Taxi Tales: The strange road from Cheyenne
By Louie de Palma
Reader Road Warrior
People often find themselves in my cab telling me their strange stories. They talk about how the road brought them to me, how …
By Louie de Palma
Reader Road Warrior
People often find themselves in my cab telling me their strange stories. They talk about how the road brought them to me, how …
By Louie de Palma
Reader Road Warrior
What’s red and blue and white? A ton of newborn mammals with weird residue on them, the socks I’m currently wearing, the British …
By Louie de Palma
Reader Road Warrior
In the off-season of sleepy little ski towns, the streets are lonely and vacant. Nights such as these only yield two options: I’m …
By Louie de Palma
Reader Road Warrior
Somewhere in the dark, dusty abyss that is my closet, there sits a worn box. Inside are toy Chevron cars from years past. …
By Louie de Palma
Reader Road Warrior
As we anticipate St. Patrick’s Day, we’re faced with an unusual question: Between the old-timey saints and modern miracle workers, whose stunt was …
By Louie de Palma
Reader Road Warrior
Universal Fact number 784: People love repetition and complete lack of differentiation. People enjoy eating the same foods every day, watching the same …
By Louie de Palma
Reader Road Warrior
It’s February, which means only one thing. It’s time to face the music of that dreaded holiday we all know is coming.
Presidents’ …
I saw you, and now I can’t shake you from my thoughts. There you are, captured in a Craigslist image that does you no justice.
You, well, you were smaller …
By Louie de Palma
Reader Road Warrior
Two days into the new year I find myself parked at the Dairy Depot drive-through while a very belligerent customer of mine loudly …
By Louie de Palma
Reader Road Warrior
I made a wrong turn into a seemingly ordinary driveway. And you’ll never guess what I found at the end of it.
OK, …
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