Catching Up And Rambling on

I've been a little bit laxed in my blog writing this week. And would like to catch up on several topics. First of all, congratulations to the Philadelphia Phillies for making it into the World Series for the second time in a row. Hopefully they defeat the dreaded New York Yankees and bring the trophy home to Pennsylvania ! Living in Pittsburgh I'm not much of a baseball fan, since the Pirates have had a losing season almost the last 20 years. Baseball is a little slow for me, I prefer hockey.

I was reading the USA Today yesterday and they had an article that was rather well-written regarding wheelchair users. The article concentrated on why individuals who use wheelchairs for mobility are forced onto the roads instead of using sidewalks.

Every year over 600 individuals lose their lives due to lack of properly maintained sidewalks and adequate curbs cuts. The cost for small municipalities to update all of there existing sidewalks to meet the ADA guidelines is prohibitive. I believe it is prohibited because only a minority of individuals use the sidewalk. It's not important to the masses so it does not get funded. Wheelchair users continue to lose their lives and the general public either does not care or is clueless.

I myself am forced into the street quite often due to lack of curb cuts for sidewalks. Sometimes it is frightening when a car speeds by unexpectedly. It's not like I have rearview mirrors,,,,,

Sunday's football game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Minnesota Vikings was very exciting. I have to admit I was not a believer in the black and gold this week. I'm glad they proved me wrong and got a victory out of the game..... The University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University both won Saturday which made my day.....

I had a campfire Saturday evening and listened to some of the hockey game on the radio.... the Penguins lost 4 to 1 against New Jersey.... that sucked, but the fire was nice and I wore my new Columbia jacket and was toasty warm.