Well…I’ve really tried to figure out why Joe Biden’s approval ratings are down so far and I think I can distill it down to a few things…first, he needs to fight with the repubs more and directly attack the obstructionism, lies, and bullshit that comes out of the entire right wing machine….the people are behind our ideas and he needs to make sure everyone knows there is only one reason why we are heading in the wrong direction…and that is the repubs…they have blocked all of the popular proposals on abortion, gun control, and gas prices and he needs to hammer that home every time he talks to anyone…it needs to be flooded to the media so they have no choice but to print it…and the second thing is to stop the helplessness….stop whining about not being able to get anything done because of the repubs…figure out a way to get things done…use executive orders and other administrative parts of the government to give the people what they want…I know that looks like a contradiction but he needs to hit them hard and then preach about what is getting done…and contrast, contrast, contrast…break the media habit of both siderism and make sure voters know there is a difference…that the repubs will make your life worse if you vote for them…and pound that all damn day…get out there and fight, Joe….the people like it when you do….
July 9th
Well…damn, running late this morning with not getting out of bed til almost 7….and the two day rule is in effect today with my legs hurting a bit after the long ride thurs…and they are pretty stiff, too, but I am going to get on the bike here in a few minutes to get two rides in before the F1 sprint race at 10:30….I do need a day off at some point and I think today would be a good day for that but I know I won’t take it off….there was a miracle last night when there was no campfire smoke, no loud music, and no fireworks and that made it a pretty relaxing night….it’s been a pretty good week out here and I sure hope it lasts through today….I did get some garden work done yesterday with weeding and moving two cuke plants from the end of the garden into the open spot where I was supposed to have my peppers but only have 3 that came up….cukes need a lot of room and I really didn’t want to have to move them when I mow the lawn….some damn animal has attacked one of my sunflowers and ate part of the flower that hasn’t even opened yet and that sucks….probably one of the squirrels…I did have one of the young ones eat out of my hand the other day and that was pretty cool….not much to do today….just going to water the lawn and fool around a bit after the bike rides…I do need a day off at some point…I am just damn tired but I have 7 minutes and I have to get on the bike….more later….
Poor baby Brett…
Well…poor, poor baby Brett Kavanaugh…last night when he was going out to dinner at some fancy restaurant in DC, protestors found out about his reservation and peacefully protested outside the restaurant and he was such a chickenshit that he had them sneak him out the back door of the restaurant…of course, the right wing assholes have been whining about this all day today…saying he has the “right” to be able go out to dinner without seeing protesters…hey, righties, guess what…women still had the right to control their own bodies until bretty boy overthrew 50 years of precedent and voted as the people who bought his seat wanted him to…and it is a first amendment right to peaceful assembly that even bretty boy can’t overturn…and it was his fellow right wingers on the court who said it was just perfectly fine for anti abortion protesters to harass women getting reproductive care and there was no carve out for lying SC justices so they don’t have to see people protesting their corrupt behavior on the court…so tough shit bretty boy…you did this to yourself by attacking women’s rights and trampling the constitution….it’s much less than you deserve….like impeachment…geez…
July 8th
Well…okay, this is weird….after doing 75 miles on the bike yesterday, my legs don’t hurt at all….not even a little stiff and they should be…how the hell did that happen? At my age, they should be howling in pain this morning but they feel pretty good…I guess I’ll see when I get on the bike here in a minute if I’ll have any effect of the long ride….didn’t get out of bed until almost 6:45 this morning so I guess that is an effect of the ride…I’m sure I didn’t have enough calories yesterday with only a brat and 4 chicken drumsticks and burning over 3,000 but that’s okay…the long ride is never about the calories…just proving to myself that I can still do it…didn’t get out to the beach yesterday with the ride and the scorching I did to myself Wed but I am going out there today….and I will have 50 sunscreen slathered on me for the rides this morning that will last for the beach…I do need to do a better job of taking care of my skin…didn’t get anything done yesterday but pick some beans and water some of the lawn and it looks like today will be the same…I am going to have to ease back into working on this place soon or I think I’ll never do it…kinda used to doing whatever I want and I have lost all my discipline for the first time in my life…is that a good thing? It is what I was going for taking the summer off…to finally be able to just live and fool around without being bound to a schedule like I have my entire life….okay, need to get going…have 11 minutes to get on the bike and still need to do my teeth and slather the sunscreen on…more later….
It’s a miracle….
Well…just a bit after I got back here from the ride, I was sitting here doing a couple of these and catching up on the news when I heard the moron that lives to south of me crank the music up in his piece of crap brown SUV and try to have a party in his yard…thumping the whole damn neighborhood and I was minutes from calling central dispatch and reporting him again but a miracle happened…someone else must have called since a police car pulled up and shut him down…again…and I didn’t have to call! I really hope that this is a trend…that other people in this neighborhood are getting used to it being quiet and are taking it into their hands, too…I don’t hold out a lot of hope that is what is going to happen but I’ll take one time and hope for more….maybe these loud asses will get the hint?
Every damn one of them should be removed…
Well…with the latest revelation that the right wing religious SC justices have been praying in the SC court building with litigants who have cases before the court and who, conveniently these justices cite in their rulings…how much more corrupt do these justices have to be before they are all removed? This is just the latest in an avalanche of information that these justices are not using the law at all to rule and change this country but are only concerned with crony christianism and this latest proves that….any other judge who even talked to anyone who had a case in front of them would be hauled up on ethics or corruption charges but the SC justices just keep doing whatever they want, giving the middle finger to America since they know no one can touch them…and that needs to change…impeach them all….geez…
Done….
Well…damn, just finished the 6 1/2 hours of my “ride my age day” to get to 75 miles…and no, I’m not 75 but I have to ride laps in multiples of 15 since that is how long they are so 5 laps at 15 miles each gets me to 75 miles for the day…and the worst lap was the third one for some reason…just no energy and had a struggle on the homeward leg so I made sure to eat something when I got back here for my water refill….and that helped on laps 4 and 5 and I still had enough energy to sprint a bit on the way back since I knew I could leave it all on the trail….it is kind of a relief to get this done before my birthday and it is a little cool that I didn’t plan it so I didn’t have time to worry about it….now I’m good til next year…I think I may have earned a cocktail tonight….I know I can eat a big dinner so I may have 4 chicken legs and corn on the cob…yummy….I’m sore…..
Looks like it’s ride my age day…
Well…I didn’t really plan this but it looks like today is ride my age day…this is a little test I do every year to make sure I still have it in me to do 75 miles in one day…and I’ve got 30 in so far so only 3 more laps of my 15 mile route….that should take about 6 1/2 hours of seat time for the day…feel pretty good so far but I do have to remember that I am going a long distance and takes a completely different mindset than my normal sprint days…so I won’t be back here until around 3 this afternoon for a recap….more later…oh, and I get to eat whatever I want after I’m done with burning 3,000 calories on the bike today….
July 7th
Well…yep, got scorched yesterday and I’m already starting to peel from it…and that is the first time I can remember that happening in a long time…so, I guess that means no sand and sun for me today….and that’s okay…my ears were full of water again yesterday and they even hurt a bit so I am going to have to get some swimmers earplugs and I wonder what happened to make them fill up when they never did before? Oh, well….I did sleep okayish last night but was up at 3 am for the first time and then out of bed a little before 6…was good last night and feel it this morning…it seems to take so long to get moving in the morning these days but I’ll be on the bike by 7 or so anyway and that may just help….I do need to cook today and I have lots of protein that I got on the grocery run…got some chicken legs for 99cents a pound and some pork chops for 1.49 so I’m set on that for the rest of the week…and I need to make another batch of potato salad since that comes in handy when I don’t feel like cooking…so today is going to be chicken legs smothered in bullseye along with an ear of corn and some green beans then I need to marinate some chops for tomorrow….going to be back at watering the lawn again today and really don’t want to see my water bill this month….ow….I did get some different garden food yesterday and need to give the beans and sunflowers a jolt and I even have two cuke plants that could probably use a bit, too….really need to work on the garden today and I think I’ll do that instead of the beach….I have a few tomatoes that are growing but it still looks like a month before I have any ripe….not sure why I’m a month later than last year and I do need to start finding recipes to use them while I have them….not much to do today….the only plan I have is the bike rides and garden work and then to just wing it for the rest of the day….I do have to remember to put on sunscreen before the bike ride this morning…my skin just won’t take any more abuse and I have tons of 50 spf lotion in the drawer…cripes, my head is peeling….oh, well….more later….
Out to the beach again today….
Well…darn, I could get used to this…out to the beach again today to take advantage of the lake being just perfect to swim in and the center of the lake buoy says it is even 68 degrees all the way out there…so it must be over 70 inshore by the beach….all I know was this was the first day I didn’t have to get used to the water at all and it was completely flat and nice to walk in and out without getting beat around like you’re in a mixer….but I do think I made a mistake…normally when I go out I have sunscreen on from riding the bike but today it was cloudy and I forgot to apply it so I was out there with bare skin and I got pretty scorched so I think I’ll need aloe later….I do need to put a tube of screen in the cooler just in case I want to stay out there longer than two hours….I think I’m going to need a new beach chair since mine is starting to come apart in place and it should with being 15 years old…probably will have to buy a nicer one but it still has to be small so I can fit it in the trunk….hmmmm….