I do remember that song from a quarter century, well actually 30 years ago now, and how those old cars with their then new-fangled computer controlled transmissions would “fail” into second year so you could drive them to junkyard and the auto dumping grounds yourself. I know that music is newer then what I usually listen to but it’s songs for my childhood, some three decades ago.
The sun is rising on this very cold February morning. Clear but very cold. I doubt I’ll catch the earlier express in this morning, as I am kind of in a haze from that sleeping pill last night but I’m well rested and coffee and caffeine pills are kind of making me snappy even if my head is still in a haze. I know I should quit my pill popping habit, but I would never get any sleep in winter between those long periods not spent up in wilderness next to a fire. I am sure that cold waiting for the bus this morning will really wake me up. I didn’t turn the heat up above 50 degrees last night but it was fine, as while it was windy for a while and cold, it wasn’t that extreme cold and I kept the cabinets open under the sink as the old landlord always reminded me, not that I’ve had problems with drain pipe freezing in 2009 when I lost power for three days in an ice storm. That was a long time ago now though.
Icy this morning outside for sure. Need to be extra careful walking down to the express bus into the city. Big hunks of ice all around, and the black top except for the very well salted roads is a mess. I do wish I could wash the salt off my truck but it wasn’t worth it trying to get home from the car wash last night as it would already be encrusted with salt. Going to walk laps in the Plaza this evening. Big Red is parked for the week, though potentially Thursday or Friday after work I might go Tractor Supply to get propane and any extra food I might want if I decide to get out and spend a night in wilderness. I need to burn things and sing along with the Dire Wolf to restore my sleep.
Wearing that werid magent shirt that I got at the thrift store a few weeks ago. I like the colors and look of it on my and it was only $6 bucks but rather then having buttons it has magnets, which means sometimes the sleeves and shirt can pop open unexpectly. I am sure it was previously owned by an old dude or an autistic kid who couldn’t handle buttons but I liked the look and I figured it’s not that bad. Of course, I guess the advertisers have decided I’m looking for dress clothes, so now I get so many ads for the Men’s Warehouse and other dress shirt manufacturers, even though in my current position I just have to look professional but don’t need a suit and tie, and thrift stores are good for that. Plus it’s not buying more garbage for $40, saving of money that can some day used for hog feed or million other uses when I eventually own my own land. Money saved now will grow to be more money when invested. It’s kind of hay, cattle and manure.
Maybe I can ride in on Wednesday, but it has to be a bit warmer. Not sure how the bike trail will be, probably icy but the bigger issue is how pock marked it will be from the hikers. That said, it was so slick on Saturday but I tend to think it will be better now as we got some snow on top of ice over the weekend. Today though I’m bussing it as I need to bring my laptop into the office and don’t want to beat shit out of it, it’s already on it’s last legs. Plus I have a Save the Pine Bush zoom at 5:30 PM and I figure I can participate while getting my steps walking laps in the Concourse after hours, as I avoid the homeless and schizophrenic individuals. Then I’ll take the later local bus home and do some reading .
Eggs, spinach, onions, broccoli and beans for breakfast. While I didn’t buy eggs this week I did see those “inexpensive” white 18 pack eggs in the Styrofoam trays that burn so black and are pungent are now up to $8.65 at Walmart. If I’m going to buy eggs at the store, I might as well get commodity eggs in my book as they’re all about the same. I don’t believe any of those “greenie” labels — i.e. organic free range and hugged by the farmer — at the supermarket. In my mind, they’re all the same thing as the label gets charred in the fire . That said, I was seeing one of my neighbors growing up is selling her own eggs for $5 a dozen and with spring coming she has a bunch to sell. It’s tempting as it would be good to establish a business relationship with her as she also sells hay and if some day I do end up with land out that way, I’ll probably need a hay supplier.
That electric toothbrush seems to do a good job, especially polishing up the back of the teeth. though I do just think it’s another thing to wear out and break. It’s not like it was expensive but it still just more plastic crap that will eventually get tossed into the fire. And I’ll have to pick out the windings and metal parts out of the ash. Still having good teeth is so important as I’ve learned from my now fairly elderly parents. It’s kind of horrifying what can happen if you don’t take care of yourself and eat the crap they are selling on the television . My dad is dying from diabetes and he’s got holes rotting into his feet. But their house is always full of candy and, every meal has meat cooked in fat with dozens of processed foods. These days I only really eat meat when I’m there or out somewhere but all that saturated fats not only plug your sink but also your arteries.
The thing about meat is it’s good but I’m not convinced it should be an everyday thing. I do like some of that $13 bacon from For the Love of Bacon, but it’s a treat, something I enjoy when I’m up at camp over several days usually fried up with a load of vegetables. Asparagus in spring time, fried in bacon fat and bacon is so good. Lots of saturated fat, nitrates and salt but also delicious. Meat is something you can also enjoy in the winter when there isn’t as many fresh fruit and vegetables that you can grow or purchase locally. Livestock such as pigs and chickens are such good organics recyclers, turning things like apple cores and banana peels into high quality fertilizer in the form of manure. Plus all that grain you run through them not only becomes meat, eggs and milk, it also become manure. It’s a great way to rebuild soil. As that Youtuber, For the Love of the Land points out, you run hay through cattle which produces manure, which produces more hay, which produces more cattle. It’s a bit more complex then that but it’s how it works in general. My sister has long been a vegetarian, and into all the weird PETA crap, but I don’t have any problem about putting a bullet through the head of a cute animal but I do think a lot about those saturated fats that are literally killing yourself.
I've had my eye on this campsite ever since it was created with the new UMP plan and logging a few years back, but usually I like to head further out of town for weekend trips, but with only one night of good weather, this was perfect for roadside camping. Might be hot in the summer, though there is good southernly shade.
Clear but very cold. I doubt I’ll catch the earlier express in this morning, as I am kind of in a haze from that sleeping pill last night but I’m well rested and coffee and caffeine pills are kind of making me snappy even if my head is still in a haze. I know I should quit my pill popping habit, but I would never get any sleep in winter between those long periods not spent up in wilderness next to a fire. 
I am sure that cold waiting for the bus this morning will really wake me up. I didn’t turn the heat up above 50 degrees last night but it was fine, as while it was windy for a while and cold, it wasn’t that extreme cold and I kept the cabinets open under the sink as the old landlord always reminded me, not that I’ve had problems with drain pipe freezing in 2009 when I lost power for three days in an ice storm. 
That was a long time ago now though.
Need to be extra careful walking down to the express bus into the city. Big hunks of ice all around, and the black top except for the very well salted roads is a mess. I do wish I could wash the salt off my truck but it wasn’t worth it trying to get home from the car wash last night as it would already be encrusted with salt. Going to walk laps in the Plaza this evening. Big Red is parked for the week, though potentially Thursday or Friday after work I might go Tractor Supply to get propane and any extra food I might want if I decide to get out and spend a night in wilderness. 
I need to burn things and sing along with the Dire Wolf to restore my sleep. 
I like the colors and look of it on my and it was only $6 bucks but rather then having buttons it has magnets, which means sometimes the sleeves and shirt can pop open unexpectly. I am sure it was previously owned by an old dude or an autistic kid who couldn’t handle buttons but I liked the look and I figured it’s not that bad. Of course, I guess the advertisers have decided I’m looking for dress clothes, so now I get so many ads for the Men’s Warehouse and other dress shirt manufacturers, even though in my current position I just have to look professional but don’t need a suit and tie, and thrift stores are good for that. 
Plus it’s not buying more garbage for $40, saving of money that can some day used for hog feed or million other uses when I eventually own my own land. Money saved now will grow to be more money when invested. It’s kind of hay, cattle and manure.
That said, it was so slick on Saturday but I tend to think it will be better now as we got some snow on top of ice over the weekend. Today though I’m bussing it as I need to bring my laptop into the office 
and don’t want to beat shit out of it, it’s already on it’s last legs. Plus I have a Save the Pine Bush zoom at 5:30 PM and I figure I can participate while getting my steps walking laps 
in the Concourse after hours, as I avoid the homeless and schizophrenic individuals. 
Then I’ll take the later local bus home and do some reading 
.
While I didn’t buy eggs this week I did see those “inexpensive” white 18 pack eggs in the Styrofoam trays that burn so black and are pungent are now up to $8.65 at Walmart. If I’m going to buy eggs at the store, I might as well get commodity eggs in my book as they’re all about the same. I don’t believe any of those “greenie” labels — i.e. organic free range and hugged by the farmer — at the supermarket. 
In my mind, they’re all the same thing as the label gets charred in the fire 
seems to do a good job, especially polishing up the back of the teeth. though I do just think it’s another thing to wear out and break. It’s not like it was expensive but it still just more plastic crap that will eventually get tossed into the fire. And I’ll have to pick out the windings and metal parts out of the ash. Still having good teeth is so important 
as I’ve learned from my now fairly elderly parents. It’s kind of horrifying what can happen if you don’t take care of yourself and eat the crap 
they are selling on the television 
. My dad is dying from diabetes and he’s got holes rotting into his feet. 
But their house is always full of candy 
and, every meal 
has meat cooked in fat 
with dozens of processed foods. These days I only really eat meat when I’m there or out somewhere but all that saturated fats not only plug your sink but also your arteries. 
I do like some of that $13 bacon from For the Love of Bacon, but it’s a treat, something I enjoy when I’m up at camp over several days usually fried up with a load of vegetables. Asparagus in spring time, fried in bacon fat and bacon is so good. Lots of saturated fat, nitrates and salt but also delicious. 
Meat is something you can also enjoy in the winter when there isn’t as many fresh fruit and vegetables that you can grow or purchase locally. 
Livestock such as pigs and chickens are such good organics recyclers, turning things like apple cores and banana peels into high quality fertilizer in the form of manure. 
Plus all that grain you run through them not only becomes meat, eggs and milk, it also become manure. 
It’s a great way to rebuild soil. As that Youtuber, For the Love of the Land points out, you run hay through cattle which produces manure, which produces more hay, which produces more cattle. It’s a bit more complex then that but it’s how it works in general. My sister has long been a vegetarian, and into all the weird PETA crap, but I don’t have any problem about putting a bullet through the head of a cute animal 
but I do think a lot about those saturated fats that are literally killing yourself. 
