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.

This just in: Willie Nelson likes his herb.

The country outlaw is back on the road again after a pot-powered pitstop early Monday.

Nelson and several of his band mates received misdemeanor citations for marijuana possession after their tour bus was pulled over in Louisiana. The bust came just two days after Nelson called for the decriminalization of marijuana while stumping for Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman.

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It brought tears to my eyes.

As we approach the 5th Anniversary.
Grab the tissues...trust me,you'll need them!

Daddy's Poem

Her hair was up in a pony tail,
her favorite dress tied with a bow.
Today was Daddy's Day at school,
and she couldn't wait to go.

But her mommy tried to tell her,

Howdy Folks...

So here we are... doing our foremost in providing information that would otherwise be lost the minute it was created...

And what am i talking about?

Well its BLOGGING ! (weblog)

Yep the online world of rants and raves with added stupidity of personal useless info that helps no-one other than those that might think it was worth reading...

The point being... its a truly personal issue...

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.

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.