Don't know much about geography
Don't know much trigonometry
Don't know much about algebra
Don't know what a slide rule is for

But I do know that one and one is two
And if this one could be with you
What a wonderful world this would be.
-Sam Cooke... Read More

I almost cut my hair, it was happened just the other day.
It was gettin' kinda long, I could've said it was in my way.
But I didn't and I wonder why, I feel like letting my freak flag fly,
And I feel like I owe it to someone.

Well, must be because I had the flu for Christmas and I'm not feeling up to par.
You know, it increases my paranoia, like looking in my mirror and seeing a police car.
But I'm not givin' in an inch to fear. I promised myself this year.
I feel like I owe it to someone.
Crosby, Stills and Nash... Read More

24:00 Dec. 23. Joseph pulled into the truck stop. It was dark and he could hear the engines and generators humming as most of the truckers had bedded down for the night. He had just delivered his load and had one more to pickup before he could go home to his family. He would spend his required 10-hour break here, and pick up the load and stop home for Christmas en route. His wife, Sharon and the children were 500 miles away. He figured he could make it by 20:00 if the weather cooperated and the snowplows got their job done.... Read More

The phone rang at 2 am. Jim answered the phone and heard his Safety Director's voice. "We've had a bad accident," Jack said. "What happened?" asked Jim, as he suddenly was very awake. "It appears we had a rear-ender," Jack replied, "So far it looks like we have a fatality and a serious injury. We are downloading the ECM. "That's terrible," Jim said, "Is the driver hurt?" "The driver is ok," Jack responded, "But, he is very shook up. He couldn't stop crying and telling the officer how sorry he was. I don't think he'll ever be able to drive again.... Read More

Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Peter, Paul and Mary... Read More

It's about time to shut her down, Joe thought as he leaned forward to peer through the rain. The rhythm of the windshield wipers slapped the water away. His crow's feet became more pronounced as his green eyes stared into the night. The storm intensified. He knew after 3 million accident free miles, that sometimes it was just safer to get off the road. He would be in a truck stop by now, but this gale came on so fast he was in a bad situation before he had time to realize it.... Read More

You have to do a lot of things right everyday to make money in the tight margin business of trucking. You only have to do one thing wrong to get sacked in the backfield and carried out on a stretcher. As the leader of a company that provides for your family as well as many others and their families, you need look above the day to day blocking and tackling and take the view of the defensive coordinator. Peer out at things that could break the game wide open for the other side.... Read More

The trucking industry has had a long tradition of contracting with owner operators, who lease a truck and a driver, to an authorized carrier under the leasing regulations, 49 C.F.R. 376. For over 60 years the industry has treated owner operators as independent contractors, not employees. Political forces are at work to change the status quo ante. The Obama administration and many state agencies are making serious efforts to reclassify independent contractors as “employees.” The President and his labor backed colleagues introduced a bill when he was a senator that would make it easier to reclassify independent contractors.... Read More

Jessica admired her new pedicure. She hadn’t slept for a week. Her life had taken a dramatic turn. Ten million dollars! She would never have to work again! She had been dreaming all week about what she was going to do with all that money. After her lawyer took forty percent, and taxes, she had about five million left. Her attorney advised that she open an account in the Cayman Islands so she had already booked the best room in the casino. And best of all, Nick was finally leaving his wife to move in with her. “Oh, what a great life we will have,” she thought, as she poured another Margarita.... Read More