Posts Tagged ‘Nov-2008’

November 1st, 2008

Another Trucking Movie

This one is from International, but it's more than a commercial for its trucks

By Paul Abelson

Drive and Deliver is a very interesting slice of long-haul trucking, commissioned and “produced” by International Trucks. At times, it’s a not-so-subtle commercial for the new LoneStar, the vintage-styled tractor for the premium owner-operator market. But other aspects make the production worth viewing. It shows how drivers feel about driving and the role that family support plays in their lives. It shows rural America’s appreciation of trucks and trucking. And it…

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November 1st, 2008

Trying Times

During some tough years this driver discovered his resolve to succeed

When I was a kid, I would look at those big trucks on the road, and I knew then that I wanted to be a driver. At home we had this chair that I used to climb into, holding a pot that was perfect to use as a steering wheel. My dad would ask, “Son, where are you headed today?” And I’d say, “Oh, I’ve got a load I’m taking down to Georgia today.” That’s a boy who was born to drive a truck.And I did. I began my trucking career in 1983 and have h…

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November 1st, 2008

Grunt Work

Strongman competitions feature the odd and unusual in extra strength

By Larry Woody

The way Mike Johnston figures it, you can wander into to any public gym and watch guys (yawn) lift weights. But where can you see someone hoist a car or bench-press a refrigerator? Or toss a 400-pound rock? Or tug a truck? Or jog with a log? Where indeed? Johnston’s American Strongman Competition, that’s where. Founded in 2004, the ASC emulates an English Strongman version that began in 1977. The oddball events were carried on the BBC and eventually picked up by U.S. television.&ld…

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November 1st, 2008

Iowa’s Big Game

Dedicated deer hunters flock to Iowa in search of giant bucks

By David Hart

The soft patter of rain on the roof of my pop-up blind might have lulled me into a slumber if it wasn’t for the deer 50 yards in front of me. I was guarding the edge of a cornfield in southern Iowa, a Knight KP1 muzzleloader laid across my knees and visions of giant whitetail bucks pranced through my mind. The thermometer was plummeting, the rain was turning to ice, and the blind I was in looked more like an igloo than a camouflage dome. This was no place to sleep.Iowa has earned a…

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November 1st, 2008

Audiobooks

By Nancy Henderson and Katie Dodd

Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Sanction
By Eric Van Lustbader
Read by Jeremy Davidson
15 CDs 18 hours$49.98
It’s another twisty tale of identity confusion with the unflappable Jason Bourne, former intelligence agent, chasing down bad guys. And all the bad guys are here: Islamic terrorists, evil Russians and even some WW II Nazis. They have a big plot to destroy something major in the U.S. Bourne gets drawn in to stop it. Working against him on the other side is a man who seems like h…

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