Well…we didn’t get the inch of rain that was in the forecast but it did rain for about 20 minutes this afternoon…not enough to fix my lawn but it may limit the damage some…I am going to have to mow the front of the lawn tomorrow but not anything else since it is completely dormant…so, I didn’t do much today…even skipped dinner since I didn’t feel like cooking so I’ll make the stir fry tomorrow…just don’t have any appetite anymore and I wonder if that will ever change…I did get two rides in this morning and I’ll try to keep that up with how warm it stays overnight…it was 76 with 87% humidity when I want out and I still didn’t sweat much and I wonder if that is a part of the dehydration I’ve been feeling or if it’s from losing 30 pounds? Haven’t even sweated through my hat to get it dripping at all this year…hmmm…okay, need to finish a book before the USA plays in the Gold Cup final at 7…
47 dead in Texas from doge cuts…
Well…I told you that doge cuts to the government were going to kill people and now they have in the flash flooding in Texas that happened this week…and a lot of it was completely avoidable…we used to have a working National Weather Service that would have been able to forecast and then help the state of Texas prepare for the torrential rain…but there is no one in the positions that did those jobs anymore…and I find it so damn ironic that the blood red government of Texas is whining that the NWS is not doing it’s job and is pointing the finger at them…gee, a little while ago they were just giddy with cutting the federal government…this is what happens when you have incompetent assholes running the government who only make decisions with ideology…that there are no necessary jobs that the government does…try to tell that to the parents of the 47 kids killed in the flooding…geez…
July 6th
Well…another morning up before 5am and I’m so damn tired and I wonder why I can’t take a nap in the afternoon like I used to be able to? And the weather forecast of rain is just frickin laughable since it never rains here…twice in 90 days? Didn’t sleep for crap last night and that is getting to be a pattern…I mean how long can you sleep only 5 hours a night before it starts to affect your health? I did make whole bean coffee for this morning and it really sucks that I can’t taste it anymore….and I have 6 more pounds in the drawer that I won’t be able to taste either…not sure what I’m going to cook today…have chicken thawed for a stir fry but then chicken tacos got into my head…maybe I’ll get more chicken and do the tacos later in the week….need to get on the bike to do two rides before 10 when the F1 race is on but I’m losing interest in it…like everything else…still have the feeling they are going to find liver cancer with the ultrasound Wed and that will be the end of me…so I need to get my life in order over the next week or so…not much to do today..just the rides and races and reading…and trying to enjoy my last few days of no cancer…more later…
Man, it’s hot…
Well…damn, it got up to 92 degrees out here today so I really didn’t do much but the two rides early this morning and then sat in the shade of my fan all day and read…just finished the 4th of 5 books I picked up Wed…on more James Patterson to do and that will be tomorrow…but there are 3 races on, too, so that will fill some of the time…not sure when I’ll get the rides in tomorrow since it’s supposed to rain off and on but I’ll believe that when I see it…so it could be a wet ride if it’s not storming…didn’t eat much today but I did make a pork loin fillet along with some weird popcorn cauliflower that I got at DD for 99cents…so now all I have to do is finish the race that’s on now and then try to find a movie to watch on plex…tv time…
Medicare is next…
Well…with all of the slashing and burning of healthcare in the recently passed “give the rich everything” bill…hidden in the guts of it is another round of 360 billion in cuts that have to come from somewhere by the end of the year…and guess where the repubs are going to get that money? Yep in secret talks they are proposing to cut all of that out of Medicare and that will basically end the program…so, with the 30 million people losing their Medicaid and ACA, this will add another 70 million of we old folks who will be shit out of luck…so, if you have anything that you need to take care of, get it done this year before there is no more Medicare…I told you they were going to do this and they continue to lie that they won’t touch SS or Medicare when, in private, they are salivating about finally getting rid of those “socialist” programs…I paid for both of these programs my entire life and now they are going to be gone…nice job maga assholes…geez…
July 5th
Well…it really sucks when you wake up at 4:23 and know you’re not getting back to sleep…so it’s a little after 5 and I’m pouring the coffee down to get the day started…it never got under 78 last night and it’s getting to over 90 today so it is going to be uncomfortable later…the humidity is almost 100% right now and I’m already sweating….I really do like the day after holidays when the crap that people do is over…I think that started with having to do everything for christmas when my kids were growing up and all of the traveling that came with it…and I’ve always said that my favorite day of the year is December 26th….didn’t even hear the fireworks before I went to bed last night and that is okay…it is so dry out here that I was expecting lots of fires from the fireworks the idiots were setting off but I didn’t have to put my lawn out so I guess that’s a bonus…just stumbled on the weirdest show on British tv…James May just reassembling an old record player….5 am tv is strange…need to get on the bike as soon as it gets light to get two rides in before 9:55 when F1 qualifying comes on but that gives me an hour to have coffee…not a lot to do today…should clean the bathroom but I don’t think I’m going to have the energy for it…I really miss naps…more later…
Lies from the SSA
Well…the destruction of truth has now bled over into the Social Security Administration with a letter that went out to all SS recipients crowing about the theft bill that is going to be signed today…the letter lies and says that because of the new bill, 80% of SS recipients will no longer have to pay taxes on their benefits when there is nothing in the bill that even addresses the fact that if you make too much money, you can have to pay taxes on part of your benefits…now this is clear violation of he Hatch act that does not allow partisan political activity by federal employees…and this is blatantly pushing this new bill just to make sure the orange ogre gets his daily dose of praise…and the rest of the e-mail is riddled with more and more lies that most of the ignorant, confused old folks who are being propagandized and will not understand that this bill cuts Medicaid and gives huge tax cuts to the rich…and estimates say that up to 20 million people are going to lose health care by these cuts…and they are coming for Medicare and SS next…geez…
July 4th
Well…I am damn tired of all the health crap you have to go through when you get old…I’m tired of the tests, biopsies, and ultrasounds and just want to live what’s left of my life…and I’m tired of busting my ass to stay healthy every day when it just doesn’t mean anything…but, I’ll be on the bike in a half hour to get the rides in before the rain comes in…and yes, it’s not going to rain even though there is a huge blob over in Wisconsin heading this way…man, I feel old…didn’t eat much yesterday and I’m finding it harder and harder to even try to eat when I can’t taste anything anymore…even coffee and that sucks…the air quality is poor again today and I’ll be coughing again after the rides…the rain is supposed to be here in three hours so that give me time to get the rides in before that…have a lot to do today to just keep this place a little presentable so I may skip the beach and get my ass in gear and clean…I’m sore and tired and old and depressed…and I have 13 minutes before I have to get on the bike…more later…
Have the ultrasound scheduled…
Well…I finally got the liver ultrasound scheduled but it is so damn early…I have to be there at 6:45am on the 9th and the only corewell facility that does it out here is in Grand Haven…only 13 miles from here but still, they should have a place here in Muskegon…oh, well…didn’t get a lot done today but the rides and going to the beach…the water is still really nice and I got a half hour swim in…but it’s supposed to get into the mid 90’s Sat but I won’t be at the beach any weekends…just too dam busy…I may go out for a bit tomorrow if I can get out there early before the crowds…there are air quality alerts on til Sunday and I can feel it in my lungs…have been coughing a bunch today and I know part of it is allergies…okay, want to get a little more reading in…
Stupid tariffs and jobs…
Well…with the stupid trump tariffs in full force now and we are seeing just what I predicted…jobs are going away from demand cratering across the country…last months job numbers were revised down to only 28,000 added when it was predicted to add 100,000…but the real thing is June’s numbers where it was shown that the economy lost almost 35,000 jobs and economists are predicting losses in the 6 figures and the economy accelerating it’s fall into recession…do you think the idiot is going to do something about it? Ha,ha…he has no frickin clue about the economy and it is all his doing that it’s going in the tank…and it only effects poor people so they won’t life a finger…or they will say the rich needs more tax cuts to create jobs like they do for everything else…remember it’s stupid trump tariffs that are doing the damage…and it’s all his fault…geez…