is there anything we can do to help…” a little different than the reaction Tamir Rice got when he was playing with his toy gun while black…when the police screamed up to him, piled out of the car and shot him within 5 seconds. What is the takeaway here? Don’t be a black kid…anywhere, ever, or you will die by the police….when are we going to do something about this crap? Geez….
December 4th
Well…running really late today with having to do the grocery run and having Brian stop over to just bs for a while…and, I loaded the slow cooker with chicken and mushroom soup with mushrooms, carrots, celery, and onion to cook all day…haven’t even had coffee or read the papers yet…yow, too much work for one morning…I did sleep okay last night and that may the source of the energy this morning…there were Miata dreams again last night but I waited too long to get them down so I really don’t remember them that well…didn’t get out on the bike yesterday since the wind was blowing over 20 and I’m just not going to do that anymore….not much to do today…going to clean a little and try to get out on the bike but that’s about it….more later….
What is wrong with this country?
Well…with all of the attention on the killing in Ferguson, we have to remember that it was not the only killing by police of an unarmed black man that has happened lately. Earlier in the summer, a New York city police officer choked a black man to death because he was selling single cigarettes on the sidewalk…all of this was caught on tape showing that the officer used a choke hold that was specifically made illegal by the department and there was absolutely no aggression by the victim. But, today, another grand jury decided not to indict this ass of an officer…just like in Ferguson, another cop gets away with killing a black man for absolutely no reason….and now, we find today that the cop in Cleveland that killed Tamir Rice…the 12 year old black kid, was fired from a small town police department because he was unstable…but that didn’t matter to Cleveland, they hired this idiot anyway….and this is the result…another dead black person. What is wrong with this country to let this kind of stuff happen…I am at a loss for words…geez….
December 3rd
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but again, I didn’t get much done other than to torture myself on the bike that I still feel right now..sore everywhere and sleeping last night didn’t help…only got about 4 hours broken up by tossing and turning and really working hard to try to get back to it every time I woke up…that said, I feel okay this morning with being good again last night but the Wings lost so that was not good…but, if they win 4 of 5 the rest of the way out that would be a good season…it looks like it snowed last night…just a little so I should be able to get back on the bike today and the rest of the week so maybe it will get better….not much to do today…the normal routine, I guess….but, not much more…more later…
A brutal, brutal ride…
Well…have been really looking forward to getting back on the bike since the snow and ice is off the trails and I have been too much of a slug lately…so, today, I get the thermasuit on including double gloves since it was only about 29 degrees when I decided to go out and head out but there was something wrong that I just haven’t been able to put my finger on…just didn’t feel right from the time I got on and it was so much more effort than I ever expected…after all, I’ve only been off it for a couple of weeks and the ride on Sunday was pretty good…and you would think that after 22,000 miles on the thing that it would be like riding a bike…ha,ha…yeah, I know, bad joke….it only took about a half mile before my hands started to cramp…probably from the double gloves and they still hurt now after many hours…at least they weren’t cold but the rest of the ride was just brutal and I can’t remember wanting to just get it over with before….with that said, I’ll be back at it tomorrow like an idiot…just can’t believe that my lungs and legs have regressed as much as they have in just two weeks….feels like the first week out in the spring….oh, well…
Circling each other…
Well…it is a little bit of an interesting time in politics right now with the changes that are coming and the parties circling each other like fighters waiting to land the first punch….and it looks like it was Obama that landed with the executive order on immigration and now we wait for the repub response…and the thing that I don’t understand is why the repubs just don’t do what Obama asked…pass a bill that would make the executive order unnecessary. That way, they could take credit for it and take a big chunk out of their Hispanic problem…but they just can’t do anything that would look like they caved in to Obama…and that is the master stroke of Obama’s comment of “pass a bill”…the repubs will look petty if they just attack and they will lose their base if they agree to do their job and pass a bill on immigration….it just may be interesting the rest of the year after all….
December 2nd
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I did get a few things done so that was good…I do have to remember to not wash the car unless it is 25 degrees or warmer…did mine yesterday and it is still an ice block today with the driver’s door not wanting to close after I started it today…and, I didn’t bring enough quarters so there was still soap all over it…first wash of the salt time and I wonder why I didn’t remember what happens….I guess it just looked warmer than it was with all the sunshine….slept okay last night even with being good and I feel okay this morning…even have some energy that I am going to put to good use by getting on the bike later…after it gets above 30…it was 13 degrees when I went out to start the car but at least it isn’t snowing and there isn’t much in the forecast…not much to do today…going to continue with the cleaning and get a bunch of resumes out and then Man U plays this aft…then a Wings game tonight so at least I won’t be too bored…..more later….
Can’t believe this one…
Well…just reading a little news online and came across a story that I just can’t believe…with all of the scrutiny that police have come under over the past few months, how stupid does and officer need to be to do this…stop a black man walking down the street because he has his hands in his pockets…on a winters day, when it’s cold outside. Yep, this really happened here in Michigan…Pontiac police must recruit idiots…and the additional reasons were the “people” were concerned…when asked what people, the cop just kept saying “people” then went on to the normal BS that they use on black people all the time…like what are you doing here? etc. etc….and just trying to roust the guy but he got it all on his phone and now it’s all over the internet…there should be consequences for this kind of crap….what’s next? Shooting someone for having their hands in their pockets in the winter? This idiot cop should at least get a reprimand for this crap and forced to actually be trained in what his job is…to protect and to serve…geez…
December 1st
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done…I did get out to ride the bike for the first time in two weeks and in shorts even….slept okay but still feel a little slow today for some reason…and I am sore from the ride but it’s a good soreness…may even be able to get out in full thermasuit today….it is kind of weird to only have the Wings to watch on a Sunday aft with racing done and the Lions not playing until next Sunday….I did watch Django Unchained the other night and can’t figure out why people thought it was such a great movie…typical Tanantino but not much more than that….not much to do today…have tot pay the rent, then I’m going to get the leaning tower of papers out before they fall over and kill me….more later…