Original Air Date: October 29, 2005 Recorded in Cullman, AL this episode includes my first sad attempt to include music in my intro.. I discuss my travels & a bit of talk about hours of service and how it affected me. Discussion of software that I was using to record my shows & various other rambling. These shows were primarily recorded for my family and friends back home originally but as the podcast grew I began to address other trucking podcasters and the public in general, you will notice that change in upcoming GJ episodes.     

Original Air Date: October 5, 2005 Recorded in Witchita Falls, TX where I do a recap of our recent travels before discussing a web based GPS positioning widget I was tinkering with. Mind you, this was before widgets and GPS positioning were popular on the web. After that I review Google Earth. Again, this episode is truncated near the end... I apologize.    

Original Air Date: September 30, 2005 This where it all began... Very short "test cast" that I did to get the ball rolling. This podcast ends abruptly and I was unable to locate the draft file that contains the entire recording. I don't think more than 20 or 30 seconds is missing however.     

Turning back the pages today, I reminisce about my driving days and in particular, The Gear Jammer...I had a blast doing that show. Although I only did 12 episodes, this is where my podcasting journey all began. I miss trucking and will play some clips from past Gear Jammer Episodes. In addition, I am going to include a previously unreleased interview I did during the GrindKing days. I had an opportunity to interview a woman who I dubbed CrackHead Kim. Kim was a prostitute and Crack addict struggling to recover.. This interview takes place at a Motel 6 in Sacramento, CA just after my accident that resulted in my quitting my job and direclty prior to my arrival at The Vortex....    

The year was 1988. I was 25 years old and homeless by choice. Living in a tent near some percolation ponds, my only companion was a dog named Gypsy that I had adopted from the pound. Each day was a struggle to get through. Overall I was unhappy with myself and the world I had been cast into. Gypsy made things seem better and things went as well as they could until one day she was abducted... In each episode of Fragments I will reveal a bit more of my personal history as I take you for a short trip into my past. Join me as I pick an event, tragedy, crisis or triumph and relate the story to you as it took place from my perspective at the time. This mini-series is intended to compliment the Confessions saga and fill in the gaps by detailing the more important points in my life. Each of these stories is a dramatization of the actual events that took place, produced in audio book fashion as I tell the tale.    

The ground has become unstable.. the Vortex is in a state of flux.. the arrival of a drifter has set into motion a chain of events that threaten to unravel the fabric of things here.. and yet his true agenda remains a mystery. While this game plays out I am subjected to psychic assault not once, but twice. This drifter wields power over my landlady and displays an adept ability to alter my conscious mind. Illusion or magic? Is he a pawn or a minion? His appearance and the subsequent effect of his arrival are not coincidence. Yet there are more questions than answers at this time. During all of this another Doberman will be put down. AJ is one of our own. I helped deliver him into this world and stood by him for the first 6 months of his life. Now due to circumstances that have taken place, he has been deemed unsalvageable and sentenced to death. The blood flows from this vortex once again like an open wound.. Featured Artists:Allied RadioUrban Van BlueVelvet8ball Courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network & GarageBand.com    

It's been two years since my arrival here at what Annie has dubbed "The Vortex" and I seem to be moving in place. Going nowhere fast. My original intent was maybe based on my dismal outlook on things, I had decided to stay for an undetermined period and pour my money and time into fixing up this rotting husk of a trailer. In the last six weeks I have given serious thought to my situation. Friends have made an effort to get through to me, trying to raise my spirits and at the same time enlighten me as to the reality of where I stand. My friends say the things that are expected of them, like a routine that has been rehearsed many times over. I respond in like, always giving assurances that I appreciate what they are saying and that I will think about things. Then, as per the unwritten script, nothing changes. Enter Annie - she also knows her lines and is a supporting role in my theatre of life. But Annie doesn't follow the script.. She pushes me and when I respond with my worn out lines that have always worked in the past, she does not smile and leave me be like the others... Featured Artist: FOE Courtesy of GarageBand.com Special thanks to Curtis Cross & Annie Jones for lending their voices to this show!    

Ozzy, Metallica, Godsmack.. and more! Time once again for some music appreciation.. I have been asked to do more shows of this type and although that is not what the Trailer Life Podcast is all about, I think it's good to break it up once in awhile. So today I roll out the third installment of Less Talk, More Rock... My personal selection of some of the best cover bands representing my favorite artists..Enjoy!    

Fate is the architect.. Karma is the balance.. Temptation is the open wound that never quite heals.. Corruption is the sickening malignancy that festers in the twilight, elusive and always just beyond our reach.. We make choices and we live by the consequences of our actions. Yet the grey area between black & white is sometimes our entire playing field. In these instances we can only rely on faith to bring us home. Some of us will make it, others will fall.. I have come to another crossroads in my life, I have become one of The Fallen.. Topics Covered: Friendship, Defining Perspectives For Other People To Live By, Choices, Actions & Consequences, Getting Terminated Very special thanks to Annie for lending her voice to this cast..! Featured Artist: Allied Radio Courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network     Stream This Show - Click Here!

It's been hot and windy here. I've been off for a few days trying to finish jobs around here as well doing some script writing. Today I discuss some of the other audio projects I'm working on and introduce a new collaborator who I've casted for a voice acting role. Other topics include dreams and in particular my Father's dreams that were worlds unto themselves. Featured Artist: Allied Radio Courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network     Stream This Show - Click Here!