Putin's Pants

Welcome to my Friday.  Confused?  That's fine, I don't mind.  Sometimes a little confusion leads to insight, you know?  When the clouds clear?  And you have one of them Holy Shit Moments?
I pulled out my Garmin Fenix 3 and popped it on the charger last evening.  My Suunto Spartan's been acting weird recording my heart rate, not that there 's anything wrong with my heart.  My sitting heart rate is usually in the mid-fifties (thank you cycling), that reading is fine.  However, once I begin cycling that number drops for about  2 - 3 minutes into the mid-40's, and so I'm wondering just how accurate are the readings I'm getting.  The Fenix 3 is an older model now, they're up to Fenix 6 which does so much more...  In other words, the temptation is beginning to grow.
And my, isn't this whistleblower thing spiraling out of control for the Idiot Jerk in the White House.  Did you like the bit about the Idiot Jerk saying the emphasis should be on Biden and his ties to the Ukraine during his time as Vice President... remember this is coming from the Moral Degenerate who's desperately trying to get in Putin's Pants.  What this really does is illustrate how he and his spawn run their businesses.  Corruption is his middle name.  What his base totally fails to understand is that after his ass is locked up and jail, all eyes are going to turn towards them.  Judgement is coming.
My GoPro Hero6 Silver will be arriving tomorrow.  The app is already set up on my phone.  This is what it's supposed to do:

Of course, I don't know if I'm ever going to jump out of a plane, but then I'm not like the Idiot Jerk in the White House.  Given the chance to land in Putin's Pants, his only question would be:  With or without a parachute?

What's brewin'

Well, I did a 12 mile ride yesterday with just my Suunto Spartan and there were no erratic numbers.  I averaged around 124 BPM with an increase up to 143 BPM.  Maybe the belt needs a new battery.
I also ordered a new coffeemaker - a good one.  It has a copper finish.  The blue retro maker I'd bought a while back just isn't making.  I don't like having to unplug it when I'm not using it, that's something I'm not used to.  There have been days when I've accidentally plugged it in only to find a few hours later the burner was on because it tried to brew a pot of coffee.  Damn, that's not good.
And I do go back to work today, after one day off.  I have another four scheduled.  I'm off Sunday and Monday, and then that gets repeated the following week, which happens to be Labor Day.
I see where Boris Bumblebrain is trying to get the EU to renegotiate the "divorce" and they're having none of it.  Oh, and negotiating trade deals with the US is turning out to be more difficult than he and his Brexiteers were expecting.  Sorry, Bumblebrain, did you really think the Idiot Jerk's administration had any intention of giving you a fair deal?  You see, Boris is intelligent... he's just not smart.  He doesn't wield any significant bargaining chips.  Now the Danes?  They have Greenland.  Now, that's one piece of plum real estate.  If the Danes were to choose to sell Greenland, any price they name would turn the Idiot Jerk into a drooling lapdog.  However, they're not even going to consider offers.... oohh, nooo, and so the Idiot Jerk's going to snub them.  Cancelled his trip, he did.
Or maybe that's just an excuse.  Perhaps the Idiot Jerk doesn't want to go to Denmark because one his henchies said there's some serious recession issues coming down the pike.  Of course, that can't be right.  The Idiot Jerk, himself, has said that recession talk is fake news.  And still, he, himself has also said his administration is looking at "temporary payroll tax cuts" to stimulate the economy.  Which means he wants to put the country even deeper into debt in order to get the American Consumer to buy more.  It's the same reason he wants Powell to drop the Prime Rate... so credit is easier to get... so the American Consumer can buy more.
I'm doing what he wants America to do... buy stuff.  Most of what I buy, however, is rather inexpensive and comes from... China, because if Americans manufactured these products they'd cost a hell of a lot more.
Except for the new coffeemaker, that comes from the Netherlands.  It's a Moccamaster by Technivorm and comes with a 5 year warranty.

Most coffeemakers have a one year warranty, but let's be honest here, because they tend to be inexpensive most simply get replaced.

Beats per Minute

Well, it's Tuesday and I have a dental appointment in a little over an hour...  From there I'll hit my neighborhood Weis and Giant stores for groceries.
I disconnect my HRM belt from my Suunto Spartan.  Readings have been coming bad.  I'll look at my readings after a ride and everything will be normal... and then suddenly my heart rate will spike up to 190 beats of minute for about 90 seconds and then suddenly drops back.  Last evening for the first 6 minutes my HRM had my beats per minute at 230.  Believe me, if you heart is beating that fast, you are going to know it.  And last nights ride had some steep hills, one had 15% grade, which is really steep.  Most people will be out of breath by the time they reach the top.  My HRM said I was averaging 137 beats per minute.  So, this morning I disconnected my HRM belt.  My Suunto Spartan does the same thing.  We'll see how this works.
I guess the Idiot Jerk in the White House is blaming the approaching Recession on... Fake New.  Okay, so what else is new?  He lies daily and blames the truth on Fake News.  Because Evangelicals believe he was sent by God to give them what they want, they will always accept his word.  In their minds there is not going to be a Recession, of course, in their minds he's not a Racist, either.  No one ever said they were smart.  They are sheep, eager to be led by any one who gives them what their little hearts so desperately crave.
For those who are interested... I've been to the dentist, my teeth are fine, and I'm back.
I signed up for a new cycling challenge:  Ride for 5 days a week for 4 weeks.  I don't think I'll have a problem with that.  I'm off on Sunday and the Temps are supposed to be fine in the early morning so I'm thinking of taking the X6 out on the road.  I always ride early when I hit the streets.  Traffic, you know?
Now, I've got to go run because I have split days off this week and chores to do.  Yep, after today I get to work for another 4 days.  Hell.

Digest This

It's Friday the 15.  I get to go to work.  One of my fellow associates in Flooring did something stupid.  Now we are all waiting to see what the fallout is going to be - there is the possibility it might very radioactive for one of us... not me.  I'm one of those people in the stands with a front row seat.  This is how life goes, you know?
I did my 40 minutes of cardio this morning and realized that my Sole 95 was tracking my mileage wrong.  Yesterday I did 2 miles and it only racked up one.  That sucks.  My Suunto Spartan tracks it differently, always a little less than the elliptical.  Outside it tracks your mileage through GPS but on a stationary piece of equipment is relies on arm movement since most people swing their arms when they walk.
Since my diet is, fore the most part, Mediterranean I decided to buy a cookbook.  That's right, I rarely eat red meat, mostly chicken and fish.  Of course, like most cookbooks, the recipes here have been created in a kitchen, which means I will dumb some of them down by skipping some of the ingredients, like pine nuts. 

We shall see what happens.
Oh, and both the Senate and the House have approved the funding bill.  And the Idiot Jerk is going to declare a National Emergency to get funding for his racist wall, the one his white, Evangelical base deems necessary to keep out all those brown Catholics from Central America.  I think Nancy said it best when she cited 'gun violence' as a National Emergency.  Their terror of a brown threat is causing part of the white to open a Pandora's Box.  Do they care?  Hell no.  They seriously believe they are in a 'do or die' fight to save 'white America.'  They can't understand evolution has decided that battle a long time ago when the gene for brown skin became dominant.  Of course, they don't believe in evolution either, since that would make them neither superior, or chosen.