Just a Brush

On Wednesday biking home I got hit for the... I actually have lost count. In all but 1 case the car/truck/van hasn't even stopped. The one case where the person stopped, was when I actually got knocked off my bike. Maybe I should act more like a true soccer player and fall down grabbing my leg like it has been tore off. Ok I wouldn't do tha The I have chalked it up to people not stopping because they haven't known they even hit me. I am not sure that is a good thing being that someone driving a car doesn't even know they hit someone but that is what I have guessed is the reason. Though Wednesday night was different. I was going pretty fast in order to get home by 6 so Kari could out to dinner with a friend. I was probably going about 23-24 mph when a white van decided they no longer wanted to wait behind the person turning left and moved right into the lane I was in. I had one of those oh shit moments where I locked up both brakes and started to slide and kind of steer further towards the curb. As I couldn't turn or stop quick enough the van hit my leg closest to it. To be honest I have probably been hit harder by Isaac then the van but that isn;t the point. I of coursed yelled at them but that didn't stop them. After it happened I of course in my adrenaline fueled anger tried to catch the van. In the city this is usually pretty easy because the spped limit is low and there are lots of stop lights for me to catch up to. In this case I started to catch up to the van and they actually sped up. I am sure knowing what they did. At one point going down Chicago Ave I was going close to 35 mph and the van was pulling away from me. I got exhausted before I could catch them at that speed. It is all probably for the better but...it makes me angry that they knew they hit me and took off anyway. What I really need to learn to start taking liscense plate numbers down and just call the cops. In the moment though I can never remember that.

Stairway to heavan

While I am not too particular about punction or spelling when it comes to writting as my feeling is if you get your thought across who cares if it is spelled or punctuated correctly. As the point of writting is to get your thought across. I must say the blog editor on this thing drives me nuts. Though it is a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor it will absolutely not show the two spaces I put after a period. I am too cheap to actually pay for a blogger so here I sit.

I had this thought as I was walking through the doors at work today. Another person walked in right behind me proceeded to push the button for the elevator. Now mind you there are only 3 floors in this building and this person is rather young and has no known medical conditions that stop him from walking up 2 flights of staris. I thought probably rather harshly that if at his age if he can't walk up 2 flights of stairs its time to start digging your grave. Like I said maybe a little harsh and "elitest" but its what came into my head. To make myself feel better after this I tried to clarify my thought by adding all these stipulations to it. Like if you are retired it is ok to take the elevator or if you have a medical conditioin etc etc.

Big Cup

Wow what a nice weekend. Got some water skiing in and was able to drop a ski and ride for a while. I did it goofy which is what I am but it didn't seem normal. Maybe being on one ski just isn't normal.

Golfing was fun but we didn't break any records. -5 under only.

Vikings fans at work talking like it is all but a forgon conculsion that the Vikings are the best team ever. I keep trying to remind them that they have played Clevland and Detriot(not exactly power houses) and in both cases started the game slow. If they do that against a good time they might have some issues coming back. Though as much as I hat to admit it the Vikings are good. Interesting to see how Favre does in 8 weeks after talking a few more hits. Oh yea and the Bears got a lucky win so that works.

I seem to have a lot of these moments but do you ever have a moment when you think...."Humanity as a whole is doomed." I am sitting at work about 5 minutes ago and this muscle head who happens to be a football coach for 10 year olds. Is talking about someone on his team getting imjured and feeling proud that he told the 10 year old to "Stop complaining about being hurt get in the game and go hit somebody" 10 years old? This is what is wrong with sports. I hope Isaac likes theater or something non sport releated.

Lastly, in an attempt to understand "the other side". I am reading a book by Glen Beck. It is really really hard to continue reading it but I feel I must complete it in order to put together complete thoughts on exactly how crazy the Birthers and like are. I will start by dissecting the first thought in his book which is about saying we all voted for "change" in washington and what the politicians think we voted for was a system of handouts and entitlements. First, I don't know about the rest of you but I voted for change away from the party in power because we couldn't take another 8 years Bush like policies and that is exactly what MCain was proposing. I also happen to think that some type of affordable health care for everyone is a right. Not sure if that is a government run system or not but I think it is a right. What we have isn't working. So sorry Glen(who by the way no way is in the we that voted for Obama) I was voting for a completly different type of change that you say I was voting for. Strike 1 on your great theories.

Cutler?

Lets say he didn't have the greates game. I was hoever fairly happy with the way the defense played. I don't think the loss of Urlacher for the season is going to be as big a deal as people are making it out to be. But what do I know. In any case the Bears won't win to many games with 4 Int. If Cutler has another game like that he will be chased from Chicago. Really it is that simple. On a positive note the Bears offense couldnt have played much worse and they did have a chance to win. Oh one last think run to set up the pass don't pass to set up the run.

Steve's Last Night in Town

For a while when I have talked about the cabin I have felt like the song above. I kept talking about it going away and it never would happen. Well that day is done. I got a call from my dad on Friday and the cabin is officially going on the market today. Makes me sick to my stomach to think about it. Money makes people do some pretty crazy things. A piece of land that has been in the family forever will be gone for no reason other then people want the money from it. Dad said he couldn't do anything to save it because it is just too much money for him to buy etc. While I know my dad is trying I just don't believe he really did everything. He didnt talk to his siblings years ago about a way to keep it or by them out. He didn't buy my Uncle Jim out of the trust when my uncle Jim begged hiim to do it. Now these people will become multi millionaires. Drives me nuts. I could go on but honestly it just makes me sick. Hopefully it will be around one more summer but who knows. One positive thing is I will probably never see any of these relatives again and to be honest I will be better for it.

Oh yea

That sound you will hear around 735 tonight. That will be me me opening a beer and heaving a huge sigh of relief as the NFL season begins....

District 9

All in all I liked the movie. My expectations were way to high but even with that I still liked it. It had pretty cool special effects like the "air" pulse gun and some totally quality kills. Don't read any father if you don't want it ruined. A few things that bothered me. First is that none of the aliens could use there own guns. Was it because they were all worker aleins and not able to or smart enough to use guns. Who knows. Also I didn't like how the movie came in and out of documentary mode. Lastly I think there was too much content there for a short movie. I started to think how/why did the aliens come to earth? Was it to spread black fluid and turn everyone into aliens themselves? Were they coming in peace? Were they only here to get fix/get fuel for the ship? How did there ship get stuck and without any power how was it floating? Wouldn't the military be trying to take apart the ship as much as they were trying to acquire and steal gun technology? I mean come on 20 years floating above Johanaburg? What situation made all the worker aleins live but none of the smart ones(well except one possibly?) Will the alien come back in 3 years? Was that a lame set up for a sequel. I think it be cool to have a prequel that bleeds into a sequel. In any case I had a lot of questions but the movie was still entertaining. I give it a 8 out of 10 stars

Plumbing

Plumbing is hard jammed under a cabin. A person who will not be named did the original plumbing like a 2 uear old and didn't put access to everything in the cabin. What this means is water pipes run into unaccesible walls. Makes sense right because you would never want to get to plumbing runs again would you? Anyway I spent three days under the cabin and succeded in redoing the plumbing and having no leaks at about 10 psi. Next up is the pump and running that to the cabin. Hopefully 50 psi will not bring any leaks.