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January 21-26 2013
Jan. 27th, 2013 06:59 pm Monday 21- nice day.
I did my stretches.
I hopped on the scooter and drove down to WalMart to fetch me a battery for the Harley. I was going to do this at the Harley Dealer but I forgotten they are closed on Mondays. I did some shopping while I was there and at Stater Bros.; there is only so much you can carry on a little scooter.
I met a couple of interesting folks, street people I guess you’d call them, in front of WalMart. One was a young man called Forest who had all his belongings in a shopping cart that was connected by leash to his dog. He wore a hat that had all kinds of pins and buttons the same as his Levi jacket. He held up a sign that said smile. One lady didn’t like him there and called the police saying he was asking for money from shoppers. Forest was upset and was yelling at the lady saying he didn’t ask for any money. I told him to calm down and walked him away from her to over down by Staters Brothers where the guitar player was. We stood and yakked for a spell. I went in the store to buy supplies and when I came out, both men were gone... maybe the police came and ran them off or they went off to better hunting grounds. I found them very pleasant to yap with.
When I got back home, Linda H. and I drove around the back areas in our community to document all the dumping going on.
I watched season 2 episode 8 of “Voyager”; on a planet to retrieve needed material for the warp engines the away party gets captured by the police of a corrupt oppressive government.
Tuesday 22- even a better day with temps almost into the 70s!
I did my stretches, yoga, ran a mile and a half with 1.5lbs around each wrists, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for five minutes.
I drove around in the “gross polluter” my truck, picking up large rocks on the side of the road to use in my yard. I found a really large one and I should have left it there but I had already moved it into the road so I was committed to lifting it onto the back of the truck; hopefully my back doesn’t hurt tomorrow. I did some work around the yard cleaning up here and there.
I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with my backpack.
I finished editing chapter 11.
My brother Kevin is helping edit book one of the sci fi trilogy I wrote and has finished 3 chapters.
I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a night run.
I watch season 5 episode 12 of “Castle”; the creator of College Girls Gone Wild is found dead strangled by a 44d bra in the woman’s bathroom stall at a nightclub.
I watched season 2 episode 9 of “Voyager”; Torres reactivates a robot that they came across floating in space and she reactivates it...
Wednesday 23- mostly cloudy but nice.
I did my stretches.
I worked on the Cougar getting the back seat removed so I can get to where the fuel pump is and remove it by cutting out a bigger hole than what is there. There was all kinds of junk under the seat: Zippo lighter, old Cds, sunflower seeds... Yuck!
I replaced a fuse that was blown on the truck and was able to plug in the air compressor into the cigarette lighter and pump up the tires that were low or flat: wheelbarrow, bike, truck, spare tire...lots of tires.
I got the new battery ready to put in the Harley, but it said to trickle charge it for 3-8 hours and I’ll have to do that tomorrow before I install it.
I watched a movie called “District 13: Ultimatum” (2009); lots of jumping around much like the other the first movie. I thought it was very well done and held my attention.
I didn’t work on editing the book today because I needed a break from it.
Thursday 25- cooler and cloudy but still nice outside.
I did my stretches, yoga, ran a mile and a half with 1.5lbs around each wrists, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for five minutes.
I worked on the Harley for 5 hours installing the new battery which I found out had the battery posts opposite than the old battery had them, making it so the +- cables couldn’t reach their proper posts. I had to exchange one cable for the other so they would reach... undoing the two nuts that held them on, in very tight places, was a major pain in the butt. I finally got it all back together and crossed my fingers and turned it on hoping what I did wouldn’t blow something up; it started right up!!! I had checked the size and the AMP hrs of the new battery, but I never thought to check to see where the +- poles were; I just assumed that they were all standard...
I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with my backpack.
I finished editing chapters 12 and 13 of my book...
I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a night run.
Friday 25- rain all day long.
I did my stretches, yoga, ran up my hill with 5lbs weights in each hand, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for two minutes. I was lucky that there was a break in the rain when I did the run.
I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells, but didn’t go for my evening walk because of heavy rain.
I finished chapters 14, 15, and 16... I’m done! Now gotta go update it and print out a few copies.
I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, but didn’t go for a night run because of the rain.
I watched season 1 episode 8 of “Alley McBeal”; Alley tries to tell a dirty joke. Also watched season 2 episode 10 of “Voyager”; to survive in the delta quadrant Janeway tries to form alliances.
Saturday 26- it mostly rained all day long again.
I did my stretches.
I cooked a rice and chilli bean thingy and headed on down to the community center. I was going to take the scooter because I didn’t completely trust the truck on starting, but it was raining so hard before I left I decided to take the truck and stay dry. Mary and Chris Koval created a chicken and vegetable Alfredo, super brownies, and Christmas cookies that were mighty yummy. Marie Morrison cooked up some fantastic scalloped potatoes that quickly vanished on the first round. Ruth Malton concocted a mello yello jello fruit salad. And finally Chris Jonas, the master chef among us, used his secret recipe learned from years of patient experimentation with different herbs and seasonings created the most perfect potato salad that had ever crossed yer lips. Not many showed up but for those that did we had a wonderful and pleasant time yammering away the hours eating our supper.
I got back home and called my friend Mike Long and we jawed for over an hour.
I checked my battery voltage and noticed that it was 11.74 volts when it should be around 12.5... something was wrong. I went out to the battery room with my voltmeter and found one of my four batteries is dead. I had to switch out the bad on and another and just run on two of the newest ones. Doing this I had 12 volts again, but not enough to run me through the night without harming the batteries. So I decided to run my laptop off its internal battery and use my cell phone WIFI hotspot connection to get me through the night.
I watched the last two episodes of “Fringe” and I believe that is the end of the show for good... I am sorry to see it go...
*** some stuff I wrote here and there ***
When I was a very young child I lived half a block from the ocean and was able to watch ships at sea from our home on Leland Street in San Pedro. I would draw pictures of the palm trees that grow along Paseo Del Mar, the backdrop of Catalina Island with the ships crossing in between. I always wondered where these ships were headed, what cargo they may carry on their lonely voyage to far and distant lands.
I spent many a day with the rain falling on calm waters when I was moored in Redondo Harbor.... kinda special feeling runs through you, a calm like meditation of organic oneness...
Dang, I can smell the sea and boats just looking at these. A boat in water has a special smell to it ya know
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I did my stretches.
I hopped on the scooter and drove down to WalMart to fetch me a battery for the Harley. I was going to do this at the Harley Dealer but I forgotten they are closed on Mondays. I did some shopping while I was there and at Stater Bros.; there is only so much you can carry on a little scooter.
I met a couple of interesting folks, street people I guess you’d call them, in front of WalMart. One was a young man called Forest who had all his belongings in a shopping cart that was connected by leash to his dog. He wore a hat that had all kinds of pins and buttons the same as his Levi jacket. He held up a sign that said smile. One lady didn’t like him there and called the police saying he was asking for money from shoppers. Forest was upset and was yelling at the lady saying he didn’t ask for any money. I told him to calm down and walked him away from her to over down by Staters Brothers where the guitar player was. We stood and yakked for a spell. I went in the store to buy supplies and when I came out, both men were gone... maybe the police came and ran them off or they went off to better hunting grounds. I found them very pleasant to yap with.
When I got back home, Linda H. and I drove around the back areas in our community to document all the dumping going on.
I watched season 2 episode 8 of “Voyager”; on a planet to retrieve needed material for the warp engines the away party gets captured by the police of a corrupt oppressive government.
Tuesday 22- even a better day with temps almost into the 70s!
I did my stretches, yoga, ran a mile and a half with 1.5lbs around each wrists, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for five minutes.
I drove around in the “gross polluter” my truck, picking up large rocks on the side of the road to use in my yard. I found a really large one and I should have left it there but I had already moved it into the road so I was committed to lifting it onto the back of the truck; hopefully my back doesn’t hurt tomorrow. I did some work around the yard cleaning up here and there.
I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with my backpack.
I finished editing chapter 11.
My brother Kevin is helping edit book one of the sci fi trilogy I wrote and has finished 3 chapters.
I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a night run.
I watch season 5 episode 12 of “Castle”; the creator of College Girls Gone Wild is found dead strangled by a 44d bra in the woman’s bathroom stall at a nightclub.
I watched season 2 episode 9 of “Voyager”; Torres reactivates a robot that they came across floating in space and she reactivates it...
Wednesday 23- mostly cloudy but nice.
I did my stretches.
I worked on the Cougar getting the back seat removed so I can get to where the fuel pump is and remove it by cutting out a bigger hole than what is there. There was all kinds of junk under the seat: Zippo lighter, old Cds, sunflower seeds... Yuck!
I replaced a fuse that was blown on the truck and was able to plug in the air compressor into the cigarette lighter and pump up the tires that were low or flat: wheelbarrow, bike, truck, spare tire...lots of tires.
I got the new battery ready to put in the Harley, but it said to trickle charge it for 3-8 hours and I’ll have to do that tomorrow before I install it.
I watched a movie called “District 13: Ultimatum” (2009); lots of jumping around much like the other the first movie. I thought it was very well done and held my attention.
I didn’t work on editing the book today because I needed a break from it.
Thursday 25- cooler and cloudy but still nice outside.
I did my stretches, yoga, ran a mile and a half with 1.5lbs around each wrists, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for five minutes.
I worked on the Harley for 5 hours installing the new battery which I found out had the battery posts opposite than the old battery had them, making it so the +- cables couldn’t reach their proper posts. I had to exchange one cable for the other so they would reach... undoing the two nuts that held them on, in very tight places, was a major pain in the butt. I finally got it all back together and crossed my fingers and turned it on hoping what I did wouldn’t blow something up; it started right up!!! I had checked the size and the AMP hrs of the new battery, but I never thought to check to see where the +- poles were; I just assumed that they were all standard...
I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with my backpack.
I finished editing chapters 12 and 13 of my book...
I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a night run.
Friday 25- rain all day long.
I did my stretches, yoga, ran up my hill with 5lbs weights in each hand, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for two minutes. I was lucky that there was a break in the rain when I did the run.
I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells, but didn’t go for my evening walk because of heavy rain.
I finished chapters 14, 15, and 16... I’m done! Now gotta go update it and print out a few copies.
I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, but didn’t go for a night run because of the rain.
I watched season 1 episode 8 of “Alley McBeal”; Alley tries to tell a dirty joke. Also watched season 2 episode 10 of “Voyager”; to survive in the delta quadrant Janeway tries to form alliances.
I did my stretches.
I cooked a rice and chilli bean thingy and headed on down to the community center. I was going to take the scooter because I didn’t completely trust the truck on starting, but it was raining so hard before I left I decided to take the truck and stay dry. Mary and Chris Koval created a chicken and vegetable Alfredo, super brownies, and Christmas cookies that were mighty yummy. Marie Morrison cooked up some fantastic scalloped potatoes that quickly vanished on the first round. Ruth Malton concocted a mello yello jello fruit salad. And finally Chris Jonas, the master chef among us, used his secret recipe learned from years of patient experimentation with different herbs and seasonings created the most perfect potato salad that had ever crossed yer lips. Not many showed up but for those that did we had a wonderful and pleasant time yammering away the hours eating our supper.
I got back home and called my friend Mike Long and we jawed for over an hour.
I checked my battery voltage and noticed that it was 11.74 volts when it should be around 12.5... something was wrong. I went out to the battery room with my voltmeter and found one of my four batteries is dead. I had to switch out the bad on and another and just run on two of the newest ones. Doing this I had 12 volts again, but not enough to run me through the night without harming the batteries. So I decided to run my laptop off its internal battery and use my cell phone WIFI hotspot connection to get me through the night.
I watched the last two episodes of “Fringe” and I believe that is the end of the show for good... I am sorry to see it go...
*** some stuff I wrote here and there ***
When I was a very young child I lived half a block from the ocean and was able to watch ships at sea from our home on Leland Street in San Pedro. I would draw pictures of the palm trees that grow along Paseo Del Mar, the backdrop of Catalina Island with the ships crossing in between. I always wondered where these ships were headed, what cargo they may carry on their lonely voyage to far and distant lands.
I spent many a day with the rain falling on calm waters when I was moored in Redondo Harbor.... kinda special feeling runs through you, a calm like meditation of organic oneness...
Dang, I can smell the sea and boats just looking at these. A boat in water has a special smell to it ya know
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