Happy Birthday Mommy!

February 28th is my Mom's birthday. My Mom, who died of cancer in 1969, would have been 84, if she were still alive. She took me to my first hockey game in 1968 and instilled in me a love for not only hockey, but baseball as well. I wish she had lived long enough to hear me broadcast hockey, because I know she would be very proud.

I miss you Mom and I still love you very much!

You know what REALLY fries my grits?

Recently, I've had two very important groups in my life come down on me, after other, unnamed sources made complaints against me. In neither case, was there any give and take, no discussion, no investigation of any kind. It was simply these unnamed people making unfounded, unsubstantiated allegations and me then being told not to be a part of something I enjoyed any longer. Just what the hell is wrong with people these days, where anonymous people can make allegations against someone and the target of their garbage is immediately found guilty, without any chance to defend themselves?

Those people, especially in the first of the two instances, should be deeply ashamed of themselves. As much as my wife and I love Kearney, we now must question that love and whether or not we want to raise our son in this community after what has transpired in the recent past. This was not easy to write, but I felt I must. I am sick of the people who can't face a problem head on and instead whine and cry to someone else and then hide behind that person. I am about as disgusted as I have been in a very long time and find myself becoming more and more disillusioned with my current situation.

Thank you for reading what I've had to say. It's more apparent to me every day, that despite what others you might view as friends may say, the only person who can truly "have your back," is yourself.

What do you do to kill time in Green Bay?

Why, you take the Lambeau Field tour, of course. I was fortunate to be the only one in my tour group, which made it a whole lot more fun. I hope you like the pictures.



Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers.









Truck full of cheeseheads in gift shop.









Lambeau Field Atrium.









Bart Starr.









View of the field from one of the luxury suites.









One of my tour guides.









Here's where the Packers enter the field. This was the best part of the whole tour.









Oh frozen tundra baby!









Wow, was that ever fun!?!?!

Happy Birthday to me!

Hi everyone. Today is my 53rd birthday. With all I've experienced over the past couple of years, this is sure to be the best one ever!











Since I'm 53, my wife was kind enough to point out that I'm now officially "middle aged!" Gee, thanks dear. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go out and see what kind of birthday discounts I can get with my AARP card.

I just wanted to take this time from our normal hockey talk to say....

....I LOVE MY WIFE!











We now return you to our regularly scheduled hockey talk.

Merry Christmas!

It's December 25th. Sleep in. Get up. Open presents. Watch tee vee. Amid all the holiday happiness, remember that this was the day marking the birth of the Christ child. The one sent for us from God.

Yesterday, I was embroiled in an online discussion, in which I was pummeled for my views of child rearing. But, you know what? I don't particularly care any more. I have my beliefs, my wife has hers and we will, with God's help, raise our baby to the best of our abilities. We will not surrender to the relaxed morals of today's society, where parents expect that their children will be engaging in high risk behavior, just because "They're gonna do it anyway, so give 'em protection." If that makes us "prudes," then so be it. We will prepare our child for those pressures, for sure. And we will then trust that he or she will make the best decision for themselves at that time.

May you and yours have the most blessed of holiday seasons. God's blessings on you, from The Meissner's. John, Kim, Baby, Snoopy and Smoke.

20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,

23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

Matthew 1:20-23

32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

Luke 1:32-33