Well…something has been bugging the hell out of me lately and I thought I’d bitch a little about it…it seems that every damn time that they interview a white guy on tv, they invariably talk to an idiot trump supporter who spews the hate, misogyny, racism and lies that are normal for that group of cretins…but, the problem there is that all of us white guys aren’t like that…but we never get interviewed because being a nice guy who is accepting of everyone and who thinks that trump and his cronies are systematically destroying this country is not news to them and doesn’t fit the narrative that has taken hold in almost every damn news organization in this country. I, for one, don’t want to be lumped in with the haters…but people think with stereotypes… sometimes good, sometimes bad and I’m afraid that with the constant air time that these folks get, it is almost a given that I’ll be tarred with that brush…the same one that says that all Muslims are terrorists, that all Latinos are here illegally, and all Jews are stingy….not sure what to do about it other than continue to think and treat everyone with respect…and try to change people’s minds on person at a time….
July 25th
Well….damn…it’s always something that disturbs my sleep…last night I had a huge bout of acid reflux that woke me up at 3 am and I can still feel it even now…don’t have any clue why that happened but I know the coffee hurts going down and that is just not normal…I did get out to have a couple with G last evening and that was fun…maybe that had something to do with it? All I know is that this is new…maybe I’ll take a zantac before I head over to the house this morning….took the day off of work yesterday but I did do 30 miles on the bike and that was probably a mistake…was dizzy and shaking on the second ride and I know that’s from not eating enough but I didn’t do anything to to help that yesterday…still under 1,000 cals for the day yesterday and I just can’t keep that up….I think I have to figure out a new eating pattern with working on the house but I don’t want to include fast food…so maybe bigger batches of regular cooking to have more leftovers? I still need to work here, too but I don’t know when that will be….I am going to sign the contract for the roof on the house this morning and that should be done next week and that will be a relief to get the big stuff done…then I can get moving on the inside and get the water turned back on…more later…
A couple of things from Mueller….
Well….the idiot trump’s claims that the Mueller report was a “total exoneration” for him was exploded in the first few minutes of Mueller’s testimony in the House when he was asked if trump was “exonerated” by the report and Mueller simply said “no”….removing one of trump’s most used talking point where he shouts “no collusion, no obstruction” every time he opens his mouth….and this was reiterated later in Mueller’s testimony when he was asked if trump could be charged with obstruction after he left office and he said yes…and this was a stupid repub who asked the question, I’m sure since he thought Mueller would give him a different answer….and Mueller basically said that trump lied to him when he answered written questions about wikileaks saying that he had no knowledge of the stolen e-mail dumps that were coordinated with Assange by Roger Stone but which Rick Gates testified that trump told him about the dumps after trump talked to Stone…so lying to federal investigators is also a felony..and I wonder what the count is up to now….it appears to be 14 felonies that trump committed just while in office…is that enough now dems? When are you going to impeach this criminal? Now is the time to save this country…impeach…
House 6
Well…finally made some visible progress on the house yesterday and got the garage door painted after spending a couple of hours removing the flaking paint…the color I chose may be a little too yellow but that is the original color of the house and I am taking it back to those colors….I also got the chainsaw work done…after having the chain come off the first one and having no tools to put it back on, I had to run all the way back to the south end to get a replacement to finish the job…I did get the last section of fence removed and most of the stumps cut out but I still need to chop the rest of them out since they grew right next to the retaining wall and were too close to get the saw in to cut them…so, I’ll get a hatchet next week and finish it up…the fence guys won’t be there for 6 weeks or so so I have plenty of time to get that done…I did buy a new string trimmer to use at the house for 39 bucks and with the problems I’m having keeping the gas mowers running, I may buy an electric since they are cheap at 89 bucks…and the lawn is so small that, even with a small electric, it can be cut in less than a half hour…I’m taking the day off today after beating the heck out of myself yesterday but will be back at scraping more paint tomorrow and filling the voids on the ceiling of the front porch so I can paint that Friday…and then I can start on the interior next week while I wait for the roof and windows to be done…which should be completed by the end of August and then I can get the water turned back on….and then take the power washer to everything and clean things up…still on track to have it ready for move in at the end of my lease…or earlier….
July 24th
Well…I just found out what is worse than getting up at 4:14…getting up at 3:10 and not being able to get back to sleep for very long after that…I think I’m at the end of it and am going to take something to help tonight…I feel pretty beat up this morning with doing the chainsaw work at the house yesterday and then getting the first coat of paint on the garage door…and that took lots of prep work before I could paint and I didn’t get back here until after 2…I may take the day off working today since I want to see the Mueller testimony and I’m pretty sore…but, I may go over and just scrape paint on the other part that is peeling badly…and I do need to caulk that, too, before I can paint it…that should only take a couple of hours so maybe this afternoon…I do have to remember to eat more with all of the expenditures of cals working…only had a couple of chicken breasts yesterday and that is not enough…it’s another cold one out there so I’ll need a fleece again on the ride this morning since I’m getting out at 7…at least it’s not raining so I guess that’s something…I think I need a day off today so I won’t be cleaning any around here today…but I do need to….more later….
Don’t get too excited…
Well…man, it’s been a day so far and I am finally home…I’ll talk about that later…with the Mueller testimony coming up tomorrow and Barr doing everything he can to keep him from it, I think we need to tamp down our expectations for any bombshell revelations from that testimony. After all, Mueller is just not that kind of a person…and he has already told everyone that he will only talk about the report without any amplifications and I think we can believe him…the funny thing that just happened is the DOJ sent Mueller a letter last weekend trying to tell him what he could and couldn’t talk about even though Mueller doesn’t work for the DOJ anymore, an as a private citizen, he can really talk about anything he wants…I think it is going to depend on how thorough the dems are with their questioning…wee know the repubs will attack everything and anyone with every damn conspiracy theory they have been spouting for the past two years and I think it will be interesting how long Mueller puts up with it…he seems the sort that doesn’t suffer fools gladly and the House repb delegation is filled with fools…so I will watch some of it until I see how it is going but have a back up plan if it sucks…impeach…
July 23rd
Well…what the hell is it about 4:14? Up again today at that time and it is getting gritting my teeth annoying…and then trying to get back to sleep is such a chore I wonder if I should even try anymore…I think this is almost a month of this crap and something has to give with me sleep walking through the day without any energy…oh, well…as you saw, I did get a lot of work done yesterday and today will be filled with more on the house starting with getting the last of the heavy lifting done this morning…going to be a chain sawing fool today and I think I’ll get on that early….and I need to unload all the supplies from the car…I’ve taken up every bit of room in it and I still need to find space for 3 gallons of water and the chainsaw….it looks like I’m going to need a fleece on the bike today since it is only about 54 out there right now but that will make it more comfortable working on the house today…I do still need to cook something today, too since all of the leftovers are gone and I have chicken in the fridge that needs to be cooked…or frozen…I’m into another I hate chicken stage after having so much of it lately so I’ll have to think of something else for a few days….more later…
House 5
Well…the house made it a busy day today with lots of running around to get ready to start painting…I did have to take the sawzall back to HF since the blade release lever broke but I didn’t really need it anymore after cutting the pipes so maybe that was not a bad thing…tomorrow is going to be chainsaw day getting rid of the stumps in the fence line but I don’t think that will take all day so I’ll probably get into exterior prep for painting after I get that done…I did get everything I need for painting from HF and I bought a small wet/dry vac that will help with interior clean up when I get to that…I will need to use that on my trunk tomorrow since the cement bag leaked all over my trunk and I do need to clean that out….went out and got the exterior paint, too, only needed two gallons but even with cheap Glidden paint, it was still over 60 bucks for that and another 60 for all of the paint brushes, tape, wire brushes, gloves, and the rest so the bucks are adding up fast. One thing that irritated me some is the contractor who I selected to do the roof and windows appears to have decided to not do the job so I will need to start the bidding process over again to try to find someone who will meet that cost…I wonder if that is a thing now…that contractors are so flighty that they do a quote and then just ignore your e-mails? That took me two weeks last time but I don’t have the time to do that again…will have to think about that over the next few days and figure out what I need to do….
Did you just see that?
Well…have been working hard today trying to get ready to start painting wed but just had to comment on the idiocy that just flooded out of the WH with the idiot trump talking to the press with the Pakistani PM sitting next to him…he starts off by bragging to the PM that he could end the war in Afghanistan in 10 days but that he would have to kill 10 million people and he “doesn’t want to do that”…he bragged that he could kill every man, woman, and child there by committing genocide but that would “win” the war there easily in 10 days or less….and the unhinged rant continued when he rambled on about something on the ocean floor that reporters could put on “scooby” gear and go down and take a look at…whatever IT is…he never got around to telling anyone what IT is…and then he finished up with saying he would campaign for the Pakistani PM the next time he was running for office…you know, I am really tired of this know nothing asshole polluting the country…and any elected official from the US is barred from campaigning for officials of other country by the law here…but trump wouldn’t know that, his is just to damn ignorant to know almost anything…and I am tired of writing about him so I am going to stop here and try to take a nap….I think we need to invent new terms for how stupid trump is…dumber than a box or rocks just doesn’t describe it anymore…impeach…
July 22nd
Well…damn, another early, early morning with getting up at 4:14 and I wonder if I’m ever going to sleep again…I walk around all day like a damn zombie and I know that can’t be good for me…but, I’m at a loss what to do for it…don’t want to take the otc sleeping pills again since that screws with my blood pressure but not sleeping probably does, too…and I’m going to be too busy to take naps in the afternoon this week with getting the contracts signed for the windows and roof and then getting on the stump clearing and starting the painting this week….just want to crawl back into bed…I did get the bathroom finished up yesterday so I wouldn’t feel guilty about letting this place go to hell as I work on the house…and I do need to come back here for a political one later…there really is too much to talk about but that may make it a little easier…I might want to take Wed off to see the Mueller testimony…or maybe I’ll just get the paint and wait til thurs to get started on that…who knows? More later….