PZ is right that the nursery business is no picnic! I don't know any nursery personally that's singing the praises of the nursery business. One of the worst things for the smaller nurseries, at least in my opinion, are the big box stores selling plants. Especially ones that sell them at a loss just to get you to come in and buy their other crap. And some places simply have no business selling plants, like grocery stores! From what I understand, places like Home Depot don't actually pay for the plants they receive until they're sold, and the grower is required to bring them in and keep them refreshed, etc. And any returns or refunds come completely out of the grower's pockets, not HD. My partner was in the shipping business, and it was no picnic for them either to ship to these places. I don't know what the answer to all of this is, but I think diversity in nurseries is a good thing, too. But, I don't think the diversity is going to grow, I think it's going to go the other direction. Maybe it's just the business climate today that's so tough on many small businesses of all types, I'm not sure. Personally, I don't call businesses that get giant subsidies, or get no-bid contracts that they don't even fulfill are actual businesses (hear that Halliburton?). And frankly, corporations are not farmers. And much of what they produce isn't really food, nutrition-wise. Boy, have I gone off topic. Better stop here! Jim in NY, I guess I don't get on here that often, but I enjoy your rants, personally. I don't totally agree, but then, I don't have to. As far as DA roses go, he does have some wonderful roses, and many will stand the test of time, I'm sure. I'm not so wild about some of their business practices sometimes (I could say that about a lot of places!). Ah, well.... --Ron

Maybe it is just a basic human trait to copy what others are doing. Celebrities are photoshopped and shown in fantasy perfect situations. Then they put it out for all to see. People want to copy what they see on the internet or magazines and what their friends have done. Everyone wants to be their own star and you can make any fantasy picture you like to share. The wedding or birthday is just the excuse for more and grander fantasies. There are some blogs I like but I know that these people don't really have the perfect lives that they present. It's just so much romance to make a pretty blog for followers to adore. It wouldn't be my choice for a wedding but if that's what really makes them happy...... I do hate the cake in the face though and was glad I never went to a wedding where that happened.

Lonestart123, I honestly didn't see you post the song that I did! I didn't mean to repeat you, I didn't see it. Speaking of messed up lyrics, I could never figure out what England Dan and John Ford Coley were trying to say. "I'd really love to see you tonite" I'm not talking about moving in.. That was always a mumble to me, I could never figure it out.

They showed replays tonight of (at least) the second and the third days shows. I originally missed the second days show, so I was glad to see that one.. But when the third days show came on, I found I remembered nearly every answer from Thursday, except the category on writer's that start with "I" and two or three that came on while I was out of the room. The rest I knew, even faster than the three contestants, and remembered many before the clue was even revealed, and many times even remembered things like: "this one James misses and Ken gets the right answer", or Brad gets both Double Jeopardy's and comments "You're welcome" to Ken. Or Remembered both Ken's wrong answer for Final Jeopardy and the correct answer.