Well…with all of the ridiculous bleating on the right and left that Joe should step down from the presidential race because they don’t think he can do the job…I have a question…what the hell is he doing right now if it’s not the job of being president? Hosting a NATO summit this week, meeting with congress, and all of the rest…do you see him taking “executive time” like the idiot trump did every day and not even doing anything until after noon? Geez people…shut the hell up about Joe not being able to be president…I’m supporting him right til the end of his next term…second, I think a great new ad would be to take a few of the worst promises of the 2025 project and the on a split screen put up the dem policy that would show how greedy and mean the repubs want to get…no rights for anyone but straight, white, christians…and that doesn’t sell well with the public…I think exposing this repub manifesto is the most important thing we can do to ensure a blue wave this fall…geez…
July 9th
Well…damn, I’m worn out…again…and I wonder how I’m going to get on the bike in 17 minutes…going to do all the rides outdoors today so I’m just waiting for it to get light…had an okay yesterday but didn’t get much done but I am going to work on he exterior door frames today…and I’m doing the grocery runs since there are things I need to be able to cook today…it was a struggle to get enough calories down yesterday so I need to plan better so I don’t get my blood sugar too low…close yesterday…I couldn’t believe how sore I was yesterday and I’m going to make that worse today with 38 miles to come…I really do hope it rains today since my lawn has started to recover from the storms earlier…man, I’m not very lucid this morning and this is harder than it looks…I have almost given up on the garden this year with almost every plant starting to look distressed…I do have a few cukes on the vine but all of my pea plants are dying and the tomatoes look crappy so next year I’m going to do something different…probably put them in containers or make a raised bed with fresh soil…okay, need to get on the bike right now but I sure don’t want to…more later…
Hit the beach today…
Well…after I got suited up to get on the bike just before 7 this morning and when I walked out the back door it was raining so I unsuited and got on the indoor bike for the first ride of the day…it was still raining after the 45 minutes on the bike so all I could do was just sit here and wait to get going again…just before 9 it abruptly stopped and it got sunny so I got moving…two outdoor rides were done by 11 and then I had a quick lunch and decided to hit the beach since I wasn’t out there at all last week…in my end of the beach, there were only 4 people across the whole thing and that was pretty cool…the water was a little cool but tolerable so I got a nice swim in and got some color…but wading out into the waves, I remembered how I hurt my right side ribs when I took a wave on that side…and it’s been two weeks now and it still hurts like crazy…damn, I hate getting old…need to look for potatoes tomorrow so I can make some potato soup in the near future…right now I need to rest…
I just love Joe…
Well…with all of the brain dead moron dems calling for Joe Biden to drop out of the race, today he gave them a resounding no and told them “challenge me at the polls” instead of all the carping they are doing…all that dropping Joe would do would be to ensure that the dems lose the election and I think they want that…I still think some of these assholes are getting paid off by the repubs or they are just stupid and are buying all of the propaganda the the NYT and Post are spewing…or they are looking at the polls that are skewed toward the idiot as always…just look at the polls from France over the weekend…before the election, all of the major news media were saying the right wing assholes were going to win in a landslide but what really happened? They came in 3rd and were swamped by voters going for the left leaning parties…and let’s go back to what I always say…if we vote, we win…we all need to get off our asses and vote for Joe…I need the rest from the minor raping idiot trump…geez…
July 8th
Well..damn, up and down since 2:30 am and I am so worn out…just had the first sip of coffee so it didn’t have time to work yet and it needs to…there may be rain coming in…ha,ha…I don’t care what the forecast is, it’s not going to rain out here…it never does and I’m losing the garden and the lawn…again…and that is depressing….so, do I ride indoors or just chance it and ride outdoors? Whatever, I need to decide and get moving here in 26 minutes and I am so tired of that…I did take the day almost off and only did 25 miles yesterday and then just vegged and watched races all day and that can’t keep happening…have work to do here and painting is part of it…the back door frame is peeling and needs to be done for the third time since I bought this place…and the frame on the garage door needs to be painted, too…might even paint the door with a roller since it’s pretty bad…not much to do today…just need to drag my butt out soon and get the day started…38 more miles to go…more later…
Good on ya, France
Well…with the mainstream media doing everything they could to get the right wing party elected in France included shouting every day that the right was ahead and the left wing had no chance, the people surprised the world by giving the most votes to left wing parties and the right wing assholes finished a distant third…now, lets try to learn something from that…we need to ignore the media here that are pushing the right wing’s desire to get rid of Joe since he will beat the idiot trump…and just go out and vote…don’t be distracted by all the bullshit flooding the country…remember, it’s all lies and Joe is proving that he is up to being president by the best measure of all…he is doing the job and doing it as well as almost any president in my long lifetime and idiot boy is rated the worst president in history…oh, and his incompetence killed more than a half million Americans…but Joe stumbled in the debate…that’s equal, right? Geez…
We’re getting organized…
Well…with the utter collapse of honesty at the NYT, we on the left are starting to get organized and that means unconditionally getting behind Joe…and using every tool at our disposal to uncover the fascist 2025 project and make sure that every voter knows what the repubs have planned for this country….like using the army to arrest anyone who speaks out against them…firing all federal employees and staffing the government with right wing assholes that will try to burn the place to the ground…and take away women’s rights on a federal level…so even here in Michigan where we’ve placed women’s rights into our constitution, federal law and a corrupt supreme court will take them away…so, gee, you can’t decide between a good old man or a 34 felony convicted rapist fraudster who only knows how to lie? And you have to remember that you’re not just voting for Joe…you are voting for competent government staffed by honest people who really will do the right thing for the people of this country and not just their rich donors…and Stephen King weighed in over the past couple of days to his 7 million followers about what the repubs are planning since the media won’t talk about it…so just stop reading anything from the NYT or the Post…they are right wing rags now and we need to hurt them by cancelling any subscriptions you have with them…and seek out honest ones like the Philadelphia Enquirer…let’s get to work…geez…
I did it!
Well…I made it to 5,012 miles today well before my birthday and that checks off the first of the 4 remaining goals for this year…to go over my record of 6,109 miles for the year, to get to 7,100 miles, and to ride every day this year…I’m only doing two rides today and have those done before 10…I do need some rest and recovery time since my legs were really flat this ,morning but I think I did that to myself with not enough calories to support 38 miles on the bike and mowing the lawn yesterday…so, I’m going to try to eat more since I have four burgers and 3 chicken thighs that I grilled yesterday in the fridge…so it’s going to be a day of TDF and races all day so I’m going to read and maybe clean a bit…the bathroom can use some work…
July 7th
Well…damn, only have 25 minutes before I need to get on the bike for the first of only two rides today…only have 12 miles to do to get to 5,000 for the year and I am going to give myself a light day since my body really does need a rest…slept okay last night but I am just so worn out today and I know I did it to myself…just two chicken legs baked beans and an ear of corn for lunch and then 2 boneless/skinless chicken thighs and some beans and peas from the garden for dinner and that is nowhere near enough calories to support what I’m doing….oh, well…it’s foggy out here this morning and only 57 degrees but I’m still not going to put a fleece on…need to get the rides in before the F1 race comes on at 10 but I’ve just started the coffee and need to get a cup down before I get on the bike…looks like an almost calm day out there and that will be welcomed after going into the wind so much lately…I need to order the parts for the black bike soon so I can put it back together but the shifter on the grey bike is still working after the adjuster broke and I am amazed that I’ve put a thousand miles on it since then…I wonder if I can get the rest of the year out of it? Not much to do today…just the rides and no cooking today with grilling 4 burgers and chicken thighs yesterday…really looking forward to the easy day today…need a rest…bad…more later…
Damn, that was early…
Well… you know, getting on the bike before 6:30 is way too damn early…but it got me done with the rides before 10 so I could see F1 qualifying…the straight into mowing the lawn and now it’s the England match and then over the the Harley dealer to see if they have any vintage cars and bikes like advertised on the radio a couple of days back…after killing the weeds, the lawn has started to fill back in and it would look okay if it would rain every few days…I am going to do some filling and seeding tomorrow since I have two bags of topsoil to use and lots of bluegrass seed…only have 14 miles to ride to get to 5K for the year so that will happen tomorrow and I may just do two rides to give myself a little break and let my body heal up some…pretty sure I can ride 2,100 more miles by the end of the year but should I make a stretch goal of riding another 5,000? Nope, that will take away the last goal that I’m still going to try to hit before I turn 75…I guess we’ll see…time for weight work…