Well….sitting here waiting to go out and get my hair cut and thought I’d talk about how successful Putin’s operation about Ukraine has been…but first, Russian state tv has been openly mocking the idiot trump for being the stupid dupe that he is and for doing Russia’s work in the Ukraine…they have even taken to saying they have a place for trump to escape to after he is out of office so he can avoid criminal prosecution…just like the corrupt past president of Ukraine did when the people there rose up and threw him out. Ukraine experts from around the world are marveling at how Putin has accomplished his entire Ukraine wish list with trump and his cronies help….he has gotten Giuliani and his criminal conspiracy to continue to cast doubt on the new Ukraine regime’s legitimacy by his constant hammering about corruption there…and ole Rudy has re elevated all of the corrupt, Russian backed conspirators that were thrown out when they were found to be the criminals they are…and by trump telegraphing his Russia bias by not inviting the Ukrainian president to the oval office, and by inviting Lavrov to grin and continue to spread the lies that it was Ukraine and not Russia that interfered in the 2016 election, Putin got exactly the diversion he planned and used the stupident to reinforce those lies…and trump just grinned along not knowing or caring what it looked like to the people of Ukraine…just as long as it benefitted him personally. Man, I can’t wait for this moron to be gone…
December 17th
Well….that was weird…got bored and tired watching tv last night and was falling asleep on the couch so I decided to go to bed a little after 10 instead of 11 as normal and I didn’t get up until almost 6:30…and it feels like I slept okay so I’m not sure what to think about that…and I was good last night and that will continue until Friday…I almost had a martini or two to celebrate the acceptable gas bill but I need to have some discipline and be healthier….I did get to work on prepping the kitchen for paint yesterday but it seems as I work, it just creates more work…started to mask up the floor trim pieces but they are in such need of paint that I removed them and need to sand and paint them before I can put them back… and that reveals that the floor needs to be scrubbed before I can replace them and I need to replace the screws that hold them down since most of them are rusted and the threads are gone….this tiny little room has been more work than any of the others and it looks like I won’t get to paint until next week now with all of the work that still needs to be done….not much to do today….I just realized yesterday that I haven’t had a hair cut since I moved in here and that is two months now so I am going out to get it cut this morning and look for some sweats that are on sale half off at Meijers….and then back here for more kitchen work…more later….
Just got a pleasant surprise…
Well…as you know, I have been worrying about getting my first full gas bill for the house with it being colder than normal…and the heat seems to run all the time and makes me cringe every time it comes on….the visions of a 300 dollar a month gas bill has been weighing on me since I moved in here even with only keeping it 65 degrees…so, you can imagine my surprise when I just got the bill in the mail and it was only 108 bucks…now, that may seem like a lot to people in newer houses with efficient furnaces, but for a 60 year old house with a 60 year old furnace I don’t think 108 bucks is too bad and it is something that I can easily afford…and I know that I can even afford it in February when I know it will get over 200 bucks…but, it’s not the 300 bucks that I feared so I’ll take that as good news since there is really nothing I can do about it…just can’t take it any colder in here…
Don’t send the articles…
Well….with the promises by “Moscow” Mitch McConnell that he is going to rig the impeachment trial in the senate and “coordinate” everything with the defendant, I think the dems should not play his game and keep the articles of impeachment in the House…and re-open the investigations into trump and his minions criminality. If they want to not do their duty to the constitution and protect this country, we don’t need to go along with it…we can drag the impeachment out until the election if necessary and continue to expose just how corrupt trump and the repubs are…and that would allow us time to get subpoenas through the courts…and even if the trump packed courts destroy the constitution by refusing to enforce them, the process will expose the black heart of the repub party and give us a better chance to win in 2020. I think what is necessary now is to use all of the tools that we have available to take the long view…the impeachment inquiry hasn’t hurt the dems one bit and being able to show that we are the serious party just trying to protect this country will resonate with the people in our party that we need to turn out in 2020….and if we do turn out, we will win…
December 16th
Well…as you can see, I didn’t come back for a second one yesterday and there really is no reason for it other than I just didn’t have the motivation to do anything…no masking in the kitchen or anything else other than watching tv…I did get my speakers treated so they look better but that was it…will have to do better today…slept okay last night and didn’t get up until after 6:30 but still feel quite tired today that I hope goes away soon…I have a new chicken thigh recipe that I am going to try today and it looks good with a brown sugar glaze that I am changing from honey since I don’t have any honey here…and I have leftover mashed potatoes to go with it so it should be an easy lunch to make….didn’t get on the bike yesterday and it looks like the next time won’t be until Friday with the cold coming in tomorrow…I mean 15 for a high Wed? Then a warmup comes for about 5 days so I will be able to reach my goal for the year….I do need to get my hair cut tomorrow since the last time I had it cut was before I moved in here and that is two months today…not much to do today…I am going to ease into the day this morning with more coffee and then try to get motivated to get the prep done in the kitchen…need to paint this week so I can get started on the cabinet doors at the end of the hallway….more later….
December 15th
Well…running a little late today but that’s normal for a Sunday with the Sunday paper to get through before I come here….last night was a little boring with watching the Brad Pitt movie “Ad Astra” that got good reviews but I don’t understand why…it was an okay movie but so slow and I really didn’t get the point of it…at times it was like “Heart of Darkness” and other times it was just Pitt brooding all over the place…not a waste of the night but close….slept okay last night and don’t feel too bad right now with the first cup of coffee starting to work and I hope that continues…I did get a nice bike ride in yesterday but it looks like I’ll be off the bike for a few days with the cold coming in but I only have 36 miles left to do to get to 4500 for the year…so I may be able to make it outside….I do need to get the dining area masked off today so I can get to painting this week and continue to clean…and I need to treat the wood on my old speakers since they are really dry looking and need maintenance to keep them going for another 50 years…cripes…my speakers are 50 years old! Just realized that and it is pretty cool…they still work fine and will be passed on to someone else when I’m gone….moe later….
This is depressing…
Well…sitting here at 3:30 in the afternoon and just had to put a light on to be able to see my keyboard….and that is really, really depressing since it is going to be dark by 5 or so…I know that’s just the way it is in winter in Michigan but damn, it was barely light at all today….and it is going to get worse until the winter solstice a week from today when we’ll have the least amount of daylight for the entire year…but, I guess one good thing is that after next week, we are starting toward spring and the daylight every day will get longer….slowly, but longer every day and that will give me something to look forward to….but, I know that winter has barely started and there will be blizzards and snow shoveling and more depression coming…and I still haven’t gotten my first full gas bill yet that I fear is going to be 300 bucks plus and that is depressing, too…are you depressed yet? Yeah, I guess this one didn’t help much….tomorrow should be better….not sure why but I can still have hope…and I need to remember that so many people have it worse than I do and I probably should stop bitching….so, I will….
They have to take an oath…
Well…to show just how corrupt Mitch McConnell is, you just have to look at the oath that all senators have to take before the impeachment trial starts that requires them to be “impartial” during the proceedings. Does ole Mitch think that if he announces to one and all that he will coordinate with trump and the WH during the trial that that is okay since he announced it before the trial? How can it even appear that he is impartial if he has already made up his mind and has promised trump he has nothing to worry about with a trial? I wonder what John Roberts, the SC chief justice, is going to do when one of the dems files a complaint about ole Mitch’s “impartiality” and demands that Mitch recuse himself because there is no damn way that he is going to be impartial and is going to violate his oath as soon as he opens his mouth? Will Roberts risk what little respect he has left and his legacy just to help Mitch keep trump in office? Sadly, I think the court has been so corrupted by Mitch’s blocking of Merrick Garland from the court and it’s packing with ideologues by Mitch that Roberts is just going to give up and go along…and that is one thing I don’t understand…how supposedly respectable judges and legislators have trashed themselves for trump when they have to know he is the worst of the worst and they could actually burnish their reputations by standing up to the orange menace and protecting the constitution…but, they don’t and a more craven bunch of fools I have never seen…geez….
December 14th
Well…okay…feel like crap this morning after having cocktails last night and I think that may be the last night for that…had such bad heartburn trying to sleep that I hardly slept at all…it’s just not worth it so I think I’m done with it…oh, well…had an okay day yesterday and got out to have a couple with K and that was fun but the damn traffic coming back here turned a 15 minute trip into a half hour and that was no fun…and I realized that where I used to live is just one big strip mall with it’s own traffic problems…I mean sitting at a left turn light through three cycles? I guess I’m just grumpy this morning with the effects of the cocktails and I can’t wait for it to be over…and the coffee isn’t working yet…didn’t get much done yesterday and today looks the same with how I feel…I did get the bike and the car washed and a nice ride in and getting a ride in today will be my only goal for the day….but, right now I’m just going to sit here and feel lousy for a few hours….more later…
Now the jurors are coordinating with the defendent?
Well…if you had any doubt that the trial of the idiot trump in the senate is going to be a sham, all you have to do is look at the statement that “Moscow” Mitch McConnell made yesterday that he will be “coordinating” trump’s defense in the senate with WH lawyers…okay, we all know Mitch is the worst damn person in this country, but to abrogate all responsibility to do his duty to the constitution should disqualify him from even being anywhere near this trial…after all, have you ever heard of a judge or jury in any trial anywhere announce that they would “coordinate” with the defendant in any way? This is how far the repub party has sunk in the past twenty years….that they will protect a criminal in the WH from any consequence of his shredding the constitution by more shredding…and every damn repub in the government is in on the fix…I am so depressed about where the repubs have taken this country that I am going to tune out the news for a few days and try to regain some hope that we can use the only mechanism that is left to us, the next election, to purge these traitors and then try to repair the damage they have done…it won’t happen in my lifetime and that is the most depressing part…that I am going to have to live in this world where the law doesn’t mean anything anymore and that thugs and liars are going to control this country…I need a drink….