I am sitting in O'Hare airport in Chicago waiting to board an early morning flight to Los Angeles.  Earlier this morning I was in Peoria, Illinois.  I had visited with my colleagues at Jupiterimages yesterday late afternoon and evening.  Great meetings.  But the big memory of the trip to Peoria is the earthquake that took place at about 4:30am.  Quite a sensation.  It was the third earthquake I have been involved with so I know the feeling.  Fortunately I have never been connected with a "bad" earthquake (only 3 to 5s on the Richter scale).

Another interesting item.  While walking from the American terminal to the United terminal at O'Hare (a good mile or so) I came across a display that tells the story of how this monster airport got its name.  One Butch O'Hare is the person behind the name.  Butch won the Medal of Honor and numerous other citations as an aircraft carrier fighter pilot in World War II.  In fact he was the first ace of the Pacific Theater (an "ace" is a pilot who shoots down 5 enemy aircraft).  Unfortunately Butch did not make it through the war and died in combat in 1944 (two years after receiving his Medal of Honor in the Battle of Midway).  And this was the year that this airport was named O'Hare.

Now off to Los Angeles.