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What a cruel and bitter blow it was. Our dear Spartacus, which we brought back from the brink of death and hand-weaned, was killed by a stray cat that hung out near the house. I will always feel like my compassion for that stray cat cost Spartacus his life. Had I been more pro-active and removed the cat from the vicinity, we would still have our dear Spartacus with us. Now when I go outside to feed the wild squirrels, I have to hear that cat “meow” and grit my …
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Sometimes you just have to write something about a movie that has affected you, or warn people of the truly horrific.
Occasionally you run across music that you want everyone else to know about. Sometimes they’re deserving.
We watched an Adam Lambert performance from VH1 Unplugged last night. I like the guy, but I have to admit that I was largely bored by a lot of the music he was doing. Then he closed the show with a song titled “Down The Rabbit Hole”. That woke me up. This is the kind of song Adam Lambert needs to start doing. If he keeps playing the pop star game and recording the kinds of songs his record label seems to be forcing down his throat, he’s going to …
I just had a bonafide blast from the past today. I don’t know what ever made this band go through my head, but for some reason I looked up a song of theirs titled “Time Bomb” on YouTube. Much to my surprise, there was something there. I cranked it up, and I was suddenly 18 years old again.
I’m not going to kid you. This album is not one of the classics. But I’ve hung on to a cassette of this album since it came out in 1984. That should tell …
My family suffered some losses this week. I should probably list them separately, but they happened so closely together that they’ll always be connected in my mind. It seems to be true that when it rains, it certainly pours.
My aunt, Edith Isabel Chaney, died on Tuesday of this week. When I think of Edith, the first thing that comes to my mind is that sweet smile she had. She was such a warm, sweet lady. I can still hear her voice in my head from back in my days of …
MY TRUCKS — MY EMPLOYERS — TRUCKING BLOGS
Mia was the last truck I drove as a professional truck driver. I don’t recall how the name came about, other than perhaps that by the point I was assigned this truck, I mostly thought of truck #27224 as “my truck” – hence, “Mia”.
By the time I was assigned this truck, there were definite problems for me in regard to staying on the road. In 2006 my wife left me and I wound up losing the family home. I drifted about our there …
MY TRUCKS — MY EMPLOYERS — TRUCKING BLOGS
When Epes retired my previous truck (after realizing that I was, in fact, driving the oldest truck in the fleet), as per Epes custom, I was given a brand new truck.
This truck was named after the video game character Bloodrayne. The engine in this truck was so powerful compared to the Mercedes-Benz engine in my pervious truck that I felt like it was attacking the road every time I accelerated. So somehow calling it “Rayne” made sense.
I didn’t drive Rayne for long. Shortly …
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