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The Schneider Operating Center in Gary, Indiana as seen on Google Maps and from the cab of my truck.

I spent the night at this truck stop in Fraziers Bottom. No kidding. It’s on US 35 about 20 km north of Teays Valley.

Sword swallowers amaze me. I’ve seen three performers in person. The first was in 1987 when Western Guilford High School took the senior class to the state fair. I went to a show in a tent and saw a guy swallow a really long screw driver. I believe there were other performers that did other acts but I only remember the guy with watery eyes and a screw driver down his throat.

The next sword swallower I saw was Keith Nelson (aka Mr. Pennygaff) of Bindlestiff Cirkus. He swallowed scissors, swords and lit neon tubes. A great act. Nelson has many other talents including juggling. Most recently I went to a Rennaisance Festival near Charlotte and watched a guy do a whole forty-five minute act centered around his sword swallowing. I should have written down his name.

[Posted from Harrisonburg, Virginia]

I got to pull this Jeff Gordon / Mario Andretti Racing School trailer from Atlanta Motor Speedway to Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. To pick up the trailer I had to drive through the tunnel onto the infield. Even though no one was racing in Atlanta they still had the emergency medical helicopter parked nearby.

I didn’t get to go onto the Lowe’s Motor Speedway grounds, but I dropped the trailer at a building nearby.

[Posted while in Loudon, Tennessee]

According to Wikipedia, the silvery balloons you can buy at the florist, are not made of Mylar®, but metallized nylon. Mylar® is clear but it too can be metallized and has been used to make weather balloons and many other products.

[Posted while in Townville, South Carolina]

I met a man at a truck stop in Perryville, Maryland who said that when we die we go to spend eternity with Q. He said that Q created the world and all the living things in it.

I asked him if bad people will go to be with Q, people who have stolen, lied or murdered. He said that when bad people die and appear before Q they will immediately feel ashamed and will repent of all their wrong-doing. Q will forgive them and let them spend eternity with him.

I asked about people who worship false gods. He said that there is only one true god, Q, but when idolaters appear before him they will realize the error of their way and worship Q for all eternity.

I had the feeling that this guy had just made up this god, Q, but I had no way to rebut his story.

What would you say to this believer in Q?

Today was my first time driving across the Bay Bridge from Annapolis to the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

This electric utility tower in the shape of Mickey Mouse is not a fake. I saw this with my own eyes and snapped the photo with my iPhone. Disney surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.

Seen from Interstate Highway 4 on August 27, 2008.

I parked in a rest area on I-70 and was lulled to sleep by the sounds of interstate highway traffic.

This was the view from my rolling hotel’s (Rotel? *) window. Fortunately as the evening progressed traffic became lighter and quieter.

*There is a brand of motor oil for heavy duty diesel engines called Rotella. Coincidence?

I stopped in Lakeland after making a delivery.