âI need a cab, at Lexington square, Richmond, Virginia,â the text reads. “Where are you headed?” The reply doesn’t come right away. This is nothing newânot in my job. Sometimes, my fares are not so forthcoming with their destinationsâsomething quite perplexing to me, given that they are requesting my services. […]
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As a kid, it took everything I had not to paint the inside of my familyâs car with a wave of vomit. My carsickness was the bane of our long road trips. We tried dozens of tricks to minimize the Jackson Pollocks I created on our car windows. Books, movies,
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My old Toyota was barely hanging on during my trip to work that day. I probably should have asked around to maybe arrange a carpool, or even just called in sick, but I was hoping it wasn’t too far gone. It was approaching the end of the month, and the
On the Road to Nowhere Read More »
You know those people who you tell the time of events to 15 minutes early because you know they would be late? The ones who would be late to their own funerals, as the saying goes? Well, that’s me. Prepare as I might. I can never seem to get anywhere
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My name is Harrison and Iâm a long haul trucker. While I sometimes get routes all over the place, my most common run is Vancouver to San Francisco. Itâs an easy trip most of the time with very little challenge involved. I tend to prefer driving into the night because
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Driving down the road far from home, on my way back from work – Iâm surrounded by pastures and rural country houses. Late in the night, dark but backlit by a pale moon I drive fast, but not too fast. Iâm tired. The dayâs work has pushed me over the
My name is Jim. Iâve been in and out of construction contracts for the last seventeen years. Between those contracts, I do what I can to make a few extra bucks, since you never really know when the next contract will show up and unemployment pays you just enough to
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