First ride, Backups, More

This weekend was a good one despite being unable to play pickleball due to a tournament that closed the courts to the public for both days. I got what I needed done around the house as well as getting in my first EUC ride of 2026, which is the first riding I have done since I had the P6 in the house. I took my Veteran Patton which is probably my favorite wheel I own although I have hardly ridden it in the last year. I had a nice ride Sunday afternoon that reminded me why I should do it more often.

I originally thought I was going to be able to watch the Eagles/Commanders game Sunday afternoon but I guess once the Eagles declared they were resting their starters the local CBS affiliate decided to show a different game. I wound up listening to the broadcast instead. The Eagles lost the game in rather disappointing fashion. I think a lot of fans were hoping Tanner Mckee was going to step in and light it up, despite playing with mostly non-starters. He was not spectacular. The game also illustrated that the eagles back up secondary players are basically awful. They committed pass interference time and again and just seemed helpless. I don’t know that losing a game to a 4-12 team at home outweighs the benefit of resting your starters for the playoffs.

If the Eagles won the game they could have improved their playoff seeding from number three to number two. I would like to say I feel confident that the Eagles are in great shape for a strong run in the playoffs. With their on again off again offense that has been an issue all season long I think they are going to struggle greatly unless some sort of consistency can be found, aka Saquon runs the ball effectively the entire game.

Another day another page in the chapter of the book of Trump this weekend where they removed Venezuela’s president. Nobody is arguing Maduro is anything but a POS but the problem comes when the executive branch refuses to follow protocol and acts without congressional approval. Trump and his puppets have been side stepping/ignoring congress and the judicial branch repeatedly so this should come as no surprise. Seeing him and later Rubio trying to justify/explain the actions and what the plan is going forward was comical. The fact that we have allowed this man to come to power, twice, is beyond the realm of reasonable explanation. The daily assault on morality, decency, intelligence and common sense is exhausting.