In-between the news about the bailout or not, the debate or not, I found this piece about Cindy McCain. It’s incredible the amount of charity work she has started and is very involved with. Not just on the boards but actually hands on in the trenches doing the work. It also mentions how her father made his fortune after Cindy was born. So she wasn’t really brought up rich but grew into it. Cindy McCain: Polished look to many, but her focus is on others BY TINA LAM • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • September 21, 2008 As a volunteer [...More...]
Jun 082011
Jun 082011
Oh well. My favorite line from this story – “Bigfoot” fails DNA test Biscardi said the DNA samples may not have been taken correctly and may have been contaminated, and that he would proceed with an autopsy of the alleged Bigfoot remains, currently in a freezer at an undisclosed location. Maybe next time.
Jun 082011
Laurie of Laurie and Leroy fame, asked a question about why I mentioned clean red widgets in my last post. While I’m waiting for my turn to register early for more classes in January I thought I might let you in on the secret. When I started working on Life on the Road, I learned everything I could about WordPress, hosting, domains and Search Engine Optimization (SEO). I’ve had Adventures in Trucking and Truckingblog.net since 2004 and they rank pretty well because they’ve been around for a long time and they have a ton of content. Since I wanted Life [...More...]
Apr 122009
I’m picking up next week in Boston to head to LA. West, finally! Three thousand miles, the first decent trip I’ve had in months. I feel like finishing in two days, but probably won’t, maybe three, then head home. I’m looking for an audiobook for the long trip. I don’t listen to audiobooks while I sit around, too many distractions and I should be doing something productive. I’ve always wanted to read Atlas Shrugged and now the new book I’ve heard a lot about Daemon. One is about the struggle between capitalism and socialism and the other is about computers [...More...]
Mar 242009
Last weekend I went to the truck show. I had forgotten all about it until I was driving by and saw the free truck parking, on my way to “give” my trailer back to Kentucky. The Kentucky agent I bought it through may have someone to take over the payments if all the little dents are taken out and the floor is redone. It’s not a household trailer, never has been a household trailer and it’s taken some abuse from idiot forklift drivers and tradeshow crates and cases being pushed and dragged across the floor. It was kind of a [...More...]
Jan 242009
It’s been a little more than a month at the new company, which isn’t really very long. It seems like a long time, but honestly, it’s too soon to tell. There are some good things and there are a few things that bug me. I can say that about any company and any job too. On my way to downtown Chicago to pick up a show. One of the more interesting things is driving a big truck downtown anywhere. It’s actually pretty cool and more of a challenge than just driving down the interstate. Then it’s on to the frozen [...More...]
Dec 152008
Dilbert is the only comic I read on a regular basis. I usually get flashbacks from my time in the corporate world, but there is more to the strip than just office humor. It always amazes me how really smart people can be so stupid. I’m not really that smart so it never surprises me when I do something stupid, I expect it. Maybe it wasn’t really stupidity, it was more like gambling on a game of Old Maid. The last one holding the bad card loses. Except the joke was on us.
Nov 282008
I haven’t really quit Bohamian yet, they gave me a short trip from near where I was in PA to Albany, NY. Paid pretty well for general freight, the short hauls usually do. So I’m not too far away and it breaks up the long week and it’s a little extra cash. I decided to go back to PA and on my way back, my friend that recommended me for the new company was going through PA on his way to Pittsburgh to move a trailer. We had Thanksgiving dinner at the Petro near Scranton, PA and I helped him [...More...]
Nov 242008
Has just started. I’m sitting in PA getting rained on with snow on the way. Too bad I’m between semesters I could have taken three more classes and had them all done this week. The trailer is dropped so I could find something to do, but I’m trying to save money too. A room would be a waste, I can lay down in the bed and be on the internet just as easy in the truck as a hotel room. I’m at the truck stop and I stopped by Wal-Mart the other day and stocked up, so the refrigerator is [...More...]
Nov 212008
This is great for people that are sitting around with plenty of time on their hands and love to read. Go to Go Read Green and sign up for a free online magazine subscription from a list of 16 mainstream publications. You need a different email for each subscription, but how hard is that? You can download the magazine to take with you or browse online. The magazine reader is from zinio.com and is an exact replica of the magazine. Waiting time for the magazine to load depends on your connection, but it’s not bad. There’s a zoom option to [...More...]