Keep Christ in Christmas

Every year during the Christmas season I will usually rant about the purchase of gifts and the absence of Christ. Society has focused to much on buying gifts. The Black Friday sales have turned the shopping malls into a mad chase for the best deals and the sometimes there is a lack of christian charity towards one another. Christmas is about the birth of Christ and not how many presents someone has under the Christmas tree. I will say one positive thing, is people will go to church during this time and hopefully continue go throughout the year.

Please Keep Christ in Christmas  

Pumpkins

Coffee

 Coffee - the liquid that wakes up and energies people all over the world. 

Nashville Sounds Baseball

The New Nashville Sounds Baseball team logos

Classic Country Music

I watched some of the CMA Awards show the other night. It was interesting to hear some traditional (classic) country music. I didn't care for the cross-over music because that is not county music. I realize the cross-over music is a way to attract folks over from other genres but they are calling this cross-over music county and it is not. So, hear is a a youtube of some great country songs.

Country Music

https://youtu.be/P0C4Ah2LCdw

What will the next 20 years be like

It amazes me how advanced technology has come in just 10 years. It is hard to comprehend what the next 20 years will bring.

Medicine - procedures, drugs...
Mobile technology - phones, computers, apps
Transportation - self-driving cars, aircraft.
Online retail - Amazon, grocery store.
GPS - devices, and apps.
Drones

And did I mention Apps...

Did I miss anything?

Temperatures

The changing in the seasons is now upon us at least for my part of the country. I always like the fall, temperatures are cool but not freezing. The winter on the other hand drives everybody indoors until spring. I'm sure once winter is here, I will be talking about it because I’ll be inside making blog entries about how cold it is outside. More on this in a few months.  

Journal

I have been working on a journal since 2013, it started as just random thoughts but has evolved. I use it now to describe my experiences of getting older and to share what I have learned over the years. I also want to use it to describe historical events that happened during my lifetime. One day long after I'm gone someone will may look at it as my small piece of history. Some of my blog entries here will come from my journals.  

Veterans

The Veterans of the United States have a special place in history.

Before my deployment to Desert Storm, my unit invited some Korean War Vets to share some of their experiences with the senior staff NCO's.  I remember hearing their stories about the difficulties they faced. Their war was a long time ago and the war was fought in a different part of the world. But the one message that applied then and now was leadership. They talked about leading and taking care of the Marines who were under their command.

Today, the veterans of the most recent wars will be here for our future military. They all take their place in history as some the great leaders of our American military.

The next time you see a Veteran thank them for their service to our great nation.   

   

I Co. 3rd Blt. 24th Marines

My former Marine Corps Unit History

India Company, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Battalion,_24th_Marines

Classic Movies - Military

Here is a list of my top classic military movies in no particular order and always subject to change

The D.I. (1957)

Patton (1970)

The Great Escape (1963)

The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

The Sand Pebbles (1966)

Priorities in Life

We should all have them, and every individual will be different.

Here are some of mine - just a short list

- Keep God first in your life never lose the connection with your creator.

- Pray everyday

- Love and help people in your life

- Seek good and avoid evil

-  Always learn - your are never to old to learn something new

I'm Back

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Courtesy

cour·te·sy  [kur-tuh-see]

noun, plural cour·te·sies.

1.  excellence of manners or social conduct; polite behavior.

2.  a courteous, respectful, or considerate act or expression.


It seems from my observations that this is rare in society today.



http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/courtesy

Patriotism Quote

Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.



- Henry Bolingbroke

Decisions

The decisions we make on a daily basis are important. Careful thought should be taken because the decisions we make today will effect tomorrow no matter how good or bad. Unless it is a life or death decision.

I believe as we grow older our decisions become more of a process of thought rather than a reaction to a situation, which sometimes are necessary. But decisions involving life changing events (marriage, career etc..) must not be made without some thought.       

Frozen February

This has been the coldest winter that I remember.

It seems to be a pattern that I do not post much in the month of February. I guess the temperatures have affected my ability to write which is not saying much to begin with, so I'll try to make a better effort.

The weather has been extremely cold in my part of North America. This region normally has some mild winters compared to the Midwest. But for this month we have experienced some extreme temps for this area. The next few days forecasters are predicting another round of of temps in the teens at night.

  

Old Crow Medicine Show - Bluegrass Underground

Cold Weather Conversation

The last few weeks has been extremely cold for the southern part of the United States. In most cases about 40 years since temperatures have dip this low - in the single digits.

One thing I've noticed is with the weather if it is hot or cold it will bring out conversation. Everyday since this cold snap I have had at least one conversation about the weather. I guess it is an easy topic to discuss with strangers, it is something we can all relate to - the fact we are all cold. The funny thing about this is after the cold has left, we will continue to talk either about how we are glad its gone or glad warmer weather has come. 

Is there any one single topic you can discuss with anyone that we all share in the experience?

   

Sunshine