Well…haven’t come up with anything to write about in politics so I guess I’ll do a little more sports…it was a disappointing day yesterday with the US tying Portugal when it looked like they were going to win until the last minute…so, that makes the chances of us getting through to the next round pretty slim…have to beat Germany Thursday, which is not going to happen, or tie them, which may happen, or lose to them and then let the math and tie breakers drive us nuts until the Ghana/Portugal match ends. Not going to be a good day Thursday but I guess we can look at it that we tried hard and looked better than expected….not sure if I’ll watch the rest of the matches but I’ve invested too much time to quit now….I just hope Brazil loses this aft and makes it interesting…more later…
June 23rd
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I am disappointed about the US tying Portugal…but, that will be another post later today…slept okay and feel okay today but I shouldn’t…it was a cocktail night, after all, so I am a little confused…and, it look like it is going to start raining in a few minutes so the bike ride will have to be put off until later…the brain is not working too well and I really don’t have anything to say right now…I do have to get some cleaning done today and a few other things but it is going to be another one of those slow mo days where I just let things happen…more later…
World cup part two….
Well…it has been a fun world cup so far and most of the matches have been good ones, no real blow outs but a bunch of surprises with Spain not going to make the round of 16 and the US having the possibility of getting through with today’s game. I am starting to get pretty excited about it but with Portugal losing it’s first match, I think they will come out much harder than they did against Germany. if they do that, we could be in trouble….but, there are a couple of ways we can get in…tie today’s match and then tie Germany Friday…or, if we lose, we need to beat Germany and I just don’t see that happening. So, today’s match is going to be a nail biter but if we play like we can, we’ll have a chance…not sure if I can take the stress….
June 22nd
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and it was fun to get out and have one with J and K…but, that set me up to overdo it last night so I am feeling it today…it will be a slow recovery this morning until I can get out on the bike…it was pretty cool to have a late storm last night but that made me stay up much later than I wanted to….slept okay but no dreams to speak of….the soccer was great yesterday and I am expecting the same today with the US playing later….it has been a fun tournament so far and we just need one more win to get through…but Portugal? Not going to be easy….not much jto do today…F1 now and then the bike ride but that is about it…going to just let the day unfold and wing it….more later…
Do they think we have time machines?
Well…I am getting a little worn down by the stupidity on the right these days…it seems that everything that happens is a scandal, especially everything that the government does while Obama is president…and now, with the crashing of a hard drive at the IRS, there is a brand new fake scandal the the right is pushing….they really do think they have found the smoking gun here…and that the IRS is hiding things from the house committee that is investigating the “scandal”…using the recycling of the crashed hard drive of an IRS official as “proof”…the only problem is that the hard drive crashed and was recycled in 2011…three years before the “investigation” started…so now, do these repub idiots think we have time machines? Do they really think someone planned for this crash and made it happen because the knew they that at some point in the future, there would be a made up “scandal” and that all of the incriminating evidence would be contained in the one single hard drive? It is getting really fatiguing listening to these idiots and their continual conspiracy theories that are never true…geez…
June 21st
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I lost at pool…still okay, though, but it was a boring night last night and I feel crappy today for it…didn’t sleep much but I know that is going to be how it is…didn’t get anything done either but that is what Saturdays are for….I do have to get rid of the leaning tower of papers again and put the trash out…and some laundry while I’m watching soccer today…and I am going to get on the bike here in a minute since I missed yesterday waiting on C to get here….but first, I need to finish up watching F1 qualifying and have my second cup of coffee…more later….
Oh, happy first day of summer…
June 20th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but pretty much a wasted one…other than getting the oil changed in the car….slept okay last night…my okay, not a normal persons….I wonder what it would be like to actually sleep all night and wake up not exhausted…I guess I’ll never see that again….I have started cleaning early today since C is coming over so I can take him to the airport for a rental car and that is not a bad thing…just needed a little motivation to get started…not much to do today…pool, of course, and then back here for soccer…it’s a little funny that I’m not tired of it yet even when the US is not playing…but, it is getting in the way of doing much else…maybe I’ll just resign myself to it…more later…
Minnesota wins…
Well…there was an interesting article in the Free Press today that compared the difference of two midwestern states…one run by dems on dem principles, and Michigan run by repubs on repub principles…want to guess which one is doing better…I mean after you get your car out of the huge pothole it just fell into here in Michigan. Of course, it’s the one, Minnesota, run on facts and sound economic principles…not Michigan that is run on ideology and wishful thinking by the crony capitalism that is the repub party. In Minnesota where tax rates on corporations are much higher than here in Michigan, they have enough money to fund their schools, fix their roads, revenue share with their cities and do the infrastructure spending that will pay off in the future with higher growth rates for all their citizens. One thing you have to note is that even with higher corporate tax rates, there is no big exodus of jobs…in fact, their unemployment rate is 3 points lower than Michigan and they have not hollowed out their middle class. Here in Michigan…taxes were raised on retirees, cut for corporations and you can see the results whenever you drive your car….as the roads pound it into dust since there is no tax money to fix them….cities crumble as revenue sharing tax money is given to the rich and corporations, and not one job is created except for more accountants for the CEO’s that have to figure out how to spend all of the new money the have gotten from those tax cuts. All the while these tax cuts hollow out the programs that benefit workers and make Michigan competitive…but the repubs just don’t give a damn about that since workers are just “takers” that take food out of the mouths of the rich. I think everyone needs to read of the failures of the repub economic policies and call them out on it…I have had enough…geez…
June 19th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but, with the lack of sleep, my energy level was really low all day…and I really didn’t make up for it last night like I expected…feeling run down again today but I have things to do so so I guess I’ll just have to suck it up….I do need to change the oil in the car since it has about 7 thousand miles on this change and I need this car to last forever….and, I need to do the grocery run just to pick up a few things….then, there is still soccer on…maybe I can rest a little when that is on today…not much to do today…other than the oil change and the normal workout stuff….I am going to start clearing out the old mail today an then just wing it for the rest of the day…more later….
Weird day…
Well…didn’t want to get farther behind so I think I’ll just do an update and call it good for the day…I did find replacement equipment but, since G is out of town for the week, I had to buy it and it is something completely different than the failed stuff…we’ll see if it works for me or not….I did get the bike ride in between storms…oh, that reminds me, I have to get laundry started….okay, that’s done and now I have to take some allergy stuff since I am sneezing and my head is plugged up…hate this crap…and, no nap today even with only having about 3 hours of sleep and being up since 3:30…maybe tonight I can actually sleep then…who knows?