Could it be?

In my time back at Great Lakes Il, I spent vast amounts of time at the local USO. Fine food, drinks and entertainment, all free. God Bless them. Anyhow, one time I wandered into their library and saw this poster hanging on the wall. It was of Navy Lieutenant Bulkeley and his wife on the porch of the Clarendon Hotel back in 1942. Now I don't know who this guy was but he seemed to be a rather prominent person by what they had about him to read there.

The Clarendon Hotel is a large structure with a rather Victorian-era flare about it. Although now it is little more than a warehouse for antiques, back in it's day it was the place to stay at if you were a well-respected or prominent person.


I have tried to do some research on whether this is the hotel listed on the poster but to no avail. If it indeed is I find it rather ironic to find one's hometown in a place so far away.

The Clarendon Hotel

Well, we improved to 5-0 with 3 wins today. Tuesday is the championship. Bring it on.

Well, my predictions were wrong on the dodgeball tourney, although they weren't entirely baseless. Only 1/2 of my team actually showed up to play and we were combined with another team that were short of their players. We played two matches and won them both so we go into tomorrows quarterfinals 2-0 and as the team to beat.

A dodgeball tournament

We are having a barracks dodgeball tournament starting tomorrow. It is one of those "volounteer/mandatory" events. With the team I'm on, I doubt we'll make it out of the 1st round.

On this day..

I haven't done this in a while....

1775 - John Paul Jones hoisted the first seagoing American flag.

1967 - In Cape Town, South Africa, Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first human
heart transplant, on Louis Washkanski. Washkanski lived 18 days with the new heart.

This passage struck me this morning as I was reading it, verse 5 and 6 have been especially helpful to me in the last year.

Proverbs 3
1 "My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments.

2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil."

In fits of boredom.....

......I took pictures today....

Two of Ireland's Finest.....

Tomorrow morning at 2:30 A.M, I will be leaving Great Lakes,Illinios for Norfolk,Virginia. I am glad to be leaving this place but am also preparing for what I will face down in Va. Thank you all for your prayers and support. The next time I post will Lord-willingly be from somewhere in Virginia.
The picture is what came up when I googled images for Norfolk.

Happy Thanksgiving

I think it is rather cliche to say that in America we are very blessed. However, it is the truth.
I have been given life, a free country to whom I am in service too, a wonderful family who I would not trade for the world, and the King who laid down his life for me so that I could be truly thankful.
This year, my circumstances have changed and I cannot be home, I have been taken in by some people who I don't know. I will be sure to report on that later. Thank-you everyone who I know that has played a role in my life. Have a Happy Thanksgiving.

For Mom

Americans Announce They're Dropping Out Of Presidential Race

......

"....Peck, there are several different looks that a woman can give you."
"First, there is the quick glance that lets you know that she is taken and she hardly noticed you at all."
" Then there is the quick sideways glance that lets you know that she noticed and she shoots you another one for good measure."
" Then there is the one that tries to act like she didn't notice you but to no avail, you can see her looking underneath her eyebrows."
" Then there is the look that she can't take her eyes off of you,they are locked on, that's when you strike."
"You see that look Peck, and it's over, you go get her! Don't wait!"

Words of wisdom from my buddy Mckelvin, while on an excursion to Evanston, a comfortable suburb of Chicago.

Hi MOM!

We sang this in church this past Sunday, It never ceases to amaze me.


When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.

It is well, with my soul,It is well, with my soul,It is well, it is well, with my soul!

How I spent part of Veterans Day

Shooting pool with my buddy Rottinghaus.

We had gone into Chicago and visited some of the spectacular museums they have down there free of charge to military members but my camera didn't save any of the photos due to low battery.

This song has always brought me back, like a cold glass of lemomade in the summer......

I am out of school and officially on hold.
I wax floors and clean all day now.
Your tax dollars at work my friends.

Tomorrow, lord-willing, this particular school will be a memory.

I woke up this morning,stretched,shaved,woke up the guys, turned on the Herald online, and guess what I saw....

Pico, Baby!

It looks unbelievably good.