Mark Lamb:  

Hello my fellow 80s contemporaries. My life - long story, short version, since school daze: Moved to Madison, WI after graduation because my then girlfriend and I were expecting a baby, and her family was there - and our expectations were right; we had a beautiful baby girl. I went to a JUCo there, but my then girlfriend and I split up amicably after 3+ years, and I had to return to Kankakee in '92. I then moved on to DeKalb and enrolled at NIU. Finished with B.A. degree in History, but declined to teach. Worked some unpleasant monkey-hustle jobs, then enlisted in the Army in '98. Was sent to Army's language school in CA, where I learned Arabic. I was then stationed in TX, AZ, and CO, before being "stop-lossed" in 2002 when I was supposed to be released, and shipped to Iraq for beginning of Iraq War. I was there from April - August of 2003. Then the Army let me out, pursuant to policies in place at the time. Since then, I've returned to Kankakee area. I love the rivers and cornfields...Expand for more