news update for 7-30...... date line, odessa texas....

welp, for better or worse the company of lenorah operators is behind me, my truck was down for a week after i got released for work duty, and i just cant go on something like that, i had not been sleeping nights, or actually at all, with the worry about the company and its stability, its cool though, cause i had not enjoyed the job for a while, i stuck in it a lot longer than i actually expected, 3 monthes almost to the day, the new company i am going to work for is out of midland, and the job is hauling pipe from san-antonio/houston to midland, so it seems to be more driving and less... well... working, not sure if thats the best way to term that,

so we shall see how this little company is going to be, after J.B. Hunt i am gun-shy about changing jobs any more, and i sure hope this is going to be a really good place, i will work on monday and tuesday, off wednesday, and work thursday and friday, and off on weekends, so it a really neat schedule.......

but anyway, on the same day i got to go with my big bro and get my baby, so brian is in there still asleep, i have so much fun when my "boo" is here, i wish with all my might that he could be with me all the time, but i dont think i am ever going to be able to afford the lawyer to make that happen..... but thats ok.. bri-guy is 8 now, and i bet when he is 12 he will get up there like the big boy he is and tell that judge "i want to live with daddy!" and that would be the happiest time for me in my whole life!!!!

back to the little guy, i hear stirring sounds from his bedroom, so he might be getting up, see ya later guys!!!

Ken.

Thunder Birds are a GO!!!!!

welp, he did it, he has released me to get back into the world, the update is my foot will never be "normal" again, the tendon damage has caused my arch to not have any shape to it, so over the time it has gotten to where i will have pain in it all the time, not much they can do about it , they have a surgery where they just basically cut the tendon, but i really hope that dont have to happen....

guess what all, i ran into one of the guys i went to school in san-antonio with tonight for the first time in a long time, roger foster, he is back in big-spring, and not driving trucks, maybe he got smart and i havent yet, who can tell, it was really nice to hear from him again, i have lost touch with most of the guys from driving school....

so, not much more for tonight!!

good night all, and see you kids back on the road tuesday!!!!

one day to go!!!

well kids, its been a long ride but i think i can go back to work, the foot is feeling on the good side, a lot better than the first of the month for sure,still a lot of tight pulling when i stand on it for any length of time so i still have an amount of pain in there....
i have a dr. appt on the 21st, and i sure hope he tells me its not going to hurt me to go back to work, cause i am really running out of money now, with only 150 bucks last week, and 86 of that going to payments, its been really hard to live this past few weeks, and i really need to get back to making some money some how, i have been told by a few friends that i should file suit against the small crappy company i work for, but i just dont know, i was told by an attorney it would be in my best interest, but arent all attorneys just looking for that 32 percent?

do i really want to go back to driving for this guy???

i just cant decide, i have been with him for 3 months now, and no promises he made me initially have been fulfilled, not a single one, i am still on a vac truck, and still out in the heat for 12 to 14 hours each day, and still dealing with the oilfield spills, with no insurance, no uniforms, no new truck..... and aparently no way to pay for anything should i get hurt out there, kinda like working for myself only not making any money at it, maybe it would be better to find another place.... i just dont want to switch again, i have tried a few places that have made promises and not fullfilled them at all, and i am just tired of switching jobs, i want a place that will do what they say they will do, and just let me be a good employee, what i would really like to do is get my own rig, but no one around will give me any backing for it, i know i can make a good deal of money, i have even spent a few monthes building a business plan, so why wont anyone help me with this, hell, i help them with anything they want, no matter who it is or what they need, so, why cant i just get a little help getting me a truck, i mean, heck, i dont need the fanciest rig out there, just one that will get me by and not break down on me, people spend a lot more on an suv or even just a plane old car than what it would cost me to get into a truck, and when was the last time a 2 year old suburban made you $9000 in one week, well, i am here to tell you, i can pay off the 25 to 30,000 for a rig within one year, easy.. and if i could get the backing for a $50,000 rig i could have it paid for within 2 years, can you say the same about your cadillac escallade?? i didnt think so!!!

oh well, whining too much, and people get mad at me for that, but hell, thats what this was for, so i can whine and gripe and hopefully no one will get mad at me, hell, no one reads my rants anyway!

have a great night Ken fans, and a great day tomorrow!

i have pics of my babies!!!

i got some finally done, a pic of my babies for everyone to see!

load 'em up People!!!

welp, i have had a really good day today all, foot was feeling decent, thanks to about 15 excedrin and ibuprofen tablets, and i got to hang out with my big bro today, and get some loading done, i loaded about 575 44 rounds, some were loaded for my dear wife, they are 44 special rounds shooting the 240 grain econoblast full metal jacket bullet, at around 700 foot per second... the rest were 44 magnum, most were the same bullet i loaded for chrissy, but at a greatly increased velocity, pushing 240 grain bullets is a max load of winchester 296, so i am thinking i might get in the area of 1800fps out of my 6 inch dan wesson revolver, its gonna be a lot of fun to chrono it tomorrow at the range, i sure hope my hoof is feeling up to it, and i cant wait to get some pics of chrissy shooting this massive hand cannon.

hey, guess what all, i got my 45 yesterday and got a custom beavertail grip safety fit to it, and i hope to go get it started on the break-in cycle tomorrow as well....

welp, james did it tonight... he threw out the first offer of a trade for a list of my guns for his desert eagle.... man, i tell you what, i was TEMPTED BY THE DEAMONS, but i held..... and just kind of changed the subject, i'll get him though, some time i will figure out a good mutual trade that he will go for, man, i really want the pistol.....

i guess since he is intetrested in my lone eagle i will be keeping it until he comes up with a trade for it, i tell you, having a 30-06 pistol is really kick ass cool, but i have a lot more fun shooting a 44mag revolver, yea i know, you cant hit shit at 200 yards every time, but i just enjoy it more, no reason at all for that feeling, and i think i am really going to enjoy building my own 1911 45, i cant make up my mind if i want to build it for target shooting, combat, or speed time trials.. i am thinking about kind of a mixture, i have the grip safety i want, and i am looking at a couple match grade barrels, and i am really looking at an extended barrel with a built on/screwed on compensator, and i think i will go with a commander style skeletenised hammer, and a really smooth and sharp sear.....oh well, you kids dont want to hear about my dreams, i am sure something will come along to fuck them up..... but its cool right now to dream about.

oh, and guess what else happened today, that damn maria, my bro's spouse, got a new car, much to the grim face of big brother, its a ford escort sedan, i got to drive it when she brought it home, and i sure do like the way it drives, it has a little bitty engine but it seems to have a good amount of zip... and its my fav color for a car...white!!!

i think i still like chrissy's outlander better, but maria made a good choice, i sure hope it makes her a good car...
so maria and i got the radio presets done, and just hung around the car for a bit, you know how them mexicans are, just set around for no good reason...hahaha!
but it all made for a really good day, no pressure to do anything in any set time, and good family.... could have used a fresh coke though about 7 pm.. but thats cool....

welp, i think its time to run get a snack at 7-11 and check out all the weird people, shotgun at the ready!

see ya later kids, have a great night, and thank you for an awesome day big bro!!!

people and guns, ....

welp kids, the dear wife has gotten home safe and sound, after a trip to see her mom and bro in utah, a little history first....

she is not what you would call a "comfortable" driver, frankly she scares the hell out of me when i ride with her, a 600 miles trip with my wonderful bride would have me longing for illicit drugs, or gallons of alcohol, anyway, you get the idea now, so when she came up with the bright idea to go to utah, from our little ranch in texas...dont everyone have a ranch in texas???,,,,anyway, from our little shithole in texas, all the way to vernal utah, i was very concerned for the safety of the new little car...

oh yea, and my little bride too, hahaha, i tried everything i could to get off work to take her up there,but working for the shithead i do there was just no way i could swing it, now, i dont have any familly, friends or anything else in utah, so i didnt lose a damn thing up there, and really didnt want to go, cept maybe to go fishing and to see the dinosaur monument, and check on the mom-in-law,
i cant imagine what the hell the dino's were thinking when they died up there, that entire state is a shithole.... but dinosaurs are the only redeming thing about utah.... but by george my little wife made it up there and back in one piece, i was glad to get her back, no one to snuggle with or to feed me while she was gone! hahahaha! naw, it was not that bad, the dominoes pizza guy made some really fast deliveris to our house right before she got back though, he was very aware of where i was, just followed the trail of pizza crumbs i guess, ha!

oh,news on the gun front, i have sold my hi-point jhp poly frame 45, and c-9 poly frame 9mm, as well as my little ruger gp-100 in 357 magnum, but have traded for a dan wesson 44 magnum with custom target hammer, and custom target trigger, man, its like glass, and the trigger will scare you its so sensitive!

i have also now traded for a rock island arsenal custom 1911 in 45 acp,one of the last to be produced from the custom shop, its going out of business!!!!!
i got the 44 a few days ago, and me and big brother shot 400 rounds of 44 magnum yesterday after he got off of work,man, what a pair, my large frame 44 magnum six-gun, and james' 44 magnum semi-auto desert eagle, i think i got him in the accuracy department now, but he sure as hell has me in the kick-ass-cool-gun competition!

i hope i can afford my own desert eagle soon, i nearly vapor locked when james mentioned trading his off, my little mind started going crazy with what i could offer him in trade for it!!!!

i am probably going to sell my kick-ass-cool-gun, my magnum research "lone eagle" here in the next week or so, and replace it with a competitor brand of 30-06 pistol, competitor has made a lot of improvements on the lone eagle when they got it from magnum research, so i am looking into getting one in 30-06 and barrels in 223, and 458 winchester magnum!!!

i am hoping to get my new 45 tomorrow and take it out for a spin, if i can find the money to get some gas for the pickup, trading guns is fun, but damn i wish i could trade for some stinkin money!, i am still down in the foot, and it is very uncomfortable to walk or drive my little pickup, but i am not telling anyone, so... sssshhhhh... i am fine as always, hell, i am not bleeding, so i am fine!

maybe big bro and i can go play 45 and go fishing again, damned if he didnt catch like 6 or 7 fish after we went shooting, dont tell him, but he seems to be catching onto this fishing thing, he kicks ass at it... i have always been jelouse of my big bro, everything he does he does very well at, i am always just kind of marginal at everything i try, maybe i dont apply myself as much as he does, but i have fun anyway!!!!


have fun kids, yea, like anyone reads my ramblings.... be safe, and stay hard!

holy shit, of all the people!

hi kids, well, the foot feels like shit, hurts all the time since i went to 7-11 and gassed up the pickup, and got supper, a bag of bbq chips and a big-gulp, i sure miss my chrissy and her soft tacos!!!!
and i have slept till i am bed sore, and cant sleep anymore, so i ventured to my fav chat place to look over some freeky profiles on yahoo, well, in my search i decide to find people interested in fish, this after i feed my swarm of convict cichlids in my 29 gallon tank in my room,and the baby nemo's and other man eaters in the 55's in the living room...... so i do a search for profiles containing pictures and the key word "aquarium" and holy crap if i dont run into one of my wifes friends, melissa, a lady she used to work with at the paper that is teaching brats now, i think thats what she is doing anyway, so i said hi to her in an im and got a responce,no conversation, just a hi, whats been up kinda thing.... how weird is that, that she would be online while i am looking over freeky fish people....in texas... hahahahhaha! so, mel, where ever you might be, good to see ya on kiddo!

and now i am off to search for more freeks that cant sleep, excedrin is becoming a staple in my regular diet, maybe i should take up drinking, cant hardly stand to drive anyway..... FUCK YOU JERRY, YOU NO ACCOUNT BASTARD!
you know who you are, i aint gonna pay for this shit myself, asshole!

any good lawyers out there???

hurt and alone....

welp kids its been a while since my last blog input, because not much has changed, i am home on a hurt ankle that is progressing very slowly, i hurt it at work, stepped off the bottom step of the truck and into some soft caliche powder out at holzgraff-22 and there was a rock under the powder i didnt see, so....boink, i twisted my ankle, i think it would have been much worse if i had not had my over the ankle work boots on,
i went down fairly hard on my left hand and injured my left shoulder only slightly, hand and shoulder are doing fine, but the ankle is not in good shape at this point, went to the orthapedist (spelling?) this morning and they cant see me till my boss gets them the payment info they need, he also has yet to get hold of medical center hospital like he is supposed to, i am wondering if he has workers comp insurance, i am really getting concerned about this.... every time i try to talk to him he acts really pissed off at me because i went to the doc...or got hurt, not sure whitch yet...oh well, i guess thats why they have lawyers!
..and to top it all off, my lovely bride went to utah and left me here all alone!!!!!...wwwwwwaaaaa!!!!!

hopefully chrissy is having a lot of fun with her mom and brother, went with big bro shooting and just could not do worth a flip because of the ankle pain, it made the heat seem like it was much worse than it really was....
and i dont think big brother is having an easy time right now, he just seems like he is in a bad mood, maybe its his time of the month!...hahahaha!!!... sorry bro, couldnt help it... but i am really worried about my big brother, he in my only blood family left.... i am sure when i get back to normal and drag him for a day at the range he will be doing better!

welp, watching lance in the tour, today is a team time trial, i hope lance is doing good, i came in here and dont know how the team is doing so far, but i bet that little guy from texas is puttin some good oold fashion texas whoop-ass on the damn frenchmen!!


LIVE STRONG Lance!!!!