Well…have been looking for a topic for a bit that I’ve made harder by doing the news blackout…and I haven’t had any luck so I guess I’ll go on a little rant instead…so, how the hell can people be so stupid? The damn repubs have been telling everyone they are going to destroy SS and Medicare right out in the open and yet the polls say that people in my age group, retirees, are going to overwhelmingly vote for the repubs just because they have to spend a few more dollars on groceries and gas….so let me get this straight, they are willing to vote for repubs since they have been lied into believing inflation is the dems fault, and that means they are voting to destroy the one program that is keeping most of them alive since they think the repubs will do something about inflation and save them 100 bucks a month? As I said, just frickin stupid to give up the average of 1700 bucks a month to save a hundred…where the hell is that 1700 bucks going to come from every month now? After Roe was overturned by the repubs after they had been trying to do it for 50 years, why don’t the old folks believe that they are going to destroy SS when they have been trying to do that sine the 1930’s? Don’t they understand that they will be going back to work until they die? Retirement as they know it is on the ballot in this election and they are throwing it away by voting for repubs…and I still can’t believe how stupid these folks are…geez…
November 4th
Well…that wasn’t too bad…slept through til 5:41 and then was able to go back to sleep for an hour….still feel a little worn out but that is my fault and I’ll accept that…damn, the inside of my right forearm hurts like crazy right now…how the hell did I hurt that just sleeping? Weird….had a good day yesterday but didn’t get anything done but the rides and trying on the clothes my daughter sent….I am going to try to get some cleaning done today but that won’t be til later…have to make a run out to Meijers to get my powerball tickets for tonight…the jackpot is up to 1.5 billion dollars and I really could use a piece of that…and I need to get some calcium and vitamin D tablets to see if I can get the bone loss in my jaw reversed….there is a gale warning on for tonight and all day tomorrow with winds forecast to be 25-35mph with gusts of up to 55 so that may keep me off the outside bike…I could use a day off to let my back heal up some but I am going out today even with the with being able to hear the wind right now…yeah, I’m stupid but it’s already over 60 out there and I want to take advantage of the last few warm days of the year…the highs are dropping into the 40’s next week and will be like that the rest of the year…not much to do today…coffee, coffee, and coffee first….the the errand and on the bike after that…it’s supposed to rain this aft so I’ll need to get on the bike by 9 or so to get two rides in before that….have another care package coming today and I wonder what will be in this one….more later….
Just got a call from my doctor…
Well…Just got a call from my doctor with some good and bad news…he agrees with me that all my bike riding could skew the results of my PSA test and has scheduled another one for Feb 3rd of next year…the bad news is I have to stay off the bike for two weeks before it…yep, me off the bike for two weeks…damn, that is going to be hard…but necessary…so I have to figure out how to get exercise for that two weeks…I think I’ll get a pair of walking shoes and start training for the UK trip then…I am glad it’s in the winter where I usually only ride inside 4 days a week so that’s only 8 times off the bike…I wonder if it will screw things up if I double up before that…probably shouldn’t since I’m riding twice a day now…think I’ll have to cut down to one meal a day for that two weeks….it will be interesting to see just how much not riding changes the results…
Won’t have to buy any winter clothes again…
Well…just got the care packages my daughter sent me and all I have to say is that I’ll never have to buy any cold weather clothes again…have 19 pieces of light to heavyweight fleeces in a lot of brands from North face, to Under Amour, Eddie Bauer, and lots of other stuff…used up all of the hangers I had to hang them up and had to put them in the spare bedroom closet since there was too much to fit in my closet…if I just wear just one a day, it would be 2/3rd of a month before I’d repeat…and I retired the two fleeces I bought about 20 years ago that were looking a bit shabby….and I think there are more coming tomorrow…and my daughter said what she sent was about 5% of her husbands clothes….and they have more they need to clear out…it took me an hour and a half just to try them on to see what I had…pretty cool….
The proposals are looking good…
Well…with the polls on candidates being manipulated by the right wing assholes loaded with money, I was thinking the same thing was going to happen here in Michigan with the three proposals to add voting rights, abortion rights, and term limits to the Michigan constitution…but luckily, they are all looking good with from 60 to 70 % support in the latest polls and all of the opposition being from repubs, of course. So, that is something to be happy about amid all of the bad news…it is getting so bad out there that I am going into a news blackout until after the election next Tuesday…I just can’t let the bad news pollute me and make me feel bad…just won’t do it…so you may not get so many political ones for the next few days since I normally get my topics from the news….
Perfect music…
Well…when I was getting ready to sleep last night, for some reason Peter Gabriel popped into my head and I realized that I hadn’t listened to any of his albums in a long time…yes, albums, I’m that old…and I remembered it this morning and I put his album So on…and followed that up with Up….and I haven’t listen to the entire albums in at least 5 years but it was the perfect music for how I feel today…I might even say I was happy…and that almost never happens….even with the health stuff going on I really do think I am happy…and I can’t figure out why…oh, well…I’ll take it….more later…oh, and now to change it up, James Gang Rides Again….
November 3rd
Well…that was okay…slept through the night until 6:24 this morning and that is really unusual…but I wasn’t good last night so I feel a little worn out and hope the coffee will start to work soon…it’s kind of funny that when I was trimming my beard yesterday that the guide fell off and I took a big chunk off down to the skin…so I had to trim the rest of it down to almost nothing so I really don’t have much of one right now….need to buy a new one since the rechargeable battery in this one quit years ago but I really hate spending money…a new one is only 17 bucks so I probably should suck it up and get one….had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get much done and today will probably be the same….don’t need to cook today with all of the leftovers in the fridge but I do want to cook one of the steaks I got yesterday and I just might…..it’s a little weird that there is a garlic bread shortage when we have a Cole’s bakery right down the street that I smell every day….I wonder if it is a problem with wheat supplies? Not much to do today…I can get on the bike as soon as it gets light but that won’t be for an hour or so and I can use that hour to pour more coffee in me and wake up….I think I’ll just enjoy the day and I am looking forward to the care package coming from my daughter today…it’s just like getting a christmas present…and it’s T’s birthday today…she’s turning the big 60…damn, we’re all getting old…I’ve known her since she was in her mid 30’s….what a long fun ride….more later….
A few more things….
Well…was just sitting here thinking a bit and thought of a few things I didn’t talk about earlier…I won 4 bucks in the Monday powerball drawing? Or, to look at it another way, I only lost 2 bucks so I rolled it over into tonight’s drawing and got three easy picks for only two bucks more….and I bought some beef today…yeah, I know it’s bad for you but a 5oz. bacon wrapped filet for only a buck fifty? I thought it was a pretty good deal to get 10 ozs. of filet for 3 bucks so that will make one meal…or maybe two…not sure yet…probably should have bought a couple more but I have enough stuff in the freezer and I still have the thighs I bought today that I have to find a place for in there…probably shouldn’t have thawed the leg quarters I just put in the oven for dinner…and I’ll have to restrain myself from buying any more protein next week…need to eat more veggies….
A new way for the repubs to cheat…
Well…you know, if the repubs would make as much effort putting together policies that help people as they do figuring out new ways to cheat in elections, they may just be more successful then they are. Just the other day, I read an article that exposed the newest way for them to cheat…by flooding the country with biased polls like the one from Rasmussen that always favors repubs, they are trying to discourage our side from voting since these polls make it appear the the outcome is a foregone conclusion with the repubs winning…and with the hundreds of roadblocks that the repubs have thrown up against voters on our side…it makes it easier for our folks to justify not voting if it looks like the votes won’t matter. Damn, I am sick and tired of these assholes trying to ruin this country and stealing elections…but we all know why they do it…without cheating, the repubs would never win another election since they have no policies that anyone wants….but I am also confused why dems won’t come out to vote since the dems do…okey dem voters and independents…get off your asses and vote like your life depends on it…in my case, it does since the repubs want to destroy the very Medicare that is going to pay for the treatment I’m going to need to survive…and you could be next…geez…
Wouldn’t it be ironic?
Well…after finding out about the big C, out on the bike today a thought came to me…wouldn’t it be ironic if the thing I’ve been doing for many, many years to try to stay healthy is the thing that causes the cancer that kills me? And to add to that, it would be the ultimate irony if I won the 600 million dollars in cash in the powerball tonight and the cancer kills me before I have the chance to spend it…okay, this is the last time I go to black humor as this process plays out…probably won’t mention it again since I still do have a life to live…although I may re-think doing any more work on this house…why should I make it nicer for the next owner? Okay, that’s it..I am going to take today off to digest everything but then back to normal tomorrow….more later….and I will do a political one in a few minutes…just need to read the news a bit first….