Well….things appear to be closing in on the idiot trump this week when a federal judge shut down his claims of “executive privilege” as he tries to hide his role in the insurrection…and she did it three times with three rulings that slapped him down hard and opened the way to release of some of the information tomorrow. She really had to explain to idiot boy’s lawyer that executive privilege resides with the current president and knocked down trump’s assertion that privilege “exists in perpetuity” and the money quote was this one…”but presidents are not kings and plaintiff is not president” and made sure to make the point that privilege belongs to the office, not any individual and that Biden has made it abundantly clear that he will not invoke and privilege on any of the records. So, finally, we may start to see just how deeply idiot boy and his minions were involved with the planning and operation of the insurrection….and then maybe some charges will finally be brought…but with Garland as AG, I don’t hold out a lot of hope for that happening…geez…
November 11th
Well….darn…woke up at 4:55 this morning but was able to go back to sleep until a little after 7 so I guess that is all I can expect….don’t feel too bad today and I don’t hurt a lot so I’ll take that…have had Aja running through my head all morning and I’m not sure why that would be….haven’t heard the song in quite a while and I can’t remember if it is in any of my SD playlists…hmmm….I did get two rides in yesterday but it was supposed to rain today and I was going to take the day off or ride inside with the wind out there but I just might try to get one in here in a few minutes…the rain band is way over in Illinois and won’t be here til later in the day…but I do need to rest my legs and don’t want to do another day of coming back into a 15 mph wind….I am stiff from running the edger two days ago but there isn’t much pain so I won’t take anything for it…still waiting for the leaves to fall so I can get them picked up and out to the curb before the end of the month…they are changing colors so the fall should come soon with cold weather coming in this weekend….not much to do today….should clean some and today would be perfect for doing the fridge but not right now…still working on the first cup of coffee and will need two more of those before I even think of doing that….more later….
Three days, no birds….
Well…dang, I know I sound impatient but it’s been three days with the feeder up and not one bird yet..what the heck is wrong with the birds out here? Okay…I know it took two weeks for them to find it in GR and that was in an area with a lot more birds than I see out here….so, I guess I’ll be patient…or try to be….can’t wait to have another sparrow mosh pit…last winter, I could even recognize individual birds and their behavior and I would like that to happen out here, too….and soon…
Merrick Garland has to go…
Well…you know, I really wanted Merrick Garland to be a good AG and start restoring the rule of law in this country…but, he sits on his hands as all of trump’s cronies ignore congressional subpoenas which is braking the law…a few of them actually and yet Steve Bannon thumbs his nose at them and refuses to even acknowledge that he has received the subpoena…and what about the ten counts of obstruction of justice that Mueller had evidence for in his report? That surely should be enough to charge trump and now, the special prosecutor has shown that 13 people in the idiot’s circle broke the law by campaigning on government time…a violation of the Hatch act that makes this crap a felony….where are the charges for that? Look, I can understand getting your feet under you in new job but 10 months is enough…it’s time to start fixing our broken justice system and if he is not up to it, it’s time for him to go….geez….
November 10th
Well…man, I’m worn out this morning but I am surprised that my elbow and shoulder don’t hurt more than they do after abusing them yesterday….it appears to be pretty cold out there right now with the temp only 28 degrees and a big storm coming tomorrow….we are going to be on the rain side of it but they are forecasting 30 inches of snow on the other side and I am not ready for it to start snowing…the waves are supposed to be 5-10 feet with winds of 30-40 mph so I may have to take a drive out to the beach to see them…it may be the perfect day to take off the bike or to ride downstairs but we’ll see….slept okay last night but must have slept on my right eye since it is puffy and I had to massage it to get the swelling down…geez, I hate getting old…I do need to do the grocery run this morning but I’m going to do it close today…need to check for tubes for the bike and the other Meijers didn’t have any Monday…going to eat out of the freezer for the next two weeks to clear it out to make room for turkey and the carcass for soup….I can’t pass up turkey at 33 cents a pound but I’m not getting it til next Friday so it will have the right time to thaw before t-day….not much to do today….just the grocery run and getting at least one bike ride in…I think I’m going to clean the fridge today since I haven’t cleaned it since I move in here and it could use it….I do need to manage how much I do every day as I get older but I sure don’t like that…running the trimmer/edger yesterday took a lot out of me and it shouldn’t…and that pisses me off….more later…
Just saw the best damn thing…
Well…okay, you know I’m a big music geek and love Neil Young and Led Zeppelin, and what I just saw surprised the hell out of me….when I was reading one of my news sites, I came across a video of Neil and Zeppelin doing a live version of “When the levee breaks” and it even had Robert Plant playing guitar…and it was just so cool to see these guys having so much fun and Neil being Neil…now, this is something I would pay big bucks to see…in the same article it alluded to a collaboration between Donald Fagen and David Crosby….now I need to go look for that…
Got some work done…again….
Well….this is getting to be a habit and I’m not sure if I like it or not….I really had planned to just ride the bike twice and then take the rest of the day off with all the work I got done yesterday….but, it was almost 60 out here and I had one last thing to do to the yard that I do at the end of every fall…I like to clean the yard up and take the string trimmer to everything and then edge the sidewalks…and I have a lot of walks to do both around the house and out front and it really hurt my right elbow and shoulder…but I did get the trimmer head figured out and didn’t have to take it apart once doing the whole yard…and it’s going to rain for a few days and get cold starting thurs so I needed to get this done today….I really do like having the garage organized…it is just much easier to get around and it is nice to have specific places to put things so I don’t have to think about where they go….oh, on day two and still no birds at my feeder…the last time I put one up it took about two weeks for the birds to find it…but once one does, it should fill up pretty fast…one last thing…the chickens are back…fun…
It finally is infrastructure week….
Well….the dems first big bill has been passed and it is finally, really infrastructure week….not the joke that it was for the past 4 years under the idiot boy…and there was even a few repubs that voted for it, too….this 1.7 trillion dollar bill will get started on fixing the roads, bridges, airports, and every other part of the things that make this country run…along with that, there is money for lead water pipe replacement for the entire country along with broadband internet for underserved areas…but, as always, the repubs are so terrified of the dems being able to run on getting things done for the people of the country that they have started to lie about it…both taking credit for the bill while voting against it and saying that only 11% of the money is going to “real” infrastructure, whatever that is….but it just more of the same sour grapes that always comes from them when the dems get something done…just like they did for the ACA or Obamacare. Now, they need to get moving on the second bill and include the expansion of Medicare that will then cover dental, vision, and hearing care that is supported by 84% of Americans….but that doesn’t matter to Manchin and Sinema…they still don’t want to help people since their owners don’t want it…and that is pretty sick…geez…
November 9th
Well…feel like crap this morning and I think I overdid it with all of the work yesterday…sitting here last night I felt like my body was made out of rice krispies…all snap, crackle, and pop as I moved and that was a little weird….not doing that this morning but I am still sore and just want to sit here for a while…I may have to take it easy today and I would like a day off at some point….it would be a luxury to just do nothing and watch tv all day but that is just not something I have the capability to do….maybe when it’s snowing….even with the wind blowing pretty hard yesterday, it was nice to get out and ride in shorts but that is coming to and end over the next few days…going to get cold Friday…and it looks like there is a shower out there right now so I won’t be on the bike for a while…..and I’m okay with that this morning…have been thinking about whether I should do a turkey for t-day this year…haven’t been happy with how they turned out the past couple of years but how do you pass up protein for 33 cents a pound….I mean a 15 pounder for around 4.50? Will have to clear out the freezer before that to have room to freeze the leftovers so I can’t buy anything for the next two weeks….want to make chili soon and probably should take the burger out for that today….not much to do today….the leaves haven’t fallen much so I don’t have yard work to do so I think I’ll clean some today…need to try some test stripping to see what path the inside work is going to take…..want to see if I can salvage the hardwood floors in the bedrooms and get the adhesive off them….but that will be later…need more coffee…and more coffee…and more coffee….more later…
Another busy one…
Well…darn, another busy, busy day but I got a lot accomplished so that’s okay…started out with the first ride at 8 and then out to run errands to get the stuff I needed to do the projects I had planned, then back on the bike for ride number two and made some lunch…after that, I got the bird feeder put up and filled it and found a bucket to keep some of the feed in so I don’t have to lug a 40 pound bag in and out….then I patched the slits in the top of the car and got started on organizing the garage to make room for my new grill…bought a bunch of hooks to hang stuff on and got everything up off the floor…now it looks like a hardware store with everything on display…oh, and I put the other handgrip on the bike since I really like how the right one feels and now everything matches again….then one final thing, I bought some tube patches and patched up two tubes for the bike that I had downstairs…they’ve never worked too well but I can’t find any 26 inch tubes anywhere so I guess I’ll have to try amazon….and it’s now 4:35 and I’ve been going for 8 1/2 hours and I’m tired…so, I’m done for the day….no more later…oh, one more thing…they started prepping the lot across the street for a new house today and cleared a bunch of brush but now I can see the trashy rental the next street over…I sure hope the new house blocks that out….