Superman?

I am going back to when I was about 8 or 9 years of age. As you know by now I lived on the West Side of Chicago. I was thinking of this old man who owned a shoe repair store on Roosevelt Rd. This was, and still is, a main street in Chicago. Well The street I lived on shared the same alley with Roosevelt Rd. I would occasionally vist this shoe store just to watch while he made shoes look like new again. I guess it was cheaper back then to re-sole or to have new heels put on a pair of shoes instead of going and buying a new pair. I was thinking of one day in particular. It was early summer. It was about 2:30 in the afternoon. I remember the time because Clark Kent would come on tv as Superman. This was the black and white version of Superman. I always watched this show. On this particular day I recall hearing a lot of sirens close to the back of our house so I ran outside, as everyone else did. I ran to where the crowd was gathered just to find out that the shoe man and his wife had been robbed and shot to death. I remember wondering how great it would be if Superman was real and he could come and find the person or persons who had done this horrible thing. You see, he never allowed anyone in to the shop unless he knew them, that is why I was allowed to go there. Since the police did not find the door broken, they figured it was no stranger who did this. I don't remember if anyone was ever caught. It was pretty sad since these people were part of our neighborhood. You see back then most of the store fronts had an apartment in back or upstairs where the owners of the shop or store would live. This old man and his wife lived behind the store. I want to say his name was Joe, I can't be sure. He was a white man, Jewish I think. He would always let me buff some of the shoes before the customers would come to pick them up. I did not get paid for this but I enjoyed doing it and I enjoyed being in his shop and watching everything he did. He was a master at his job!

So anyways Superman never payed my neighborhood a visit.

I'm back...

Well, I could talk about the Bears loss to the Packers, but enough said. Not much has changed with me. I am still wearing my fedoras and I think this is a permanent part of me from now on. I am not buying anymore for a while. I want to wear the ones I own.

I have learned a couple of new things, one of which is that I now know how to rip and burn cds. The other thing I learnd is where to get free music. This however, will remain my secret.

2011 is no longer new. It has been here for almost a full month now. The winter in the Midwest has been a rough one. I am glad at times like this that I no longer have a guide dog. Winter snow and cold are just too much to deal with when it comes to traveling as a blind individual with a guide dog. I know many people do it every day, but they would lie if they said it was easy.

Another thing that has changed with me is that after almost 6 years with US Cellular, I moved to Cricket. I got a much better deal for my money and the service has not skipped a beat. I am waiting to go downtown to see how it works there. I also came across a toll free number which is great. The number is: 1-800-555-8355, when you call this number, you can ask for a weather report, local news, top headlines, cheap gas, time and you can have it look up a number to a store or whatever for free. They will not only send you a text with the info, but if youwish, they will also connect the call. All for free! Not bad if you ask me. Yes, I know you guys with the crackberries can get the same info. But I have it all read back to me. I don't know who provides this service and I really don't care, as long as they keep providing it. Years ago when I had Sprint, I had this service available to me at a cost of $5 a month.

I heard from ZoomText, my screen-reader software provider, that they are going mobile. They did not expand on that. They said other emails will have all details. Maybe they have come up with a screen reader for the common cell phone. I know there are some products oth there, but if this company has something in the way of ZT, it will be great since we are so familiar with how it works. We really would not need to much time to get adapted to it. We shal see.

Well, I think that is about all for now.