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Last Updated: 7:27 AM GMT on November 02, 2009 — Last Comment: 1:23 PM GMT on November 05, 2009

	Brett Farve

Posted by: GardenGrrl, 7:27 AM GMT on November 02, 2009

I'm an all-inclusive football fan. I root for my local team. I root for my friends teams. And always, I root for my favorite quarterbacks. The Manning Brothers, who can resist those guys. Donovan McNabb and his mom. Having lots of teams and individual players to cheer for makes the season so much more fun.

But Brett Farve, (be still my heart), is an icon. When I lived in Minnesota I cheered for the Vikings, but like many Vikings fans in our rivalry with Green Bay, I always had Brett Farve envy. Secretly, like many Vikings fans, I wished he was OURS. I could growl at Green Bay. Make fun of cheese heads, but could never blasphemy Brett Farve. He was just too nice of a guy, darn it.

Then the unthinkable happened. Brett Farve didn't retire in Green Bay glory, the team managers just went and kicked him to the curb for a younger, maybe hotter player. He became a symbol of what corporate America thinks of working guys that are getting a few grey hairs. Useless. Cost too much money to keep. Let's get a younger prettier one.

Sometimes it is time for older folks to retire. It's sad and never easy if they have to be given a push. But what if someone is still good at their job? What if they still have things to teach the younger ones at the trade? Skills that can be left behind to make an organization stronger when the older worker finally retires with dignity.

Brett still has skills and the fans of the Minnesota Vikings have finally had their secret dream come true. Brett Farve is OURS. Sure he would have preferred to retire with Green Bay, but when you are jilted, you head to the suitor who has always loved you and offers a new home, new respect.

Todays game at Lambeau Field was kind of like, "The First Wives Club meets the NFL". But it wasn't just management that kicked Brett Farve to the curb after 16 years of devoted service. Sixteen years of building a Green Bay dynasty. Traditions. Fun. And yes, fidelity. Brett Farve never trolled for more dollars with another franchise at the height of his career. The corporation sent him away and the Green Bay fans turned their backs on him for wanting to still do what he loves.

To all the people at Lambeau Field who booed Brett Farve throughout the game, I only have this to say; 38 to 26.

Keep Rockin #4!!! I've always been your fan.

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	Farmer Branch Rose Garden

Posted by: GardenGrrl, 9:39 AM GMT on October 20, 2009

Early this spring I posted photos of the new rose garden in Farmers Branch , Texas. Now it is autumn and Texas roses are in the peak of second bloom. I was amazed at how well they are all doing because most of the garden is for trial roses. Besides being very beautiful, this garden is unique to any other rose garden. This is the National EarthKind Rose trial garden in the United States. It has all 100 varieties of the EarthKind cultivers. They are being bred to be d...

Rose Garden

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Updated: 9:43 AM GMT on October 20, 2009

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	Whooping Cough is Still Around.

Posted by: GardenGrrl, 8:52 AM GMT on October 05, 2009

Driving in the car early Sunday mornings I am held hostage by the option of listening to the public information shows that radios are forced to air once a week or silence.This morning the subject of Whooping Cough aka Pertussis caught my ear. Did you know that your childhood vaccination for it wears off. According to this doctor, 600,000 people in the United States contract Whooping Cough every year. Most of these are teenagers and adults.Whooping Cough can cause br...

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	Sci-Fi Convention & Filk Singers

Posted by: GardenGrrl, 7:29 AM GMT on September 21, 2009

What a fun weekend it's been. I'm a big fan of the Sci-Fi/Fantasy section of the bookstore. My spouse owns every video tape and DVD of Star Trek, yet I have never been to a Sci-Fi convention. Mostly because I thought I'm just not hardcore enough, wouldn't know what to say to people and don't own a space uniform or Vulcan ears.Well, I heard about Fen Con in Dallas that caters mostly to Sci-Fi literature. They were having a bunch of authors as guests and I was hop...

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Updated: 7:47 AM GMT on September 21, 2009

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	7 inches, still raining

Posted by: GardenGrrl, 9:15 AM GMT on September 14, 2009

The Big news in Texas is RAIN!Here in North Texas it has been a bit dry, but over in the Hill Country it has been parched for waaaay too long. Am really glad to see rain there.Currently in our little corner of Lewisville we have collected five and one half inches in the rain gauge since Friday. It's been raining off and on all night so there is a bit more. My journalistic integrity stops at wet hair right before bed so I am not going to run outside and see what is ...

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Updated: 10:13 AM GMT on September 14, 2009

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