Dodging the Column (1952)

How to haul a long, hard pole from London to Scotland - madness!

Truck Got Stuck, For Real

So my truck wouldn't start this afternoon.  End of a long story is, had to have the starter replaced.  To the tune of five hundred bucks and change.

Which I wouldn't have minded so much if only the mechanic had looked like this.  But no such luck.

Damn.

Truck Got Stuck

Honk to my truckbuddy Arnold from Canada who sent along this little ditty to start the week with a smile.



BTW - never heard anybody call a Chevrolet a Chev before.  Down here, we just call 'em Chivolays.

Big Toys, Little Boys

My part of Texas is iced over today, so happily I got to stay home from work, with nothing better to do than munch on doughnuts and coffee all day, while browsing through silly stuff online. Like the following analysis of the cock-twisting, vaguely homophobic truck ads the Big Three have been running during the NFL playoffs.

Oh yeah, like you ain't a real man if your truck ain't as butch as mine. Yeah, right. As if I give a flip.

Although now that I've seen the ads, if I ever found Howie Long's truck next to mine in the parking lot at wally world, I just might have a Towanda! moment . . . .

Because it's asshole jocks like that who grow up to be the Cheneys and Rumsfelds of this world.

(Honk to Fire That Agency)

What Not to Do

Never piss off a guy who owns a backhoe.

It was a great party . . .

. . . but you weren't the designated driver, were you, shithead?

(Honk to The Truck Man)

Truck Porn: GMC Denali XT hybrid concept truck

Introduced at the 2008 Chicago auto show. Reminds me of a baby rhino for some reason.

Question for Truckers: Lesbian Gothic

Oh man, blue-state life for the gays just keeps getting better and better. You know queer has hit the mainstream for good and all when our favorite married ladies get a famous American accolade: a tongue-in-cheek portrayal as Grant Wood's classic painting of heartland values.

But the more I look at it, the more I think . . . these gals need a truck!

Whaddaya say, Truckers? Ford F-150? GMC Sonoma? Dodge Ram? Which truck do you think Ellen and Portia should pick up on?

And what color? Mmm, I'd incline to a deep forest green myself, to set off that pale pink wedding gown. But that's just me.

Truck Bites Dog

Jump, Spot, jump!

Show what ya got

Calling all Truckers: proud of what ya got under you? Like that stick shift? Want to show it off? Send me a pic of your lean mean driving machine, and I'll post it here so we can all drool over it . . . whether it's a long 18-wheeler or a little sissy truck, a big-ass dually or just an old fixer-up, Truckers love to look!

So send your favorite truck pics for the Truck Porn feature, email link is on my profile page.