Zippity Doo Dah
18/01/19 08:14
Finally. We have snow in the forecast. This looks to be a serious one, folks. Relatively speaking, that is. Since we've had zero accumulation thus far this season any amount of snow would be considered a "lot" of snow. Yes, they're calling for a good foot or more here on the coast and up to two feet in the mountains and points west going into Vermont, Maine, and even upstate New York.
I have mixed feelings about all of this since I've been enjoying not having snow and all the good things that go along with that including my daily bike riding regimen, etc. All of that is about to come to an abrupt halt.
I dragged all of the machines I'll be needing and some I'm hoping won't be necessary, that being the case with the generator, out of the garage yesterday to make sure that all had sufficient gas and oil before I need to put them into service. I have this bad habit of leaving one thing or another to chance and a good example here would be filling the machines with gas but not running the machines to make sure that they will function on a moments notice when the time comes.
That is about as close as I come to living dangerously these days. Another quick example? I ride my bike every day with tires that are getting a little long in the tooth after putting some 2,000 plus miles on them over the course of 2018. I know they are threadbare or close to threadbare but ride like the wind in sub-freezing temperatures anyway knowing full well that getting a flat on a remote section of the highway I ride might well prove fatal.
Maybe I've been watching too many of those Alaskan survival shows on television but I worry as well about breaking down after working up a hard cold sweat and succumbing to hypothermia or worse. Riding like the wind as I do, I suppose stroking out or having a heart attack while riding is possible too but that would mean I died doing what I love to do which should give a modicum of comfort to family and friends.
That would be preferable as well to some of the more nightmarish scenarios that go through my mind while riding. I like to think that I live far enough north so that I don't have to concern myself with yahoos wielding crossbows and shotguns from the comfort of their pick-ups but I've had enough objects thrown at me over the years to know this isn't true. Every day is an adventure. Anything less would be humdrum.
Speaking of yahoos, do we have to put up with another fucking year seeing the Patriots in the Super Bowl? Seems like the answer to that question is "yes." You know I love to hate the Patriots. They were in the SB last year and lost to a team whose name I can't even remember now. That was worth watching. Maybe it was the year before. I am so tired of hearing the name "Tom Brady" and "Bill Belachik."
No matter the call on the field, it's never Tom's fault. It's always the other guy. Tom can do no wrong. Will someone break through that line and kneecap that bastard before he gets a chance to throw the ball? I want to see that pissy little whiner with his arms flailing begging, cajoling, and trying to shame any one of the several referees on the field into calling a foul on the opposing team. You want to see a temper tantrum? Just watch Tom Brady not get his way on the field.
The Patriots are a well oiled machine. I will give them that much. Why are other teams not able to do the same? What is it about the Patriots that makes them so unique? More importantly, why can other teams not come up with a strategy to overcome whatever it is that they face week in and week out when playing the Patriots during the regular season?
The film is there for anyone and everyone to see. Their plays seem fairly predictable route in and route out. Season after season they employ the same tactics on the field. How do you explain the dominance of any one team for a decade or more? Just when you think that their losing one or more super bowl games signals the beginning of their long anticipated decline in the rankings, they come back for yet another year and find their way to another super bowl.
I would welcome a humiliating defeat this year. Better late than never is what I say. I admit it. I'm a hater. Well, when to comes to the Patriots anyway. The Patriots aside, I could care less for football. I am definitely on the sidelines with the non-believers when it comes to religion and sports. I'm not sure where that leaves me exactly when it comes to wanting to see them lose. It is a sentiment best kept close to the vest hereabouts.
I do wish President Trump would get off his ass and declare a national emergency so he can move forward with building the Wall. Use eminent domain when and where necessary to get the job done. He's not signing off on any bills that fund the government until they approve his $5b for the Wall. Since the democrats hold the House of Representatives and they have no desire to approve so much as a dollar for the Wall, the government remains shut down.
And now, the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, is refusing to extend an offer to have Trump deliver his State of the Union speech in the chamber of the House of Representatives until the government opens back up. I'm not sure why Trump doesn't just deliver the speech from another venue but I'm waking up this morning to learn that he has agreed to wait until the government reopens to give his speech.
Say what? The headline in the Wall Street Journal this morning reads as follows: "Trump bends to Pelosi on the State of the Union." This is bullshit! This is not the Trump we voted for. I guess I don't know if he's playing three D chess or just rolling over. Maybe he's listening to Jared Kushner again. His supporters are not going to be happy. He does realize that he is up for reelection in 2020. Right? We need to keep fighting.
I have mixed feelings about all of this since I've been enjoying not having snow and all the good things that go along with that including my daily bike riding regimen, etc. All of that is about to come to an abrupt halt.
I dragged all of the machines I'll be needing and some I'm hoping won't be necessary, that being the case with the generator, out of the garage yesterday to make sure that all had sufficient gas and oil before I need to put them into service. I have this bad habit of leaving one thing or another to chance and a good example here would be filling the machines with gas but not running the machines to make sure that they will function on a moments notice when the time comes.
That is about as close as I come to living dangerously these days. Another quick example? I ride my bike every day with tires that are getting a little long in the tooth after putting some 2,000 plus miles on them over the course of 2018. I know they are threadbare or close to threadbare but ride like the wind in sub-freezing temperatures anyway knowing full well that getting a flat on a remote section of the highway I ride might well prove fatal.
Maybe I've been watching too many of those Alaskan survival shows on television but I worry as well about breaking down after working up a hard cold sweat and succumbing to hypothermia or worse. Riding like the wind as I do, I suppose stroking out or having a heart attack while riding is possible too but that would mean I died doing what I love to do which should give a modicum of comfort to family and friends.
That would be preferable as well to some of the more nightmarish scenarios that go through my mind while riding. I like to think that I live far enough north so that I don't have to concern myself with yahoos wielding crossbows and shotguns from the comfort of their pick-ups but I've had enough objects thrown at me over the years to know this isn't true. Every day is an adventure. Anything less would be humdrum.
Speaking of yahoos, do we have to put up with another fucking year seeing the Patriots in the Super Bowl? Seems like the answer to that question is "yes." You know I love to hate the Patriots. They were in the SB last year and lost to a team whose name I can't even remember now. That was worth watching. Maybe it was the year before. I am so tired of hearing the name "Tom Brady" and "Bill Belachik."
No matter the call on the field, it's never Tom's fault. It's always the other guy. Tom can do no wrong. Will someone break through that line and kneecap that bastard before he gets a chance to throw the ball? I want to see that pissy little whiner with his arms flailing begging, cajoling, and trying to shame any one of the several referees on the field into calling a foul on the opposing team. You want to see a temper tantrum? Just watch Tom Brady not get his way on the field.
The Patriots are a well oiled machine. I will give them that much. Why are other teams not able to do the same? What is it about the Patriots that makes them so unique? More importantly, why can other teams not come up with a strategy to overcome whatever it is that they face week in and week out when playing the Patriots during the regular season?
The film is there for anyone and everyone to see. Their plays seem fairly predictable route in and route out. Season after season they employ the same tactics on the field. How do you explain the dominance of any one team for a decade or more? Just when you think that their losing one or more super bowl games signals the beginning of their long anticipated decline in the rankings, they come back for yet another year and find their way to another super bowl.
I would welcome a humiliating defeat this year. Better late than never is what I say. I admit it. I'm a hater. Well, when to comes to the Patriots anyway. The Patriots aside, I could care less for football. I am definitely on the sidelines with the non-believers when it comes to religion and sports. I'm not sure where that leaves me exactly when it comes to wanting to see them lose. It is a sentiment best kept close to the vest hereabouts.
I do wish President Trump would get off his ass and declare a national emergency so he can move forward with building the Wall. Use eminent domain when and where necessary to get the job done. He's not signing off on any bills that fund the government until they approve his $5b for the Wall. Since the democrats hold the House of Representatives and they have no desire to approve so much as a dollar for the Wall, the government remains shut down.
And now, the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, is refusing to extend an offer to have Trump deliver his State of the Union speech in the chamber of the House of Representatives until the government opens back up. I'm not sure why Trump doesn't just deliver the speech from another venue but I'm waking up this morning to learn that he has agreed to wait until the government reopens to give his speech.
Say what? The headline in the Wall Street Journal this morning reads as follows: "Trump bends to Pelosi on the State of the Union." This is bullshit! This is not the Trump we voted for. I guess I don't know if he's playing three D chess or just rolling over. Maybe he's listening to Jared Kushner again. His supporters are not going to be happy. He does realize that he is up for reelection in 2020. Right? We need to keep fighting.