Sharing the Road
That’s Linde North America driver and trainer Bob Esposito giving students in Murray Hill, N.J.’s New Providence High School an up-close-and-personal lesson on sharing the road with their refrigerated liquid bulk tanker tractor-trailers. The students, studying to earn their driver’s licenses, are not the first to take part in Linde’s “Share the Road” program.
It’s available to other high schools in the area, where Linde is based. The program included opportunites for students to climb up into the truck cab and get a first-hand look at a professional driver’s perspective.
Brings to my mind Con-way Truckload driver Toby Bogard, who took matters into his own hands a couple years back with the book pictured here, arguing also for mandatory training for all drivers on sharing the road. We need more such efforts, to supplement what organizations like the American Trucking Associations and others are doing.

Anybody ever conducted a training class such as this? Tell us in the comments how you managed to get the opportunity, and any pointers on content/logistics.
Defining ‘dream girl’ — or not
Tell me how this sounds:
—Padma Lakshmi, former supermodel and likewise former wife of literary antihero Salman Rushdie, talking to Playboy recently. Today, the culinary-enthusiast types among you may recognize Lakshmi as the host of Top Chef on Bravo.
Christmas already?
All the same, the folks at Snap-On Tools wanted to get into your head early with some gift ideas from its catalog, sending out this “Holiday Gift Guide” image with associated copy detailing simple, power-tool (and more) options for the tinkerer in your life.
What do I have to say about that? Well, Merry Christmas in November! Here’s their Gift Guide site. Happy shopping.