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Prayers going up.
Read: Eccl. 1:1-11; 12:13-14
Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man's all. —Ecclesiastes 12:13
Bible In One Year: Genesis 33-36
What's the point? This question came to mind as I watched my grandsons' dog fetch a ball for me again and again.
What's the point? That's what the writer of Ecclesiastes asked as he thought about the monotonous cycle he observed in nature and in life—the same things happening year after year, generation after generation.
What's the point? That's what a retired businessman was asking, in effect, when he told me he would just as soon die as live any longer. He had seen and done everything he had wanted to do. Now he had reached the place where life held more pain for him than pleasure.
What's the point? Here it is. A few years before a friend of mine died, he said, "Life is a wonderful experience. It's marvelous to see that God keeps nature going in its pattern. It's wonderful to know that we're here to love God above everything and to love our neighbor as ourselves. It's comforting to believe that all our sins are forgiven because of what Christ did on the cross. And it's exciting to think about the eternity God has for us. It sure is great to be alive."
Life can be depressing when God is left out. But how exciting it is when He is at the center! —Herb Vander Lugt
Second Class Petty Officer Chas Dearie, of Sulpher, La., looks toward a Navy helicopter after taking off from Banda Aceh airport in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Sunday. Relief operations are now entering their third week after a Dec. 26 earthquake triggered a tidal wave that claimed the lives of 100,000 people in Indonesia alone.
Sgt. John Farrar places his hand on the stomach of his pregnant wife, Celine, as they embrace inside the National Guard armory in Litchfield, Ill., on Saturday. The Oak Lawn, Ill., couple are expecting their first child in less than two months and were planning to marry in April. Due to his deployment, though, they married in December. Approximately 80 National Guard soldiers with Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Division, will be deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Pfc. Lesley Joiner listens to her MP3 player at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Ga., on Saturday while waiting to deploy to Iraq.
Sgt. James Polyefko naps at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Ga., on Saturday, while waiting to deploy to Iraq.
U.S. troops secure the scene after an explosion outside the police station in Baghdad’s Zafarniyah neighborhood Monday.
Petty Officer 2nd Class John Ramirez, left, of Los Angeles, and Senior Chief Petty Officer Ross Campano, of Costa Mesa, Calif., perform routine maintenance on a Navy Seahawk helicopter aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on Saturday.
Sri Lankans stand near an amphibious landing vehicle belonging to the 1st Marine Division at Koggala beach on Monday.
John Mark, right, with the 1st Marine Division, helps Sri Lankan fisherman adjust their fishing net at Koggala beach in southern Sri Lanka on Monday. Marines aboard the USS Duluth will be supporting rebuilding operations in the hard-hit coastal areas.
Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), based at Camp Pendleton, Calif., come ashore in Koggala, on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, on Monday.
A Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), a flat-bottomed aluminum hovercraft equipped with a rubber air bladder and two aft propellers and carrying tons of food, water and a forklift for future distribution as part of humanitarian operations, makes its way to shore from the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) on Monday on Sumatra’s western coast.
U.S. sailors return with bags of rice after the aircraft they were riding in reached its maximum load of relief goods at Banda Aceh airport in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Sunday.
Hayle Burdine, right, hugs her father, Sgt.1st Class Riley Burdine at Fort Carson, Colo., Monday, Jan. 10, 2005, following a farewell ceremony for soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division as they prepare to deploy to Iraq.
US military from 1-22 battalion, 4th Infantry Division secure a street shortly after discovering an improvised explosive device in Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s hometown of Tikrit, 180 kms north of Baghdad.
Just another day at the office for our Troops.
Thank you Diva for tonight's thread.
Thanks for today's thread Diva!
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Good morning, LaDiva!! Good morning, Canteen Crew ! Good morning, EVERYBODY! 
TROOPS!
Today's FEEBLE
YOKE :
Over dinner one evening, MoJo says to the Sailor, "I met this horrible and rude man downtown this morning, and right away I knew he was a troublemaker. He started to insult me. He used really bad language. He even threatened me!"
"How did you meet this fellow?" the Sailor asked, very concerned.
"Well," MoJo says, "we met by accident. I hit him with the car."
Chicagoland Weather
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| Sunrise | 7:17 AM (CST) |
| Sunset | 4:39 PM (CST) |
| Hrs. of Daylight | 9 Hrs., 22 Mins |
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| Flood Watch - FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COOK COUNTY VALID FROM TUE JAN 11 2005 04:00 AM CST UNTIL TUE JAN 11 2005 10:30 AM CST. |
| FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 348 AM CST TUE JAN 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES OF WINNEBAGO...MCHENRY...BOONE...LAKE...OGLE...COOK... KANE...DE KALB...DUPAGE...LEE...WILL...KENDALL...LA SALLE...GRUNDY... KANKAKEE...LIVINGSTON...IROQUOIS...FORD...PORTER...JASPER...NEWTON AND BENTON. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT 600 PM CST WEDNESDAY (700 PM EST WEDNESDAY) UNTIL 600 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING (700 AM EST THURSDAY MORNING). A STRONG WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE THREE QUARTERS TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION. THE ANTICIPATED RAIN ATOP NEAR SATURATED SOILS AND RESIDUAL SNOW PACK WILL LIKELY GENERATE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF INTO NEAR BANKFULL STREAMS AND RIVERS. FURTHERMORE FOR LOCATIONS WITH A SNOW PACK, SNOW-BLOCKED DRAINS AND CULVERTS COULD CAUSE FLOODING ACROSS ROADS, LOW LYING AREAS AND FIELDS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE ACROSS THE AREA FOR LARGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF CREEKS, STREAMS, AND LOW LYING AREAS. IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA,BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER AND DRIER GROUND AND MONITOR FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. |
| Winter Weather Advisory - URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COOK COUNTY VALID FROM TUE JAN 11 2005 02:11 AM CST UNTIL TUE JAN 11 2005 12:00 PM CST. |
| BOONE-COOK-DE KALB-DUPAGE-GRUNDY-KANE-KANKAKEE-KENDALL-LA SALLE-LAKE- LEE-MCHENRY-OGLE-PORTER-WILL-WINNEBAGO- 209 AM CST TUE JAN 11 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EXTENDED UNTIL NOON... A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. THE AREA OF CONCERN LIES ROUGHLY NORTH OF THE KANKAKEE AND ILLINOIS RIVERS. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO AROUND NOON WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A TENTH AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH EXPECTED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DIXON TO DE KALB TO DOWNTOWN CHICAGO. NORTH OF THIS LINE... THE OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES WILL LIKELY BE CRUSTED WITH A LIGHTER ICE COATING OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. |
Good morning Everyone. Good morning/afternoon/evening to our AWESOME Military, our Allies, and their families.
Thank you Diva for your continued support here at the Canteen. I wish you luck in your new endeavor, whatever it may be. Please don't wander too far from the Canteen.
I need help deciding on a new outfit. I went shopping and believe me a woman can't really find decent warrior outfits these days. No one would take me serious in most of them. But I came across this one and thought it would work. But, I must know.......does it make me look fat?
Ok, this is more like it. Less than 200 posts this morning. I can at least get through most of it and post some personals before getting into the pile of work. I might even get in a few jokes, here and there. Might even have time to pass out a little sugar today. I know some are in dire need of it. (wink)
Now remember, the Canteen is always
So, come on in and sit for a while. There's alway plenty of coffee, pancakes, conversation, silliness, and plain old BS.
58 days left on active duty
On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on January 11:
1746 William Curtis English botanist/publisher (Botanical Magazine)
1757 Alexander Hamilton West Indies, 1st US Secretary of Treasury ($10 face)
1807 Ezra Cornell founder (Western Union Telegraph, Cornell University)
1807 Alfred Eugene "Stonewall" Jackson Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1814 Richard Griffith Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1815 Sir John A MacDonald (C) 1st PM of Canada (1867-73)
1816 Fitz-Henry Warren Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
1818 John Reese Kenly Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1831 James Ronald Chalmers Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
1885 Alice Paul ERA advocate/founder (National Woman's Party)
1886 George Zucco England, actor (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Captain Fury)
1887 Aldo Leopold founder (Wilderness Society)
1903 Alan Paton South Africa, writer (Cry, the Beloved Country)
1904 Frederick Boland Irish diplomat/President (UN General Assembly)
1922 Neville Duke English test pilot
1924 James Moore aka Slim Harpo Blues musician
1926 Grant Tinker broadcasting executive (NBC-TV)
1934 Jean Chrétien Canada PM (Liberal, 1993- )
1942 Clarence Clemons rock saxophonist (Bruce Springsteen's E St Band)
1946 Naomi Judd [Diana Ellen], Ashland KY, singer (Judds-Why Not Me)
1952 Lee Ritenour Los Angeles CA, jazz musician
1959 Brett Bodine auto racer
1974 Rosenkowitz sextuplets Cape Town South Africa (1st known to survive infancy)
What an ordeal - where do I begin...
Loitering in the air over Mississippi for two hours while tornadeos touched down all over the place;
Utter confusion on the ground, once we get here;
Almost NO connectivity out of the building, let ALONE the post;
The list goes on, but I won't waste bandwidth with trivialities and green drama...
We're all in concrete open-bay barracks, separate showers, decent chow, long days, and more confusion to come. Sarge will be using a little rank and muscle to get online more often - after all, y'all need to know what's happening with the madcap adventures of Sarge and The Company..
Sarge PROMISES to get online later tonight, so Y'all Have Fun 'til I get back!
SARGE
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Good Afternoon troops!! Good Afternoon everyone! Here, it's been snowing since about 10 AM EST and it's still going!! And, we are supposed get freezing rain throughout the night! It sounds like a snowday, or at least a delayed opening tomorrow, yes!! Anyway, here is today's humor attempt!
A Texan farmer goes to Australia for a vacation. There he meets an Aussie farmer and gets talking. The Aussie shows off his big wheat field and the Texan says, "Oh! We have wheat fields that are at least twice as large".
Then they walk around the ranch a little and the Aussie shows off his herd of cattle. The Texan immediately says, " We have longhorns that are at least twice as large as your cows".
The conversation has, meanwhile, almost died when the Texan sees a herd of kangaroos hopping through the field. He asks, "And what are those"?
The Aussie asks with an incredulous look, "Don't you have any grasshoppers in Texas"?
