So I was listening to the Road Dog Network on Sirius the other day, debating whether Faith Hill was pissed when Carrie Underwood won the Female Vocalist of the Year award at the CMA Awards. Some people said Ms. Hill is one of the nicest people in show biz, but most seemed to say she was pissed. I'll let you decide.

DALLAS -- Two Texas women who killed their young children in cases that drew nationwide attention have formed a friendship at a state hospital, a newspaper reports.

Andrea Yates, who drowned her five children in the bathtub, and Dena Schlosser, whose baby died after she severed the girl's arms with a kitchen knife, became roommates at the Maple unit of the North Texas State Hospital after each was found not guilty by reason of insanity.

I know your life
On earth was troubled
And only you could know the pain
You weren't afraid to face the devil
You were no stranger to the rain

Go rest high on that mountain
Son, your work on earth is done
Go to heaven a shoutin'
Love for the Father and Son
-- Vince Gill, "Go Rest High On That Mountain"

"Put that motherfucker in the wind and come home, driver!"
-- Randy Smith, 1954-2006

A good friend of mine passed away on Labor Day weekend. Randy was my dispatcher, my "travel agent" at work, if you will. I didn't have the privilege of knowing him for long, but we sure made friends in a hurry. I liked him instantly, alot. That's why this is hard for me to write, and why I haven't been on here lately.

She was in the kitchen preparing to boil eggs for breakfast. He walked in. She turned toward him and said, "You have to make love to me - this very moment."

His eyes lit up and he thought, "This is my lucky day." Not wanting to Lose the moment, he embraced her and did it all on the kitchen table.

Afterwards she said, "Thanks." Then she Returned to the stove. More than a little puzzled, he asked, "What was that all about?"

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations (ATA) will once again roll out its “phone home” campaign to help America’s truck drivers celebrate National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (NTDAW) August 20-26. ATA and its state affiliates will mark the celebration by handing out free 60-minute telephone calling cards to truck drivers at local weigh stations, rest stops, and travel plazas all across the country.

See? Even industry insiders don't get it. Show me a trucker who doesn't have a cell phone and I'll show you a trucker who left his cell phone in the truck. What truckers don't have is home time, layover pay, detention pay, adequate legal protection ... I could go on and on, but others before me have, and nobody listened to them either.

Received via e-mail. Too funny. I had to share it.

When you occasionally have a really bad day, and you just need to take it out on someone, don't take it out on someone you know, take it out on someone you don't know.

I was sitting at my desk when I remembered a phone call I'd forgotten to make. I found the number and dialed it. A man answered, saying "Hello."

I politely said, "This is Chris. Could I please speak with Robyn Carter?"

What does villager Bret McBain think about driving a Wal-Mart / Sam’s Club semi-truck ?

"It just doesn’t get any better than this," he said. He was talking both about his choice of career and the company he works for.

McBain, 38, ought to know — he’s been driving big trucks for 24 years. When he was 14 years old, he started hauling wheat in Cooley, Wash. At 18, he got his commercial driver’s license.