Magazine / A Likely Story
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Corona, South Dakota St. Patrick’s Day Parade
It was an otherwise uneventful day, doing my morning show at a Grant County radio station, when the General Manager approached me during a commercial break. “You and Paul,” he said matter-of-factly. “Are doing the play-by-play today for the St.... -
Truckers & Drug Testing
Most people in transportation know the four basic reasons of drug testing. The first one all new transport workers experience is the pre-employment drug screen. The second is post-accident. Third is the random test, up to twice per year, and fourth ... -
Too Many Choices
Recently my wife and I purchased a new flat screen TV from a nationally known blue & yellow retailer. Sounds easy, doesn’t it? Pick it, buy it, deliver it, and install it, no? Uh, no. Little did we think, not having a TV for the past few years, jus... -
Christmas Day On The Road
Christmas on the road brings challenges to the American trucker, even if the only loved one left at home is a teddy bear. Eastbound approaching Rawlins, Wyoming one cold Christmas weekend, I wasn’t thinking “free” or even “hot”, but thinkin... -
Thanks For Nothing
Professional drivers know it’s a drag, to be working through the holidays. One of the worst is Thanksgiving, often characterized by heavy traffic, slow service, and diminishing gratitude. It can also be hours and hours of tedious boredom, punctuat... -
Country Music The Way It Used To Was
Some people driving American streets and highways see trucks as lumbering roadblocks. Others see them as a necessary evil. Still others believe they should be banned from the freeways. It's true: trucks are getting bigger, drivers are getting young... -
Online Dating
Beginning in 2001, while in my fifties, I discovered online dating. What a great idea! No more meeting in bars. No more hoping in church. No more picking up hitchhikers. I should have known better. If something so filled with complexity, chemistry, a... -
Making God Laugh
February 17, 2009 started out like most other trucking days, with a cold shower and hot breakfast near Abilene, Texas. “Nothing can happen today, Lord”, I prayed, “that you and I can’t handle.” Little did I know just how prophetic my praye... -
Sign Language
Truckers learn early in their careers to read every sign they can. Road signs, weather signs, billboards signs, and hand signs that use more than one finger. In the days before GPS, it was many of those signs that pointed us in the correct direction... -
A Geography Lesson
One of those things I inherited from my parents was a love for the road less traveled. As a result, over forty years, I’ve been through all 57 states in the U.S. of A. Along with landscapes, dialects, elevations, and spirits, every one of these reg...