2. Got out of the Northeast just in time. I’m West of Houston tonight and the temperature is a very comfortable 60 degrees. The Flying J at I-10 exit 732 was completely full at 4 pm. There’s an Exxon with limited truck parking a few miles West with a decent Subway. What is it with these bullshit “contract only” spaces? Contract only with whom – yo mamma? I took the last non-contract space and had a Philly cheese steak sub.
3. The old Pete next to me with a nose as long as a baby elephant just started his “new” APU. And what it is about these smoke belching incredibly noisy boxes of “in-efficiency” that is supposed to help the environment? I’ll answer that. NOTHING. Keep the truck running – it is quieter, smokes less and for sure smells better! Screw the EPA! I had my truck off – now I have to keep idling all night because I can’t breathe parked next to the damn APU.
4. Hey, I actually agree with Sean Hannity on one thing. The 2nd Amendment. I don’t believe in “banning” the sale of any type of gun or rifle, especially “assault” weapons. I completely with the NRA on this. The new AG – Attorney General – says “they” want top ban assault weapons so they don’t make their way across the border to Mexico. And how is that my problem? It isn’t. Keep your “cotton pick’n” hands off my guns.
5. I would have liked to ask Rush Limbaugh, as he was flying back to Boca Raton in his G7 private jet while he’s smoking a Cuban $15 cigar and drinking some $800 a bottle vino, just what his Conservative buddies want to do about GM, Citibank, AIG and the folks in Michigan who have no health insurance being out of a job? He didn’t say anything about that, did he. Nope.
6. Gee, another hard week ahead. Should I listen to Howard Stern interview a TX couple (Trent and Didi) who just had a “hot” threesome with a porn star (Lexi Bell) or Sirius/XM Road Dog Trucking’s Evan Lockridge fall asleep interviewing a nutritionist? Decisions, decisions.
7. Are you seeing what’s moving down the road these days? A lot of military stuff right? I’m also seeing a lot of finished steel framing, pipes and aluminum light poles. Not bad for a “decession?” Could things be “breaking free” a bit?
8. Month 3+ for my PrePass fiasco. They cut my account off because they supposedly sent me a letter that I never received asking for a copy of my “cab card.” In English that’s my registration. They didn’t get it so despite 4 years of being a “customer” they shut my transponder off. Bastards. I faxed them a copy of the reg. and they lost it. Then, “customer service gave me another fax number which didn’t work. Now it’s March and still no resolution. Guess what? THEY’RE MORONS!
9. Speaking of unresolved issues. Someone else THAT I did work for owes me (now) $800. It’s been over six months. Two weeks ago “they” said they’ll FedEx it. Horse feathers. Bullshit. Nothing, Nada. Zilch. Zippo.
10. Goodbye Mozilla Firefox. Probably the most overrated search device. Drove me nuts. Messed up my MS player. Screwed me up when it “mysteriously” added Ask.com to every one of my searches. Ask.com is terrible. A waste. Impossible to uninstall once it “finds” its way onto your system. Recently, I also said goodbye to Yahoo and Google as well. And Thunderbird. I’ll hopefully sleep better tonight.
11. My OCD. That’s obsessive compulsive disorder. I’ve had it for as long as I can remember. I take meds for it. It’s tied into my serotonin level. The more nonsense in my life I have to “process” the lower my serotonin level goes.
Right now, today, my OCD is getting worse. I think I’m out of serotonin. Although months away, I’m totally stressed out over the DOT physical. I’m worried about getting in an accident. I’m worried about my mother. I’m worried about fixing up the house. I’m worried about sink holes. I’m worried about EVERYTHING. Last night, I kept touching the yellow parking brake knob over and over and over again to make sure it was on and set.
This morning, I turned a piece of paper over 5 times until I felt comfortable with which side would be the safest. I can’t write with my new blue gel pen – something bad is going to happen to me. I “played” with the dash lights brightness control – up and down and up and down and up and down until I got tired and stop touching it.
I have “procedures” I must follow with my garbage in the morning. If I drop anything on the ground I freak out. Did you ever see the TV show Monk? That’s me. As you can imagine, by the time my head hits the pillow at night, I’m exhausted. Welcome to my world.
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