January 17, 2005 10:16 AM

The road less traveled
Posted by Douglas Eisenhartat 10:16 AM

Ever had a desire to just chuck that desk job and hit the open road? Well, here's the story of one man who did just that, turning a long-term job situation that went bad into his childhood dream job: driving the highway as a trucker:

After 30 years as a reporter, 29 of them at the Portland Press Herald [Maine], Ted Cohen six months ago embraced a new profession: trucking.

"It's all about the open road, right?" Cohen queried a trucker colleague that night.
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Cohen's change is at once radical and logical -- propelled by a boyhood fascination with trucks and necessitated by a career crisis.