Monday, December 31, 2018
Noah's Ark
Thanks to my son-in-law, Thomas, we received half price tickets to Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky yesterday. We had a great day with Thomas and Abby and truly enjoyed this incredible museum. You might think it sounds boring to see a real life depiction of Noah loading animals onto his "boat". However, there is so much about this story that even faithful Bible readers can learn. We were there 3 hours and we couldn't begin to see, hear, and read everything. This really requires a full day, but alas 3 hours is all we had. Thank you, Thomas and Abby for a wonderful time!
Saturday, December 29, 2018
Another Milestone
In baseball, a player with 3000 hits is a great hitter. A pitcher with 3000 strikeouts is rare. Well loyal blog readers, today I reach a milestone of sorts myself. This post marks my 3000th one since stating this blog back in 2011. It's pretty amazing when you think about it.
Friday, December 28, 2018
Thursday, December 27, 2018
Enough is enough!
Remember how upset everyone got when they saw Christmas decorations up before Thanksgiving? Well, things are getting worse. Much worse. I was out driving around today and saw that some people already have their Christmas decorations up. I mean, for crying out loud people! Christmas is 363 days away! Folks really need to get a grip!
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Tuesday, December 25, 2018
One to remember
Where do you eat on Christmas Eve after attending the candlelight service with Abby and Thomas?
McDonald's? Nope. Closed.
Burger King? Nope. Closed.
Wendy's? Nope. Closed?
KFC? Taco Bell? White Castle? Nope. All closed.
Every other restaurant known to mankind? Nope. All closed.
Waffle House was open, but it was crowded beyond belief.
What to do? What to do?
Stop at the gas station for hot dogs. Well, the gas station was open, but they were out of hot dogs (go figure). After wandering around for a few minutes, what did my wonderful wife's eyes spy? Frozen DiGiorno pizzas. JACKPOT! They had two left and we snatched them up for a late night frozen pizza dinner.
It wasn't exactly an elegant Christmas Eve dinner, but it certainly is one the four of us will never forget. We had so much fun with the newlyweds and will definitely be a Christmas dinner we'll always remember.
McDonald's? Nope. Closed.
Burger King? Nope. Closed.
Wendy's? Nope. Closed?
KFC? Taco Bell? White Castle? Nope. All closed.
Every other restaurant known to mankind? Nope. All closed.
Waffle House was open, but it was crowded beyond belief.
What to do? What to do?
Stop at the gas station for hot dogs. Well, the gas station was open, but they were out of hot dogs (go figure). After wandering around for a few minutes, what did my wonderful wife's eyes spy? Frozen DiGiorno pizzas. JACKPOT! They had two left and we snatched them up for a late night frozen pizza dinner.
It wasn't exactly an elegant Christmas Eve dinner, but it certainly is one the four of us will never forget. We had so much fun with the newlyweds and will definitely be a Christmas dinner we'll always remember.
Monday, December 24, 2018
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is one of my favorite days of the year. It's a day when I get to see loved ones from both sides of our family (Meyer, Bauer, Borges, Bell, Morton, Randall). It's a day when I get to see my grandchildren experience the magic and wonder of Christmas. It's a night when our church hosts its candlelight service and we celebrate the virgin birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. O Come, O Come Emmanuel.
Sunday, December 23, 2018
Saturday, December 22, 2018
Friday, December 21, 2018
A long night
At 11:28 A.M. the people in the eastern standard time zone in the northern hemisphere experienced the winter solstice. This is the shortest day and longest night of the whole year. Thankfully tomorrow the days get a little bit longer and the nights get a little bit shorter. Summer is just around the corner. I feel warmer already!
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
It's TEXAS
I will post much more about this later, but there is BIG news in the Meyer family. Our eldest daughter Jessi Morton, her husband, Barry, and their three children are moving to Katy, Texas in mid-January. Barry has accepted a job at a large church there. This was a big decision for them as they also had opportunities in Hermitage Pennsylvania, Madison Mississippi, and Lexington Kentucky. I've always heard that everything's big in Texas. Apparently this is true as their new church has 3800 people.
Tami and I have mixed feelings and we are going through a roller coaster of emotions. We are happy for the family as they embark on this new adventure. We are nervous for the kids as they transition to life in what amounts to a whole other planet. We are sad that our grandchildren are moving so far away (16 hours by car instead of 50 minutes :-( We are thrilled and even a little bit jealous that they will be living in a warmer climate and not dealing with midwestern winters any more. We are happy for modern technology that at least allows us to "Face Time" them so we can see and hear them on a regular basis.
On an earthly level we are sad to see them go. But on a heavenly level, who are we to argue with God's plan? His ways are perfect and ours are NOT. God is good all the time. What doesn't feel good to me right now, I know is ultimately good in His omniscient wisdom.
This move means Tami and I will be on the constant lookout for cheap flights to Houston. Katy, Texas is a suburb due west of Houston. This will be especially true in the winter. While it's freezing in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, the temperatures in Katy are in the 60's and 70's. I wonder if airlines sell season passes? We'll be needing them for all those flights we'll be taking to Texas.
More on this later...
Tami and I have mixed feelings and we are going through a roller coaster of emotions. We are happy for the family as they embark on this new adventure. We are nervous for the kids as they transition to life in what amounts to a whole other planet. We are sad that our grandchildren are moving so far away (16 hours by car instead of 50 minutes :-( We are thrilled and even a little bit jealous that they will be living in a warmer climate and not dealing with midwestern winters any more. We are happy for modern technology that at least allows us to "Face Time" them so we can see and hear them on a regular basis.
On an earthly level we are sad to see them go. But on a heavenly level, who are we to argue with God's plan? His ways are perfect and ours are NOT. God is good all the time. What doesn't feel good to me right now, I know is ultimately good in His omniscient wisdom.
This move means Tami and I will be on the constant lookout for cheap flights to Houston. Katy, Texas is a suburb due west of Houston. This will be especially true in the winter. While it's freezing in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, the temperatures in Katy are in the 60's and 70's. I wonder if airlines sell season passes? We'll be needing them for all those flights we'll be taking to Texas.
More on this later...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Ice Skating
This is what happens when you have your granddaughter for an overnight visit without her two little brothers. ICE SKATING! Please note Goppa does not ice skate. He sits at the fire pit and watches.
Monday, December 17, 2018
Time for a Break!
Teachers ALWAYS look forward to Christmas vacation. This year I am looking forward to the break even more than usual. I have a very, very challenging class and I need a mental reprieve. 3 more days... CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Saturday, December 15, 2018
Times have changed
My how times have changed! Years ago people went Christmas shopping at the mall. Today most people shop online from the comfort of their own homes. What a time to be alive!
Friday, December 14, 2018
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Street Racing
This is going to be the most lopsided street race in history! If you look closely, both cars have Indiana license plates. Two things made me laugh... First this took place in my own home state. Second... A Formula 1 race car is street legal? I've never seen a license plate on an Indy Race Car.
Monday, December 10, 2018
Mickey D's
Well would you look at that! McDonald's has a reserved parking space just for ME! I feel so special!
Sunday, December 9, 2018
George H.W. Bush
In honor of the passing of George H.W. Bush. The 41st President of the United States.
Saturday, December 8, 2018
It never ends
The attacks on President Trump are relentless. It's a miracle he has accomplished so much under constant attacks.
Friday, December 7, 2018
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Another Milestone
Silence Runs Deep reached another milestone today. 70,000 page views! After all this time I am still astounded that people read this blog. Thanks for checking in, folks!
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Happy Santa!
It’s that time of year. That time of year that was so magical for us as children. That time of year that allowed us to see our children experience that same magic. And now that I’m old enough, that time of year when we get to see our grandchildren experience the magic of Christmas.
Much of this magic was centered on the idea of Santa Claus. Who among us doesn’t remember the anticipation and sheer excitement of waiting for Santa’s visit? Who among us doesn’t remember trying to go to sleep on Christmas Eve and feeling like you’d NEVER be able to fall asleep? Who among us doesn’t remember having visions of Christmas presents being delivered by a man in a red suit, riding in a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer? Who among us doesn’t remember leaving cookies and milk (or hot cocoa) for Santa? I remember as a child waking to find the cookies and milk gone and being amazed that Santa had actually been there. I remember as a dad eating those cookies, and drinking that milk to create the illusion that Santa had been there. That’s why the photo below got me thinking and has me asking, “Why didn’t I think of that?” Cookies and milk? Nah! Beer and pizza? Now we’re talking! That would make Santa one jolly old elf! And hey... what cop is going to give Santa a DUI? I'm guessing he would get a pass.
Much of this magic was centered on the idea of Santa Claus. Who among us doesn’t remember the anticipation and sheer excitement of waiting for Santa’s visit? Who among us doesn’t remember trying to go to sleep on Christmas Eve and feeling like you’d NEVER be able to fall asleep? Who among us doesn’t remember having visions of Christmas presents being delivered by a man in a red suit, riding in a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer? Who among us doesn’t remember leaving cookies and milk (or hot cocoa) for Santa? I remember as a child waking to find the cookies and milk gone and being amazed that Santa had actually been there. I remember as a dad eating those cookies, and drinking that milk to create the illusion that Santa had been there. That’s why the photo below got me thinking and has me asking, “Why didn’t I think of that?” Cookies and milk? Nah! Beer and pizza? Now we’re talking! That would make Santa one jolly old elf! And hey... what cop is going to give Santa a DUI? I'm guessing he would get a pass.
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Ho Ho.... OH!
Many years ago I was asked to play Santa for some friends and family. The result was not that of a jolly old elf. I ended looking more like Demon Claus rather than Santa Claus. I'm sure I terrorized some children that night. Yikes!
Monday, December 3, 2018
The Who
Today marks the 39th anniversary of one of the darkest days in Cincinnati history. On December 3, 1979 eleven young people died in a stampede at The Who concert at the Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum. The story is below:
The general-admission ticketing policy for rock concerts at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum in the 1970s was known as “festival seating.” That term and that ticketing policy would become infamous in the wake of one of the deadliest rock-concert incidents in history. Eleven people, including three high-school students, were killed on this day in 1979, when a crowd of general-admission ticket-holders to a Cincinnati Who concert surged forward in an attempt to enter Riverfront Coliseum and secure prime unreserved seats inside.
Festival seating had already been eliminated at many similar venues in the United States by 1979, yet the system remained in place at Riverfront Coliseum despite a dangerous incident at a Led Zeppelin show two years earlier. That day, 60 would-be concertgoers were arrested, and dozens more injured, when the crowd outside the venue surged up against the Coliseum’s locked glass doors.
In the early evening hours of December 3, 1979, those same doors stood locked before a restless and growing crowd of Who fans. That evening’s concert was scheduled to begin at 8:00 pm, but ticket-holders had begun to gather outside the Coliseum shortly after noon, and by 3:00 pm, police had been called in to maintain order as the crowd swelled into the thousands. By 7:00 pm, an estimated 8,000 ticket-holders were jostling for position in a plaza at the Coliseum’s west gate, and the crowd began to press forward. When a police lieutenant on the scene tried to convince the show’s promoters to open the locked glass doors at the west gate entrance, he was told that there were not enough ticket-takers on duty inside, and that union rules prevented them from recruiting ushers to perform that duty. At approximately 7:20, the crowd surged forward powerfully as one set of glass doors shattered and the others were thrown open. With Coliseum security nowhere in sight, the police on hand were aware almost immediately that the situation had the potential for disaster, yet they were physically unable to slow the stream of people flowing through the plaza for at least the next 15 minutes. At approximately 7:45 pm, they began to work their way into the crowd, where they found the first of what would eventually turn out to be 11 concert-goers lying on the ground, dead from asphyxiation.
Afraid of how the crowd might react to a cancellation, Cincinnati fire officials instructed the promoters to go on with the show, and the members of the Who were not told what had happened until after completing their final encore hours later.
In the aftermath of the tragedy, the City of Cincinnati banned festival seating at its concert venues. That ban was overturned, however, 24 years later, and improved crowd-control procedures have thus far prevented a reoccurrence of any such incident.
The general-admission ticketing policy for rock concerts at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum in the 1970s was known as “festival seating.” That term and that ticketing policy would become infamous in the wake of one of the deadliest rock-concert incidents in history. Eleven people, including three high-school students, were killed on this day in 1979, when a crowd of general-admission ticket-holders to a Cincinnati Who concert surged forward in an attempt to enter Riverfront Coliseum and secure prime unreserved seats inside.
Festival seating had already been eliminated at many similar venues in the United States by 1979, yet the system remained in place at Riverfront Coliseum despite a dangerous incident at a Led Zeppelin show two years earlier. That day, 60 would-be concertgoers were arrested, and dozens more injured, when the crowd outside the venue surged up against the Coliseum’s locked glass doors.
In the early evening hours of December 3, 1979, those same doors stood locked before a restless and growing crowd of Who fans. That evening’s concert was scheduled to begin at 8:00 pm, but ticket-holders had begun to gather outside the Coliseum shortly after noon, and by 3:00 pm, police had been called in to maintain order as the crowd swelled into the thousands. By 7:00 pm, an estimated 8,000 ticket-holders were jostling for position in a plaza at the Coliseum’s west gate, and the crowd began to press forward. When a police lieutenant on the scene tried to convince the show’s promoters to open the locked glass doors at the west gate entrance, he was told that there were not enough ticket-takers on duty inside, and that union rules prevented them from recruiting ushers to perform that duty. At approximately 7:20, the crowd surged forward powerfully as one set of glass doors shattered and the others were thrown open. With Coliseum security nowhere in sight, the police on hand were aware almost immediately that the situation had the potential for disaster, yet they were physically unable to slow the stream of people flowing through the plaza for at least the next 15 minutes. At approximately 7:45 pm, they began to work their way into the crowd, where they found the first of what would eventually turn out to be 11 concert-goers lying on the ground, dead from asphyxiation.
Afraid of how the crowd might react to a cancellation, Cincinnati fire officials instructed the promoters to go on with the show, and the members of the Who were not told what had happened until after completing their final encore hours later.
In the aftermath of the tragedy, the City of Cincinnati banned festival seating at its concert venues. That ban was overturned, however, 24 years later, and improved crowd-control procedures have thus far prevented a reoccurrence of any such incident.
Saturday, December 1, 2018
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