Well…race day has started so this one is going to be short for now…it was an okay day yesterday but didn’t do much..slept okay but I am tired today for some reason…not enough food again but that will be rectified today with grilling chicken, making potato salad, and cooking some corn on the cob….I am hoping to get a bike ride in between Monaco and Indy around 10 or so it is so nice outside I really do want to go out…wasn’t going to but it is one of those mornings that it just too nice to miss…I will come back for three more of these today to get caught up but right now I want to go back to the race….more later….
Getting caught up…again…
Well…not sure how I got 4 behind for the month but I do know I need to get moving and get caught up…it has been a busy morning of running around and now I just want to stop and hang out for a while…I still don’t understand why Landon Donovan was left off the world cup team…I know he’s lost a step but he is still better than the guys that are going to replace him…I think Klinsmann is not the great manager that he is supposed to be…he’s had the team for over a year and where are the results? No better or even worse than the previous managers and I never know what team is going to show up and that is the manager’s fault….I don’t see us getting into the round of 16…or even winning a game next month….and I’m too old to wait for 4 more years for the next world cup….
May 24th
Well..as you can see, I didn’t come back for another one yesterday but I will try to do better today…it was an okay but long day yesterday and I am feeling it today…and, I lost at pool for a second week in a row…oh, that reminds me, I have to glue my cue…should get that done today….it was nice to get out and see K for a few minutes yesterday and invite her to the next wedding…want her to be able to meet all of the kids and that should be one of the last times we are all together…not much to do today..watching F1 qualifying right now then I have to run over to C’s to fire up the water heater and furnace for inspections Tues…then back here for the bike ride but that is about it for the day….more later…
May 23rd
Well…running late again today but there really is no reason for it other than doing a grocery run…slept okay last night but I am still tired this morning…probably from not eating enough, again, but I am going to try to fix that today…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done other than going out for a couple with G…I did hear from T and I am concerned about her health problems…nothing I can do but I am concerned….the pollen is just getting worse and the car is yellow again this morning…even had to take something for it last night to get rid of the coughing….not much to do today…no, that’s not right…have lots to do with pool and then meeting up with K for HH…more later…
Raising taxes on the poor and middle class…again…
Well…as you know, the roads here in Michigan are some of the worst in the nation, caused by the tax cuts that the repubs gave business here which have starved the government of the funds it needs to provide even the most basic services. Now, the repubs are back at it again with proposals to raise the gas tax by 25 cents a gallon to fund the needed repairs that have been caused by their neglect…but, as every economist will tell you, these types of taxes fall the most heavily on the poor and middle class who have been screwed by the repubs for too many years to count. They did this three years ago when they gave businesses a 1.6 billion dollar tax cut paid for by raising taxes on the retired and middle class that has not yielded one job according to numerous studies that have been done but has inflated CEO and executive pay to match the 1.6 billion…so, basically, every retiree has written a check out of his retirement fund and has given it to a CEO here in Michigan. What if, instead of upping taxes on the people, we just rescinded the failed tax cuts to business? That is the problem with ideological economic policy, it doesn’t have to work….the repubs just have to believe it works and that is just a good as proof…keep voting for these idiots Michigan and pretty soon business will be untaxed and you won’t be able to eat…geez…
May 22nd
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I did get some things done so that was okay…slept okay, too and I think it may have been the allergy pills my daughter gave me at the wedding a couple of weeks ago…have been trying to make them last but with the crazy pollen, I had to do something. The allergies are going to be bad today with all of the tree pollen…washed and waxed the car yesterday and it was covered in yellow this morning..oh, well…going to take another day off today and just clean after the workout and ride…then out with G for a couple later…it is nice to have food here again and I’m filling the freezer for when I will be broke again next week….at least I can eat…I am enjoying the non-stop Indy 500’s that are on ESPN classic this week…gives me something to have on in the background…not much to do today…just going to take it easy a fool around today…more later…
Can’t think of any politics..
Well…still can’t think of any politics so I thought I’d just talk a little and see what happens…it has been a busy morning with the normal workout stuff, the grocery run, some errands, and getting the car cleaned…so, right now I am just thinking about vegging the rest of the day…got my fed check back so I can now file last year’s taxes and get that taken care of…that will make this weekend kind of fun and I am making tonight a cocktail night to celebrate…got lots of food today so I will be able to get to 2K cals a day and keep my energy level up…it was a nice ride today and I went like crazy so I am sore but feeling good…more later…
May 21st
Well…running early today since I have a bunch of stuff to do today an thought I’d get to it…slept okay last night but had dreams of bar fights…never been in one but still dreamt of them….had to get the ingredients ready to make some potato salad today since I am starting the Memorial day weekend early…need to do the grocery run, run some errands, wash and wax the car, and then grill some chicken today…so, it’s going to be a little busy until the aft….but, it’s before 7 so I have a good head start…not much to do today…I am going to clean some around here, too, so it looks like a full day and great weather so there may be something to smile about after all….more later…
Still thinking…
Well…still thinking about what to write but didn’t want to get farther behind so here we go…it has been good news that both Oregon and Pennsylvania have affirmed equal rights for gays over the past two days…and, they are using the ruling that I felt was important…the 14th amendment’s equal protection clause….there is no way these can be overturned unless the supreme court make up new laws again like they did in Citizens United…so, 18 wins in a row may not be enough to ensure these rights but it should be darn close….it is cool to watch the rights deniers like the national organization for marriage just keep on losing every case….and to hear them say the country is going to suffer the wrath of god with these rulings…what a bunch of backward idiots these people are….just go back to your churches and discriminate there…geez…
May 20th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I got a few resumes out so that made me feel a little better…it would be really nice to get a call from one of them but I’m not holding my breath…slept okay last night and feel okay today but need to get moving pretty fast to get the workout in and the bike ride done before a special with Joe Walsh at 11…it was supposed to be on yesterday but they replaced it with some band I’ve never heard of….have to go over to C’s house around noon to help him move a fridge but I hope it’s after noon so I can see the entire special…not much to do today….after the trip across town it looks like just another day but maybe something will happen to make it less boring…I can hope anyway…more later…