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McSupper...

Eating lunch.

Lunch buffet.

Break finished, ate lunch, ready to go again.

Lunch

Loaded next load here.

Lunch

Stopped to eat.

Eating lunch after picking next load up at Portland, Maine on my way to deliver to Nazareth, Pennsylvania.

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Makeup Plus Photoshop Equals False Reality

Here’s an amazing video ad called “Dove Revolution” that graphically demonstrates how models end up becoming Photoshopped for advertising copy.

September 30th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Blog | Leave a comment

My Appearance In Another Podcast

I was interviewed by my good friend and fellow truck driver Jeff Forester, a.k.a. truckertwotimes. If you would like to listen, here’s the link to the show:

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TruckerTwotimes/~3/gfc91fR_6-I/truckertwotimes-187202-09-29-2009.mp3

Jeff’s website is at http://www.truckertwotimes.com.

September 30th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Podcast | Leave a comment

Trucker Tom Podcast #1171 — How To Deprogram Yourself

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Trucker Tom Podcast #1170 — Laws Designed To Make You Into A Criminal

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Wabash Valley woman didn’t realize second cold medicine purchase violated drug laws

In Bad Times for Capitalism, Socialists in Europe Suffer

Mandatory flu vaccination splits workers

Andy Williams accuses Barack Obama of following Marxist theory

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Trucker Tom Podcast #1169 — Cost Cutting Methods

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Risky business: States tax the rich at their peril

Bill Clinton speaks of vast, right-wing conspiracy

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Trucker Tom Podcast #1168 — Enveloping Insanity

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Pennsylvania Two Lane Road iPod Video… 15.6 Megabytes

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Trucker Tom Podcast #1167 — Mechanisms of Prejudice

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A Warning Regarding Vaccines…

Linked is an episode of the Alex Jones podcast I’m subscribed to:

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An additional Alex Jones podcast link that contains different hours of his live radio show:

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Trucker Tom Podcast #1166 — Personal Production Lines

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