Cool Camera Clique

Remember when you were in high school and kids checked each other out to see if they had the cool jeans on or if they were in the popular, nerd, jock or brain clique?

Well, Brian and I went down early this morning to see the cherry blossoms, which were gorgeous by the way. I borrowed Brian's "old" camera. As we walked around the monuments and the tidal basin, photographers of all caliber size you up by the camera equipment you're carrying. Are you sporting the black neck strap with the yellow Nikon logo? Do you have the Canon EOS 492092385709128374019384750192837409123D? Is your Konica Minolta lense longer than I am tall? So, what does your camera brand say about you?

Here are some photos from today.

To Twitter or not to Twitter, that is the question...

Does anyone Twitter? I'm sure it would just be another opportunity to waste time!
www.twitter.com

Happy Easter!

Of course, we know Easter is so much more than bunnies, candy and baskets. But the promise of being able to find our Easter baskets before sunrise service when we were kids was enough to get even my brother out of bed on Easter morning.

We hope the resurrection brings you a renewed sense of grace, not of anything we could ever do, but what He has done for us. Wishing you a blessed Easter.

It's Spring!

I particularly like the creative, seasonal Google logo designs.
www.google.com/holidaylogos.html

Green with Envy

Happy Birthday, Mom! Once on my Mom's birthday, her best friend made and brought us dinner. It was green scalloped potatoes and ham, green jello and green milk! Well, it was memorable.

My Mom shares her birthday on the day they celebrate Saint Patrick. Saint Patrick was a Roman Britain-born Christian missionary and is the patron saint of Ireland along with Brigid of Kildare and Columba. When he was about sixteen he was captured by Irish raiders and taken as a slave to Ireland, where he lived for six years before escaping and returning to his family. He entered the church, as his father and grandfather had before him, becoming a deacon and a bishop. He later returned to Ireland as a missionary in the north and west of the island, but little is known about the places where he worked and no link can be made between Patrick and any church. By the eighth century he had become the patron saint of Ireland. The Irish monastery system evolved after the time of Patrick and the Irish church did not develop the diocesan model that Patrick and the other early missionaries had tried to establish.

Why the shamrock? St. Patrick used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pre-Christian Irish.
Source: Wikipedia

Tribute

SI Cover x 9

Commemorative Section

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel commemorative section with photos and career highlights.

I know I've said it before, but it's going to be really weird to watch the Packers and not see #4 out on the field.

Thanks for the memories, 4ever a fan!

Photo by Jim Biever
Packers.com

"I'd like to thank the Packers, for giving me the opportunity as well. I hope that every penny ... I hope that every penny that they've spent on me, they know was money well-spent. It was never about the money or fame or records, and I hear people talk about your accomplishments and things ... It was never my accomplishments, it was our accomplishments, the teammates that I've played with, and I can name so many. It was never about me, it was about everybody else. It just so happens the position I played got most of the attention. But the Packers have been, ... it's been a great relationship, and I hope that this organization and the fans appreciate me as much as I appreciate them."
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"I can't leave without saying thank you to the fans. When I laughed and when my family laughed, they laughed. When I cried, they cried. When I cheered, they cheered. When I threw an interception, well, you know."

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"I am honored. I hope everyone knows how special this is and I truly appreciate the opportunity, and as they say all good things must come ... come to an end. "

-Brett Favre

Full Favre retirement transcript and video

Favre-well

Joe Heller
Green Bay Press-Gazette

Favre-lous

Here's a list of Favre's significant league records:

• Most TD passes: 442
• Most passing yards: 61,655
• Most passing attempts: 8,758
• Most wins by a starting QB: 160
• Most consecutive starts, quarterback: 253 (275 including playoffs)
• Most 3,000-yard passing seasons: 16
• Most consecutive 3,000-yard passing seasons: 16
• Most pass completions: 5,377
• Most seasons with 30-plus TD passes: 8
• Most consecutive games with a TD pass, postseason: 18
• Most NFL MVP awards: 3

Memories 4-Ever

Here are some of the headline and banners from today's announcement.

packers.com

jsonline.com

nfl.com

packersnews.com

Sweet Sixteen

To be honest, I don't remember his first throw, his first NFL game, or his first start with the Packers. But, I will remember the 16 years in Green Bay that he has amazed us all, his love for the game and that we may have been witness to one of the greatest careers in NFL history. We've watched him grow as a player and a person. As a Packer fan, we have dreaded this day. He's a class act, one of a kind. Thanks 4 the memories.

One Goat or Two?

From time to time, displayed on my forehead is a sign that says, "Freak Magnet." It occurs at the some of the most inopportune times. I've noticed most often in a cab. Sometimes you can tell immediately. Sometimes it takes at least two seconds.

This past week I was due. It happens about one out of every five cab rides or so.

I opened the door, and had barely even had a chance to sit down when he asked where I was from. That was my first clue. He announced that he was from India, introduced himself and turned around from his front seat to shake my hand. Which then proceeded into a barage of additional questions, such as how long I had been on the east coast, if I had moved here with my family or alone, etc.

My only thought was if I would have been considered one or two goat-worthy.