Picked up 40,910 Lbs of Heinz ketchup packaged for Wendy's this afternoon.

I finally decorated the side of my truck. The big vinyl sticker is a NOTW (Not Of This World) Flames logo from the Christian store C28. Of course I had to put my ham radio call sign on the side! Thanks to Chris at Grafiks Advertising & Signs in Poway for making it for me on New Years Eve.

The other stickers are for the ARRL & Comet Antenna.

The blonde mortician asks the deceased's wife how she would like the body dressed. She points out that the man does look good in the black suit he is already wearing.

The widow, however, says that she always thought her husband looked his best in blue, and that she wants him in a blue suit. She gives the blonde mortician a blank check and says, "I don't care what it costs, but please have my husband in a blue suit for the viewing."

The woman returns the next day for the wake. To her delight, she finds her husband dressed in a gorgeous blue suit with a subtle chalk stripe; the suit fits him perfectly.

She says to the mortician, "Whatever this cost, I'm very satisfied. You did an excellent job and I'm very grateful. How much did you need to spend?" To her astonishment, the blonde mortician presents her with the blank check. "There's no charge," she says.

"No, really, I must compensate you for the cost of that exquisite blue suit!" she says.

"Honestly, ma'am," the blonde says, "it cost nothing. You see, a deceased gentleman of about your husband's size was brought in shortly after you left yesterday, and he was wearing an attractive blue suit. I asked his wife if she minded him going to his grave wearing a black suit instead, and she said it made no difference as long as he looked nice."

"So I just switched the heads."

Only a few people on the face of the earth have a security clearance high enough to know what the Terry Dance is. I'm doing it right now. I was able to get a new cable to allow both computers to talk to each other.

Turns out my co-drivers flight doesn't get in till late tonight. I made a run to the grocery store down the street & found a computer store. They were able to make me a new crossover cable.

Now I'm going to marinate some pork chops for supper.

I 'fixed' one of my laptops that caught a major virus a few days before I got home. Now I can't get the two computers to see each other on the network. Big problem, but Im working on it.

My dad's truck needed new brakes.

The old rotors were very badly ground by the rivets on the worn out pads.

I had to repack the wheel bearings with grease.

Don't know why, just looked cool on Amazon.com.

It wasn't easy or legal, but I finally made it home!

I even got to play with my neice Rebekah (who you all know I dote over) for a few hours while her mom got stuff ready for tomorrow.

As far as I know I'll be back on the road January 3rd. That is currently the plan. If somebody makes me an offer I can't refuse (as far as employment is concered), well, things might change. I don't have any plans to do anything different right now. I love being an OTR driver, but my options are open.

You never know, some lucky lady might drag me off to Las Vegas for an Elvis wedding! Seriously though, those who know me best know that I'm not meant to be a single guy. I need a second half to anchor me. When she comes along I'll be parking the truck.

Brutal day in Wyoming. 40 - 60 MPH cross winds.

It was the day after Christmas at a church in San Francisco. The pastor of the church was looking over the cradle when he noticed that the baby Jesus was missing from among the figures of the nativity set. Immediately he turned and went outside and saw a little boy with a red wagon, and in the wagon was the figure of the little infant, Jesus. So he walked up to the boy and said, "Well, where did you get Him, my fine friend?"

The little boy replied, "I got him from the church."

"And why did you take him?"

The boy said, "Well, about a week before Christmas I prayed to the little Lord Jesus and I told him if he would bring me a red wagon for Christmas I would give him a ride around the block in it."

Right after I finished fueling this morning in Maryland I was heading into the truck stop to fill my mug with soda. No luck, their ice machine was broken. (Not surprising, it was a TA truck stop. ) Before I got to the door I hear somebody yell Hey CRST! I turned around and Dave KB3EJW walked up and handed me one of his QSL cards. QSL cards are postcard sized cards exchanged by hams to confirm contacts (QSLs) made on the air. I haven't had my own printed yet.

Dave recognized my High Sierra Sidekick antenna on the antennasaurus.

My new co-driver was right out of training when he got on the truck. He still had his temporary (paper print out) license, as his hard copy had not arrived in the mail. It expired. Even though he he has a valid license, he can't drive the truck because he dosen't have a copy of it in his posession.

I'll be driving solo till we get back to Fontana. Then we'll be on HT (Home Time) till January 2nd.

I can see the sun!!

Really, I can!!

I honestly don't know how long it's been. It's time to go home for a while.

Lutefisk! The Wisconsin Employees' right to know law regarding toxic substances specifically exempts Lutefisk (Wisc. Stat. 101.58(2)(j)(2)(f))

I'll pass on the lutefisk, but the lefse is good.

It was -4°F when I took this!

A CDL is worthless without a valid Medical Certificate. Truck drivers get a physical every two years to renew their certificate. Sometimes there are problems. On my last physical my blood pressure was higher than allowed. They gave me a temporary certificate and I had to return in 3 months for a retest. I got some blood pressure medication and went back for my check up. Tested fine. Then the nurse asked me 'You need three tests, don't you?' She checked, and yes, to get my medical card reinstated I needed three good tests on three seperate days.

Wasted a couple days in Seattle, cost me some money, but I'm driving again.