25 minutes on a recumbent bike doesn't sound too bad. But I made the mistake of putting it on a 'hill' program. The third terrace from the top burned my ass, literally. Now my arms are weak and tired from hoisting myself up so my bulk did not crush the muscles (yes, there are alleged to be some under there) I was sitting on. Pushing yourself is a good thing, and I don't think I strained anything.
Tiny DVD player is back in the bedroom so now we can watch grown up programs on collections. The family room has a shiny new DVD/VCR combo, which looks nice. Also, wife's dress form came today - a nice addition to her office/workspace to put projects on. Nice wood finial and base. Maybe I can scare up a picture later.
Sleep is deeper, weird dreams (something about Dartmouth being converted to a giant film set, with buildings re-done in an egyptian theme), and continued irritation from the breathing mask. Some of it is the facial hair (yes, I know I didn't mention it - back in the cold northern days it was protection in the winter. Down here I just like changing my look once in a while. The cold still doesn't bother me - I ran around all day today in a t-shirt, with highs in the low 40s). Don't want to risk petroleum jelly - it might degrade the latex, if the mask is made of latex, which is unlikely due to people with allergies, but I need something there to keep the friction and resulting rash from happening.
The mayor here, who is a thinly disguised thug (who also has a doctorate and once was school superintendent, which tells you a lot about the political ladder here), gave his annual New Year's speech, which is always interesting. One year he stated that god made him mayor. This year he wants consolidation of the city and county governments. For those of you who think about it, this is ridiculous to begin with, having a government for a county, then duplicating the government for a city that is completely within the borders of said county. Then again, this way you can double the graft and corruption, and since the poverty stays within the city (discounting the upscale poverty of people losing houses because they don't understand how mortgages work), the county can provide more services for those who can afford to escape. The mayor addressed this a couple of years ago, basically saying if you don't like the city, there is the door. In order to consolidate the governments, both the city and county voters would have to ratify the move. Twice it has been voted on in the last 40 years, both times the county rejected it, since they moved farther away so as not to subsidize a lot of welfare cases. Now the mayor wants to amend the state constitution to eliminate county voters ratifying a merger. And the chances of that?
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