The classic Run Rudolph Run performed by Lemmy, Billy Gibbons and Dave Grohl.

It was insanely cold earlier this week, but the clear blue sky and bright white snow called to me, so I took a walk during my lunchbreak at work. I thought this was a nice picture.

Two Jewish men busking in Jerusalem. Let's start with "Wish You Were Here".

And then throw in "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" for good measure.

Not a good weekend for technical equipment in the Chappell house. The death toll so far consists of two wifi routers, an alarm clock and my electric razor. Thankfully all our computers seem to be holding up.

A big storm was forecast to blow through last night and this morning, so when I woke up this morning to at least 4 inches of snow on my driveway with more promised and several other churches in the area already posting cancellations, I made the judgment call to cancel church today.

It's always a difficult decision to make as you don't want to deprive the congregation of their opportunity for spiritual growth, but you also don't want to think of them having an accident as they struggle through the county roads to make it in to the church.

Then there are a couple of other factors to take into account. Despite the fact that Wisconsin winters are very consistently cold and snowy, Wisconsinites seem to forget how to drive in winter conditions every summer. The snow then arrives and they turn into nervous wrecks and hide inside for the first few snowfalls. Even if church had not been canceled, they would likely have stayed home anyway.