I decided to enter trucking after years stuck in the California community college system, trying to get the classes I would need to transfer to the University of California Riverside, to obtain an appropriate degree for pre-medical training.  Anyone who has attended any of the state's community college knows that, to get a seat in the class you need, it's difficult at best.  The final straw for me was when I was trying to get into a microbiology class.  I was unable to register for any of…

It's always awkward to make an introductory blog posting, so that people get to know me a little, and get some idea of who I am and how I tick.

Until almost 16 months ago, when I was injured on the job, I had either worked full time, gone to school full time, or both, since I accepted my first job at age 14 as a 2nd shift dishwasher for Howard Johnson's.  I enlisted in the US Army just after my 17th birthday.  I've worked in computer programming and hardware repair, as a teacher, a…