Submissions to this category are generally told in the first person and cover personal reflection, autobiographies and memories of the past.
Rather than focusing on factual accounts, memoirs are more a recollection of moments in time that were either vivid or unique to the author.
So here I am on my first trip to Las Vegas. I chose to stay downtown because it was cheaper than the strip. Back then downtown was considered a rough side of town. It boasted some well known casinos but was still called a toilet by many, and bears little...
It was my first trip to Vegas. I was single and decided it was finally time to visit the place that so many of my friends and relatives had raved about. There was no Internet to check room rates back them, but the travel section in the Sunday paper always...
Well truck driving school is finally over. I have attended the mandatory hours and have satisfactory completed all the maneuvers, the only task that remains is to take the State administered test. There are a number of companies that are empowered by the...
“Who’s that knocking at my door? Who’s that knocking at my door? Cried the fair young mai-den. “It’s only me; I’m home from the sea, Said Barnacle Bill, The Sailor. It’s only me; I’m home form the sea, Said Barnacle Bill, The Sailor.” And then the band to...
Well here I am reporting for work on the haunted house project, it’s the day after my birthday and I am not in the best frames of mind. If you read the first installment you will remember that none of my so-called friends would honour any of my requests f...
It had to happen sooner or later and during the assignment sessions about two weeks later I was told to grab my log book and report for road training. As I approached I was in awe. These are full sized sleeper cabs with trailers and are the mirror images...
The second week is dedicated to two of the most difficult maneuvers, the alley dock and the off set back. If you ever been to a truck stop and were observant you will see rows of tractor trailers parked, the alley dock is designed to simulate parking your...
Well here I am 5 weeks later reporting to the yard office. The senior trainer has an attendance list that must be signed to indicate that you are present and ready for instruction, forgetting to sign in will cause you to be reassigned to another instructo...
I am alone and when alone I think... Why does he treat me so cruelly? He never compliments me...He puts me down. We went to his friend's wedding four years ago now, and we found ourselves seated at a round table with strangers. He leaned across the table...
I read months back and realize where I left off...July 15, 2012...Thank God I don't have to be perfect... *I am seeing companionship on another level that I have yet to understand as a human with human emotions. *Is my idea of companionship me being in co...
Most all of us remember the first time we got behind the steering wheel of an automobile. For some it was the scariest time of our lives, for others the most exciting. We lived through it though and now we never think of those first days. I thought about...
“Missus. Missus. Missus.” said the Iraqi teenaged boy. I looked up. The sound “Missus.” Had become like a bird call, a constant background sound that came from the boys on the other side of the wire. “What?” I said. They giggled. “Jiggi-jiggi.” I shrugged...
So there I was. The casino would not rehire me, I could not return to law enforcement, and unemployment benefits weren't going to last forever. I needed to find a job. Now, I had driven trucks in my younger days and enjoyed it, but the times have changed...
Anyone that knows me is aware that I always hated school, and that's a hate with a capital H. Such was my disgust at the way I was treated by students and staff that I quit in my Junior year. As I said in an earlier story there were no bullying laws in pl...
