Archive for January, 2006

Upgrade to 2.01

I have just updated to the newest version of Wordpress. I am hoping everything still works right, I think I got all of the plug-ins upgraded and re-installed. If you find something broken let me know so I can get it fixed.
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We got one of these cool little devices/vacs over Christmas. Has [...]

The Russians Have a New Toy

Our good friends over in Moscow are bragging to their Comrads from France that they have a shiny new ICBM to play with. Their new missile system is designed to counter a missile defense system. Although not referring directly to the United States, who else would the Russians have the need to fire [...]

Katrina Video

Heres a 10 minute video I found on Google that was taken by someone in Biloxi during Hurricane Katrina. Gives you some idea of the destructive force that hit Biloxi.

Twenty Years After Challenger

Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and “slipped the surly bonds of earth” to “touch the face of God.” President Ronald Reagan January 28, 1986
The [...]

Laredo, Texas

Greetings from sunny and warm Laredo, TX. I delivered here this morning and am now waiting for a load to come across the border this afternoon. Still do not know what the load will be, most likely vegetables of some sort going to Michigan. That seems to be the usual load we [...]

Pontoon Beach

Posting this morning from the Flying J truck-stop in Pontoon Beach, IL. I picked up a load last night north of here in Beardstown, IL. The load delivers tomorrow in northern Alabama. Freight is slow this weekend. Dispatch dead-headed me from Hatfield, PA on Friday all of the way here to [...]

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