No, not beach-going, not lawn-mowing, not even baseball game-attending. No, I speak of the now-annual breathless speculation about former Green Bay Packer, former New York Jet and most recently Minnesota Viking quarterback Brett Favre and his possible retirement.
Forgive me, ESPN, but this foofaraw is about as entertaining as the Discovery Channel's Shark Week. No, scratch that. It's less entertaining than that. I can root for the sharks.
Fortunately, I am not alone in my disdain. Charlie Pierce:
He plays. He doesn't play. If you're not Brad Childress [current Vikings coach] or Tavaris [sic] Jackson [current backup quarterback for the Vikings], what can it possibly matter to you?Amen, Brother Pierce, amen. Posted by Linkmeister at August 5, 2010 11:30 AM | TrackBack