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Best route to Dallas

Carbondale has two buses to Dallas daily, at10:10 am and 10:55 pm. with 2 transfers (St. Louis and Tulsa).

The price one-way without discount is $139, and the trip takes 20 hours or so.

The bus from Marion to Dallas leaves at 6:10 a.m., takes 15 hours, with one transfer in Memphis. ... The price is the same.

Sales team pitches paperbound directory

Occasionally advertising sales personnel from different media try to sell print advertising -- unaware that I used digital media almost exclusively.

The other day two nice young people from University Directories gave me a good sales pitch, but mine was stronger, so they let me snap this photo.

Ann is from North Carolina, and travels to different college towns to work with local sales guys like Ben, who attends Southern Illinois University.

Faster trip to Little Rock

Leave from Marion at 6:10 a.m., arrive in Little Rock 7 hrs 45 min. later, at 1:55 p.m.

Quicker than leaving from Carbondale at 10:10 a.m. and changing buses in St. Louis and Memphis and arriving in Little Rock at 12:40 a.m. ... 14 hrs and 20 min. later

Price is cheaper from Marion, also.