Another hot as hell day.   Well, hot in the respect that yesterday it was 65 and today it is 90.   Last night was 49 and tonight it is to be in the low 70's

  Work was busy and uneventful today.  Tomorrow I am in charge.....and do I hate that.   There is not enough help and people are on LOA and vacations at the same time.  Yesterday was awful, but I was off.   I am secretly glad when my days off are busy at work.  Makes me feel glad to be not there.

The mental giants at PENDOT have come up with another f-up.   This weekend is the Kenny Chesney concert, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh Symphony and people for the US Open will be arriving for next weeks golf classic.  There is not a room to be had.  And the ones they had are going for 3 times the usual price.   Even the fleabags are booked. 

SO. PENDOT in their eternal wisdom decided this weekend to close the outbound lane of I 376.  Also know as the Parkway East starting on Friday evening and reopening Monday morning.  You people in other towns  may wonder why that is such a big deal.    IT IS THE ONLY HIGHWAY ROUTE TO THE EAST FROM PITTSBURGH.    You can get here from there but the drive is thru city neighborhoods going 25 to 35 miles per hour, two lanes with stop lights on every corner.   Other cities have multiple  routes and parallel routes but here in "The Most Livable City" we do not.   It is most livable if you stay in your house and do not leave it this weekend.  

There was a plan to build the "Mon-Fayette Expressway to serve as a bypass.  But our great legislators said it was too expensive and the project is about one third done.    They have money to give themselves lavish pensions, per diem rates, food money and a car allowance on top of that.   What we need to do is the people get control of the legislature again.   We in this state can not even petition for a referendum here.  DON'T MOVE TO PA.