The Badgers (27-4) beat Michigan State today and will face Illinois (15-18) Sunday in the tournament finals. Wisconsin already won the Big Ten outright.
Next week - Tujunga, CA, Easter Weekend
May - Chicago; fishing up at the Rainbow Flowage in Lake Tomahawk, Wisconsin; Milwaukee, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
June - camping at El Capitan Canyon Park; Santa Barbara - Solstice; Sequoia National Park
July - home to Wisconsin for good
I just looked on both Packers.com and Packersnews.com and it was the first time I had noticed Brett Favre's name not on the official Green Bay Packer roster. First time in 16 years.
Reality bites the big one, my friends. That truly sucks.
I didn't think my complete domination would last forever, but - oh well. In game #11, I killed him with four double jumps. In game #12, we hit a stalemate because we blocked each other's checkers into a no-move situation and it was my turn - not to move. And that was early in the game - I think we each had at least 7 or 8 checkers left. That's never happened to me before and I had to look online to find the ruling.
As Vince Lombardi, the great Green Bay Packer coach said, "It will never happen again".
In the last week, I've seen two blogs (both people I know) make reference to Beatles' lyics. I wanted to carry on the tradition - sorta.
Apparently "38" is the magic age for great QB's to retire at. John Elway walked away at age 38. So did Dan Marino, Joe Montana and Steve Young.
And now - Favre.
I was thinking about today's football players and the endorsements they're involved with. Brett Favre has pushed Snapper, Mastercard, Wrangler, etc. Peyton Manning has pushed everything else. Here's an ad I found in a 1980 Playboy - Joe Pisarcik, NFL quarterback for the New York Giants, endorsing the book, "How to Pick Up Girls". Interesting. I misplaced my copy years ago.
*(Pisarcik began his NFL career with the New York Giants, and is best remembered for his role in a November 19, 1978 game where the Giants, up 17-12 with only seconds to play and the opponent out of time-outs, lost after his ill-advised handoff (a play called by offensive coordinator Bob Gibson over Pisarcik's objections) to Larry Csonka was fumbled and returned for a touchdown by Herman Edwards of the Philadelphia Eagles. The play has ever since been remembered as "The Miracle at the Meadowlands" by Eagles fans. Handoffs must not have been covered in that edition of "How to Pick Up Girls".)
This billboard appears on Santa Monica Blvd., just east of Sepulveda in LA - right across from my office. It's not the first thing I see when I exit the office front door - you half to walk to the end of the block to get a glimpse of it. I was still pissed because it's an Iranian flag. Then I did some research.
This is the former Iranian National Flag. Some organizations in the Iranian-American community of nearly one million strong have adopted this flag to represent their nostalgic cultural ties to their motherland of origin (Persia), while reaffirming their commitment to their adopted land. I've also read there are some anti-Muslim undertones with those Iranians who adopt this as their flag. "It is further resolved that the selection of this historical Flag as a national symbol should not be misconstrued as an endorsement by the Persian Parade of political organizations that have also adopted it as their symbols in the past few decades. The Flag does belong to ALL Iranian peoples."
My cousin, James Ircink, strikes a pose during a semi-final bout at Notre Dame, where he's a student. I think he won this match. Atta way go, James! Sorta reminds me 'a me own boxin' days'. See picture below.
Laura Ingraham, who has been berated by callers to Newsradio 620 WTMJ following her criticism of Brett Favre for crying at his retirement news conference, has apologized, at least sort of. During the final hour of her show today, Ingraham brought up her criticism of Favre in the context of a discussion about disgraced New York Governor Elliot Spitzer.
Listen for yourself - near the top of the right panel under, "Where in the World is Brett Favre?". Or listen below - this will take you to my Gabcast site...it'll be the first recording. Whatever's easier.
Gabcast! KJJI #13 - Laura Ingraham's Apology?
In the context of talking about her desire to see Elliot Spitzer show emotion as he discussed a sex scandal he's embroiled in, Ingraham said, "you know I'm really all over the place, last week someone showed too much emotion, I'm still paying for that comment. By the way, I love Brett Favre. Everything that Brett Favre has ever done, I'm his biggest fan."
Now she adds insult to injury. If she's Brett's "biggest fan", she would never have made such asinine comments to begin with. Baby Grace in Tunjunga is 8 months old and more of a Favre fan than Ingraham will ever be. So that's a lie. And she back-peddled more or less in her "apology" instead of just - apologizing.
Hey - this proves the point if enough people say what they're thinking, you CAN effect some change. POWER TO THE PEOPLE! (oddly enough, the title of Ingraham's own book).
I will give Ingraham credit for at least re-addressing the issue. But that's where the credit stops. Say it, big-mouth. "I apologize". It's easy. And make sure there's emotion in. Even cry if you like. I won't berate you.
"A man in full - at 38 the Packer's Iron Man closed out an extraordinary career with one of his finest seasons. His passing was more precise, his leadership more evident than ever. But the real measure of Favre's stature is in the devotion he inspires in those he touches and in his dedication to improving their lives."
"For 17 seasons, you have been there, doing it the right way. Starting every game, playing until the whistle blows and loving every minute. We admire your dedication, your 0ld-school values and your passion. Congratulations on your retirement, Brett. You continue to make us proud."
The cover.
A guy I work with stayed in this park last weekend with his wife and baby boy. It's about 10 minutes north of Santa Barbara. Not in the tent shelters but the cabins. I like the tents below. I think I wanna try this. Brother Jason is coming in for Solstice in June. Might hit the Sequoia National Park as well.
I just like to say that. I've been doing it a lot. I think - no, I know my fellow employees think I'm a tad strange.
Need to go see that movie. Speaking of flicks, watch for my review of Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. I know it's not a recent movie but I just watched it again on cable and it brought back all those knots in my stomach from seeing it in a movie theater the first time around.
Fanfare for the Common Man is one of the most recognizable pieces of 20th Century American classical music. One of composer Aaron Copland's most popular works, it was written in 1942 for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and first performed 55 years ago today.
Recognize it?
Fanfare in Popular Culture
- Copland's Fanfare was reincarnated in 1977 by British rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer on the album Works Volume I. It became one of the band's biggest hits when an edited version was released as a single that year. Keith Emerson had long been an admirer of Copland's Americana style, previously using Copland's Hoedown on the band's Trilogy album in 1972.
- An excerpt of Fanfare for the Common Man also opens the Rolling Stones album Love You Live (1977), as it was used to open the 1976 concert tour supporting the Black and Blue album.
- The American rock band Styx has also used the Copland piece. Their 1972 self-titled debut album opens with a suite called Movement for the Common Man. The third section of the suite, titled Fanfare for the Common Man, is loosely based on the Copland original.
- Additionally, the rock band Asia (which shares the drummer Carl Palmer from Emerson, Lake & Palmer) often plays a variation of Fanfare during their live shows. Different versions have appeared on various live Asia albums over the years as well.
- The Woody Herman Orchestra was known for closing their performances with a jazz rendition of Fanfare for the Common Man.
- Fanfare has found much use as a theme for television programs. In the United States of America, the Fanfare for the Common Man was the opening theme song for ABC's Wide World of Sports.
- In Mexico, it was the main title song of TV Azteca TV sport program DeporTV.
- In Scotland, the BBC used it as the theme to their main news program Reporting Scotland in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
- The Australian television network Seven Network used it for many years as the theme music for Seven Sport broadcasts.
- A late 1970s Canadian television series called "Titans" used Fanfare as its opening theme music.
- In the mid-1990s, the song was used as background music in United States Navy recruitment advertisements.
- The Free Beer and Hot Wings Show uses a loop of the first phrase during their "Dumber Than (Eric) Zane" segment.
- When a metro train in Montreal starts, it produces the same three notes as the beginning of the piece.
- It is also played when Oldham Athletic FC come onto the pitch.
Aaron Copland was an American composer of concert and film music, as well as an accomplished pianist. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, he was widely known as “the dean of American composers.” Copland's music achieved a difficult balance between modern music and American folk styles, and the open, slowly changing harmonies of many of his works are said to evoke the vast American landscape. His most famous pieces include Rodeo, Piano Variations, Our Town, Hoedown, Billy the Kid, The Red Pony, Third Syphony and Appalachian Spring.
Copland's my favorite composer - and Wikipedia is my favorite source of quick facts (which is where I lifted every bit of this information from).
Since moving to California in April 1998, I've been lucky to be able to watch 10-12 regular season Packer games on TV every year. I hate going to bars and watching games in mixed fan company. No patience for asshole fans - and a bit of a temper.
I didn't miss one Green Bay Packer game this season - fittingly, it being Brett's last year. As I've posted before, I watched most of the games at my friend's home - Donovan and Maria and Baby Grace - in Tujunga, near Pasadena (they have the Sunday NFL Ticket). Their #1 team is the Broncos, and the Packers are #2. If our games were on simultaneously, I'd be screaming in one room and D & M would be screaming in the other room and Baby Grace might start to cry and I'd say, "Gracie, come on now - Uncle Jeff is watching his Packer game, baby" - and she'd quiet down 'cause she loves me and she loves Brett Favre. I'd cheer for Denver and they'd cheer for Green Bay (except on that Monday night OT game) and once Denver was out of the playoff race, D & M (and Gracie) switched full-force to rooting for the Pack. It was a memorable year, and that is an understatement.
And their fervor was as genuine and furious as if they had born and bred in Wisconsin. Anyway, Donovan sent me this email the day Favre retired:
Dear Jeff,
I remember the moment in early 1999, when I heard John Elway was leaving the game and it was both a mournful, yet celebratory (in remembrance) day. While I had expected it two seasons ago with Farve, I did not somehow foresee it after that last, wondrous year of football in 2007. It was a wondrous year! Ironically, even though my team did so shitty, it will always remain as one of my more enjoyable football seasons ever. A good bit of that had to do with you. A good bit of that had to do with Brett Farve.
I think that anyone who loves the sport itself is somehow saddened today and, somehow, a bit of a Packer fan. I am.
Donovan
Don't Think Of A Monkey
Brett Favre is on the cover of Sports Illustrated again, and we don’t mean the special tribute issue that’s been selling like mad this week. Favre’s retirement as the Green Bay Packers’ quarterback is the magazine’s top story in this week’s issue, which hits newsstands today.
It’s the ninth time Favre has appeared on SI’s cover, and the third time since December. I'll have a picture of the tribute edition up when I get my copy.
MADISON — The state Legislature officially bid farewell to Brett Favre today, passing a resolution honoring the former Green Bay Packers quarterback and the NFL’s only three-time most valuable player.
The resolution honors Favre for leading the Packers to a victory in Super Bowl XXXI and breaking the league records for passing touchdowns, completions, attempts and quarterback victories.
“Brett Favre’s legacy will live on beyond his many impressive records and statistics, as his leadership and love of football embody the heart of America’s favorite game, earning him the respect and admiration of his fellow players, coaches and fans,” the resolution said.
The resolution also commends Favre for his charity work through the Favre Fourward Foundation, which he set up in 1996 to help poor and disabled children in Wisconsin and Mississippi, Favre’s home state. It also mentions the Deanna Favre Hope Foundation, which his wife created to help women fight breast cancer.
Both the state Assembly and Senate adopted the resolution on unanimous voice votes. As a native Wisconsinite I say, "HUZZAH!"
I'll miss him turning Southern traits into something positive. Like Favre, I'm from Mississippi. Just that name carries horrible -- and deserved -- connotations. But Brett ... The things we've always valued about ourselves, the toughness, the wildness, the exuberance, those things were suddenly treasured. Brett Favre made it cool to be from Mississippi. He seemed small town, and the rest of the NFL seemed anything but. It's sprawling, corporate. It's a cubicle. Brett Favre is a farm, and I think, deep down, we all miss our agrarian roots. If Tom Brady is what America is, then Favre is what America was and, sometimes, I think we wish we could have that America back. (Sorry for channeling Ken Burns. Won't happen again.)
I'll miss television folks calling him a gunslinger.
(Wait! There's more...)
I never thought I'd say that. At the end, it had gotten ridiculous. Is there some sort of checklist before a broadcast from Green Bay? Hairspray? Check. Reminder to say "gunslinger" every 3.2 seconds? Check. But, hey, writers do it, too. The words "Brett Favre" and "gunslinger" have appeared together in the big American newspapers a whopping 1,578 times. The first? 1992. Don Majkowski was starting quarterback for the Packers but there was this new kid who'd come in during a preseason game and moved the team better. "Brett is a talented young guy," Mike Holmgren said then. "He's like an old gunslinger. He wins a lot of shootouts, and then a couple blow up." A month later, playing the Bengals, Majkowski was injured. Favre threw a game-winner with just 13 seconds left. It had begun.
I'll miss the picks. I'll miss them even more than the touchdowns, though he holds the all-time records for both. For it was in failure that we saw how much Favre wanted to win. He wanted to win so badly he was willing to lose. Not just lose. He was willing to be the goat for a shot at being the hero. So many quarterbacks are poor timid souls who've known neither victory nor defeat. Game managers. Not our man. He knew defeat 288 times. There is something poetic about his last pass as a professional ending up in an interception.
I'll miss the pills, and the drinking, and the stories about rehab. Favre wasn't perfect. None of us are. But in his imperfections lay his humanity. He was capable of failure like any of us, and therefore his successes seemed even more amazing. He was real, in a league that often seems anything but.
I'll miss him showing up for work. It didn't matter what was hurting him, Favre came to play. There are many ways to measure it: 253 consecutive regular-season starts, 275 if you count the playoffs. The matrix doesn't matter; the stubbornness behind it does. There are all sorts of records, and one day Peyton Manning or Tom Brady might overtake those. But this record, this is the one that defines Favre. He played because he wanted to, because he needed to, maybe because he even valued this streak more than any of us know. But he played. Every single Sunday.
I'll miss the fart jokes. Talk to someone who knows Brett and it won't take long to find out that even as a 38-year-old, he liked some bathroom humor. Last season, when he was this quote-unquote elder statesman, late in the fourth quarter of an important game, the Packers smelled something truly awful in the huddle. I mean, like something had crawled inside someone's butt and died. Later, one of his teammates asked if he'd done it. Favre laughed and said, "No, but that one smelled so bad I wish I did." We love that about Favre. Because he always seemed like a kid out there, and, truth is, he was. He wasn't that much different than the little boy luring swamp gators with marshmallows. Quarterbacks are technicians now. They make reads and step up to the line and follow game plans that look like something out of D-Day. And that might win games -- hell, Trent Dilfer won a Super Bowl -- but it doesn't inspire little boys.
I'll miss my daddy. That's what Favre's retiring makes me think about. When Big Irv died, and Brett came out and played the game of his life on that Monday night in Oakland, with his teammates and his fans and a nation of mourners, I watched that game with my own father. He was sick then, and I knew what he was thinking. He saw himself as Irv, and he saw me as Brett. We tried to talk a little about it, but words about such things don't come easy. So we just cried, and we understood. It was the closest we ever came to talking about how I would be after he'd gone, except for the time he, without explanation or further discussion, looked me in the eyes and said, "You take care of your mother, son." We sat upstairs, and we cheered. Then the game ended, Favre said a few words and that was that. I forgot about it. Only, when my father died about nine months later, I thought of that game. For days I was in a fog. I had conversations that I still cannot remember having. I spoke, and I smiled, and I did my best, thinking, from time to time, about Favre, and what he must have felt running out on that tunnel. And, when I went back to work a few weeks later, flying into Miami to write a story, I again thought of Favre. He was my inspiration: if that S.O.B. could play a football game after losing his daddy, I could write a simple story.
I'll miss believing anything is possible. That's why watching a football game he played in was fun. You just never knew what he might do, either brilliant or idiotic, and you got the sense he didn't really know either. A lot of people, me included, will tell you pro football is boring. It's predictable and balanced and risk-averse. But there was always one guy who played the pro game like he was still in Hattiesburg at Southern Mississippi. We will all miss that.
I'll miss Kiln, where this crazy journey began. I watched the last game he ever played there, at this Redneck dive called the Broke Spoke. Looking back, it was like we were all celebrating the end of something that we'd never see again. During halftime, the owners of the bar had called up Brett's brother, who was watching the game at Lambeau. Then they handed out shots of the famous Kiln moonshine and the owner called out, "We're gonna do a shot with Jeff Favre."
Everyone downed the white lightning, and it burned going down. Once, a lot of folks drank liquor like this. That was a long time ago. Hell, the woods where the stills once smoked and belched are now property of NASA. An hour or two later, the game ended, it all ended, and no one would ever see Favre throw a football in the NFL again. The crowd thinned. The campfires burned themselves out. An era was over.
ALBANY, New York (Reuters) - New York Republicans will seek to impeach Gov. Eliot Spitzer if he does not resign within 48 hours after a report linking him to a prostitution ring, a spokesman for a leading assemblyman in the minority said on Tuesday.
"The governor has 48 hours to resign or articles of impeachment would be introduced," Josh Fitzpatrick, spokesman for Assembly Republican Minority Leader James Tedisco, told Reuters.
Not that I condone the gov'nor's poor choice of extracurricular activities, but Spitzer should've been impeached for his introduction of a bill into the New York legislature that would have granted illegal aliens the right to acquire driver's licenses. Because of the heat he received, he yanked the request.
Dumb ass. Another example of the state of mind of those who are supposedly running this country.
A quote attributed to "Anonymous" - sent to me by my best friend, Tom, on the day Brett Favre retired.
Listen to the mini-Gabcast widget in the right panel near the top. You can pause the surf music below that.
My brother Jason's birthday is today. Happy Birthday, dickweed. And cheer up. Celebrate #4's legacy. Don't muddle in your own sorrow. 'Course, that's easy for me to say. I hate the world right now and the end is here. Ohh I don't hate the world. Just Laura Ingraham.
Jason fishing in the Wisconsin River at the Rainbow Flowage in Lake Tomahawk, Wisconsin.
Jason and Molly.
Jas and I at a vineyard in the Santa Inez wine country near Santa Barbara.
Le Long Caribine. Or Le Long Longbow - with his fresh kill.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pop star Madonna, folk singer Leonard Cohen, rocker John Mellencamp, British pop band The Dave Clark Five and instrumental group The Ventures will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday.
Madonna, 49, made her debut in 1982 and her first album "Madonna" included hits such as "Holiday," "Borderline" and "Lucky Star" which helped her become one of the best-selling pop artists, with more then 200 million albums sold worldwide. She chose not to perform at the ceremony.
"I'm very honoured and pleased to be recognized this way, especially among people whom I greatly admire," Mellencamp said on his Web site, www.mellencamp.com. He will be inducted by entertainer Billy Joel and will perform at the ceremony.
Cohen, a gravel-voiced Canadian whose songs tell of love and sex, faith and betrayal, is among the most literary of songwriters. He published four books of poetry and two novels before trying music, partly to escape life as a starving artist. The foundation described him as "folk rock icon of the singer songwriter movement." He will be inducted by Lou Reed and Irish folk singer Damien Rice will perform for him. 
The group will be inducted by John Fogerty and will perform at the New York City ceremony. Along with the five performers, the song writing and producing team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff will be inducted in the non-performer category and the late Little Walter in the "sideman" category for his "pioneering use of the microphone (that) helped establish the modern blues harmonica." And he's still only taken 4 checkers from me total. Complete domination!!! He's being out-Favre'd. He is getting better though.
missed the P.S., check it out. Due to some developing news, I had to send that raving bitch a quick follow-up email. You'll appreciate it. The John Edwards reference is due to the fact that I was told she called him a "faggot" on her radio show. I have not confirmed that.
I won't put a picture of this bitch on my blog. And I won't direct you to her website. I normally would put an excerpt post up and let you click on "Read More" but this pissed me off enough to where I felt it deserved posting in its entirety. Ingraham mocked Brett Favre's emotional retirement press conference to the point of berrating him - she even asked her followers in a poll to vote on whether or not Brett embarrassed himself (poll since taken off her site). You can listen to a snippet of what she said - click on the mini-Gabcast widget on the top right panel. The following is my email to her:
"Why in the hell would you bother to ask whether or not Brett Favre embarrassed himself by crying at his retirement press conference? What a stupid question. And in your Sound Byte of the Week, you quoted Favre, crying during his press conference: “I hope *sniffle* the fans *snort* appreciate me *sniffle* as much as I appreciate them. *sigh*”. Why do you even care? Have you written or talked about Favre before on your show or website? You can't be a fan. Have you ever watched him play? You probably know nothing about him or you wouldn’t have asked such an asinine question.
Laura said, '...all these years and I did not know there was a woman QB in the NFL...one of the most embarrassing things I have ever seen. That's a great message for young boys - get up there and act like a girl and start blubbering like a baby.'
Aren't there more important things for you and your followers to discuss? So what if Brett cried? How does that effect you or what you do? What do you think your former boss, Ronald Reagan (Ingraham was a speech writer) – a former athlete – would say to that poll question? He’d probably say ‘no’. And he’d chastise you for even asking it. What about Lou Gehrig’s famous farewell speech? Do you think he embarrassed himself when he cried? Why don’t you ask your listeners and readers that question?
In your book, Power to the People, you discuss issues like traditional family values, education, and American patriotism. Do you even fathom the legacy that Brett Favre is leaving behind?? He epitomized the traditions of the NFL. Obviously, you can’t appreciate that. And that’s OK. So maybe you shouldn’t be delving into topics you know nothing about. And by the way, I noticed how you backed down or softened your stance while on Bill O'Reilly's show, saying you like Favre, that he's a "wonderful man", "an American icon", "a legend and great family man" but this crying thing with "hulky, strong, impressive men" is some "interesting culture development" and then sort of blew it all off, saying, "it was just funny, Bill". Did the flack you received over this get to you suddenly? That's not how you sounded on your talk show (which I heard and taped). Come on, Laura - you've got a big mouth...which is it?
You obviously don't know dick so let me educate you. Brett Favre has every significant QB record in the NFL – over 15 records, played with the Green Bay Packers 16 of his 17 years in the league, is the only 3-time MVP and has a Super Bowl ring – among many, many other accolades. His charity has given millions to help the less fortunate. Make-A-Wish loves Brett Favre. He was accessible to the press. Legends of various sports – Gretzky, Ali, Foreman, Armstrong, Nicklaus, Bird, Ditka, Starr, Staubach, Bradshaw, McEnroe, Ripken, Hornung – as well as coaches and current players in the NFL – have lauded Favre, his accomplishments and his legacy. Despite your dumb comment on-air about the ill-effects young boys might suffer watching Brett Favre crying on-air, Brett has influenced dozens of up-and-coming players and helped to make the Green Bay Packers an elite club once again. He re-defined the QB position, brought intangibles to the game unmatched by any other QB, excelled through personal tragedy or when seemingly injured, knocked heads with defensive lineman like he was a lineman and had fun doing it all. He WAS and IS loved by his fans, the state of Wisconsin, and his teammates because of what he has accomplished and despite his flaws.
You can call Brett a gunslinger, the Ironman, a throw-back player. Call him reckless or a risk-taker. Refer to Favre as "Huck Finn", "Peter Pan" or just a good 'ole hillbilly having fun – but don't insinuate he's a cry-baby and mock his demeanor while he's saying goodbye – not after giving everything he could to the game of football for 17 years. That son-of-a-bitch never missed a start since 1992 – 275 consecutive games (incl. playoffs). This world will remember him long after he’s dead and gone.
You, on the other hand, are but a "queef" on the blip of life (for those who don't know, a "queef" is a vaginal fart). Weren't you crying on-air a couple months ago because your dog, Troy, died? What a fucking hypocrite. Your credibility as a journalist and a human being, with me, is zero. I will tell the world on my blog that you and your show suck. I will tell the three listeners who tune into your show on WTMJ AM in Milwaukee at 2 in the morning to boycott your show. I will burn you in effigy. You…are a bitch. You just made my list, you asshole. And you can quote me."
P.S. You know your dog, Troy – who died and you cried about it on the air? I just talked to him through a medium in Los Angeles. Troy doesn't like you; he never liked you; he said you were a bad master and that you’re a hypocrite and he feels slighted because you cried when he died, yet chastised a legend like Brett Favre for crying when he retired. What example, Troy asked, were you setting for little children all over the world by blubbering like a moron because I (Troy) died? Troy told me you treated him like shit while he was alive, while telling everyone you loved him. Troy says shame on you. Troy also said to take that “Remembering Troy” picture page off your website – he doesn’t want to be remembered hanging out with you or those children pictured – who were also mean to him and pulled his tail. Seriously Laura, for your own benefit, do not try to reach Troy in the afterlife because he doesn’t want anything to do with you. Things are so much better in doggie heaven, where he gets the love and proper attention he always wanted but never received from you. He loves Brett Favre and when Brett passes away someday, Troy wants Brett to be his master - someone tough, yet sensitive to his (Troy's) needs.
P.S.S. By the way, Troy also told me he had a sex change in heaven. He/she always wanted to be the bitch he/she thought you were. But he’s keeping a male name. John Edwards (only Laura knows what that means).
When describing Brett Favre, Bart Starr uses verbiage that sounds eerily similar to the rest of us mere mortal Packers fans. "I have never seen a talent like that, ever," says Starr.
Bart may have Brett beat in the championship department, but when it comes to playing the pure position, Bart thinks Brett far outdoes his Hall of Fame credentials. "I've told many people that Brett could throw the ball better on his knees than I could standing. I've just never seen anyone like him."
Some good news to report in the world of Wisconsin sports. 3rd time in 7 years. Before Bo Ryan took over we hadn't won a Big 10 title in over 50 years. Nice job, Badgers!
You may not watch football or know who Brett Favre is. But if you watch this video, "Brett Favre - The Legend", put together during this past NFL season and aired before the Packer's win at Detroit on Thanksgiving Day, perhaps you'll understand why I've been smiling for the past 16 years and why my family and friends who are Green Bay Packer fans are so close.
Brett announced his retirement this week after 17 years in the NFL. I've never really referred to any person in my life as "my hero". I suppose if I had to pick someone it would be my father. But next to him - I'd pick Brett Favre. Now you know why our hearts - the fans' hearts - are heavy. Why I am very, very sad.
WASHINGTON - At a cost of nearly $42 million, the IRS wants you to know: Your check is almost in the mail. The Internal Revenue Service is spending the money on letters to alert taxpayers to expect rebate checks as part of the economic stimulus plan.
Why not just pay some brilliant marketing/PR firm to come up with an alternative method that would accomplish the job? But no one cares. Nobody will say anything. Our government will continue to spend frivolously and we'll all just go along with it like lemmings.
The end is near.
"I've given everything I possibly can give to this organization, to the game of football, and I don't think I've got anything left to give, and that's it. I know I can play, but I don't think I want to."
The following transcript of Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre’s retirement conference was provided by Packers.com:
Opening statement:
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