RollingOkie
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Transportation |
| Occupation | Brother Trucker |
| Location | Okie City, Oklahoma, United States |
| Introduction | My grandparents were born in the Indian Territory/Oklahoma. My parents were born in Oklahoma, as was I, my wife, my children and my grandchildren. I was an irresponsbile teenager (it was the 60's, what can I say?) but managed to mature a little. I attend the University of Oklahoma and got a BA in History and went to work for a Fortune 500 company where I was unhappy. Eventually, I went back to OU for my MBA and PhD in MIS (ABD). I became a contract programmer because I programmed much better than I published. I also became a VAR for a firm selling accounting software written in a comupter language called dBase for the 8088 processor. I stayed at it and in the first years of the new millenium I decided I needed a change. I figured that if I was ever going to to do all those things I said that I wanted to do, I'd better get going. In 2005 I sold my house and business and went to truck driving school. I now drive a Big Rig - mine - and I try not to work more than 6 months a year. I make an effort to spend at least 3 months a year outside of the U.S. I'm married. My wife and I have 6 kids and 9 grandchildren. Maybe that's why I like to travel so much. |
| Interests | Family, Travel, Belgian Ales, Computers, Trucking, Big Rigs, Motorcycles, Backpacking, Motorhomes |
| Favorite movies | Forrest Gump, Sound of Music, Willie Wonka, Catch-22, Ben-Hur (1959), Unforgiven, Memento, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Da Vinci Code, Happy Feet |
| Favorite music | Rock,Country, Blues, Beatles, Stones, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Dire Straits, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Chuck Berry, Beach Boys, John Lee Hooker, Springsteen |
| Favorite books | Lots. Top 10 Favorite Authors: Rand McNally, Thoreau, Rand, Dickens, Bryson, Hemingway, McCulluogh, Hesse, Joyce, Lonely Planet. |
If you could peer far enough into the night sky, you'd see a star in any direction you looked. When would you sleep?
If I'm not absolutely certain about the meaning of life, does it really matter what I do?