Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Baltimore Ravens 2019 N F L season recap

Baltimore Ravens 2019 NFL season recap By Charles Rachel The Baltimore Ravens had an awesome 2019 NFL season led by Quarterback Lamar Jackson, who had one of the best seasons I have seen in quite some time! Jackson threw one touchdown pass after another, allowing the Ravens to gain several victories over the teams they faced this year. The Ravens even almost made it to the Super bowl this year! However, the team lost the next to final playoff game. By winning both of their final playoff games, the Ravens would have made it to the Super bowl. Maybe next year the Ravens will make it to the Super bowl and win it. We can only hope. The 2020 baseball season is almost here! The Baltimore Orioles continue their team’s rebuild this year, and training camp begins today with pitchers and catchers reporting for duty. Everyone else reports on Thursday February 13, 2020

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

My fantasy football season 2019

My fantasy football season 2019 By Charles Rachel One of the things I like to do for fun is watch sports on television. I also enjoy attending live sports events when I get the opportunity to do so. I am a big football and Baltimore Ravens fan! Several years ago, I began playing fantasy football. This is a game created by the National Football League. The purpose of fantasy football is to allow fans to have fun by pretending to own your own football team. You name your team anything you choose. Next choose from a list of real football players you would like to have on your team, this basically creates an all star team of players from multiple teams all playing at some point in the same week. After selecting the players for your team, simply place the players in your lineup that you think will score the most points for their respective teams in the real games. If your player scores for his team, he also scores for your fantasy team. It gets complicated if one of your players is not playing during a week, or his team has the week off. In that case, you need to choose another player to put in his place in the lineup. There is much more, but that is the basic idea of the game. My fantasy team’s name is Charlie’s Raiders. My win loss record is 1-1 after two weeks of play. You can play with friends by creating your own league, or play against others at random by joining a league managed by whatever website you choose to play on. For example, I use www.nfl.com/fantasy, There are also many other great websites out there that allow you to play fantasy football. Some of them do require gambling though. I play only play for fun and for free. This is my recommendation to anyone wanting to play fantasy football. My advice to anyone interested in playing this game. Have fun, but don’t let it worry you so much that it makes you sick while trying to set your weekly fantasy team lineup. There are also fantasy games with nearly’ every sport out there.

Friday, August 2, 2019

My latest fishing adventure with local fisherman and freelance writer Jim Gronaw

My latest fishing adventure with local fisherman and freelance writer Jim Gronaw By Charles Rachel On Monday July 18, 2019 I had the opportunity to go fishing with local fisherman and freelance writer Jim Gronaw. This is the second fishing trip Jim and I have taken together. We went to a local pond. I caught a number of bluegills and bass. Jim caught none himself, we think this was the Lord's plan on that day. Jim and I attend Uniontown Bible Church together. This was a fun day of fishing and discussing our faith. I can’t wait to do it again soon! https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/65864969_2405323789526665_2767970078535188480_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_oc=AQlA4pszQTjrknB8UI7Y34y9illd6A1VSB78ev6LSWdX6nlVTCJXTMThQk5LW0TOYy0&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=67ca4f87cd7f0253579e9a1ee3df8c4d&oe=5DDB4537

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

My new power wheelchair

I recently received my new wheelchair last week after a long wait for it. The wheelchair arrived on Friday July 12, 2019 and it has already changed my life more than any wheelchair I have ever had! In addition to being mobile of course, I now have the ability to use it as a recliner! This feature is very helpful. Because there have been a few times in which my back has hurt for some reason while at the Arc, and I have had to sit in a recliner here until the pain subsided. This does not happen often though. This is the first chair I have ever had with a reclining feature. It also has a head rest and air cushioned seat that inflates by turning a knob when I get out of the chair, then deflates when I get in the chair. This happens to insure the seat remains comfortable while I am sitting in it. This is also to prevent the seat/cushion from sagging or warring down over time. The controller used to drive and recline the chair also moves out of the way for getting under tables. The arm rests also lift out of the way when getting under tables. Because the seat inflates and deflates for comfort and due to the chair’s design, I sit much higher than previously. The seat also has built in lateral supports that help me sit straighter. I absolutely love this chair already! I have not even had it for a full week yet! The footplates fully retract to make it easy when getting under tables, workstations, or when transferring in and out of the chair. You can even get a seat function that lifts you to a full standing position; mine doesn’t have that feature though. I can also lay all the way back as if I were in bed. I am loving this new wheelchair more and more every day!!

Friday, October 26, 2018

RRavens 2018 week 7 R ecap

Ravens week 7 game Recap By Charles Rachel The Baltimore Ravens and New Orleans Saints faced off in week 7 of the 2018 N F L season. The Ravens lost the 24-23 after Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco threw a touchdown pass to John Brown with 24 seconds left in the game. Ravens kicker Justin Tucker missed the first ever extra point kick of his career which would have tied the game and sent it into overtime. However, Saints quarterback Drew Brees threw for his 500th career touchdown. Brees is the third quarterback to beat all 32 teams in the National Football League in his career. Saints defeat Ravens by the final score of 24-23

Thursday, October 18, 2018

What will it be coffee or tea?

Which will it be Coffee or tea? By Charles Rachel People begin their day in many different ways. Many feel they need a beverage such as Orange juice, Milk, or maybe a cup of tea is more your thing to wake up in the morning. Coffee is my drink of choice! I drink it once, sometimes twice a day at least. I also like it for the health benefits it provides. For example, I was advised to drink it last year after taking a stress test. Because the caffeine in coffee helps slow your heart rate down to a more regular pace when at rest. Though some people prefer tea instead.

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Millions of Footprints

Millions of Footprints By Charles Rachel I was walking in the woods one day when suddenly I saw something strange on the path ahead. There were millions of tiny footprints coming out of the bushes, crossing the path, and disappearing into the bushes on the other side. I had some free time so I decided to follow the footprints and investigate. Upon closer inspection, the footprints appeared to belong to Chewbacca from Star Wars! How he crash landed on Earth, no one knows.