In case you slept all day or didn't get a chance to read, listen to, or watch any sports coverage, Chris Mortenson's Sunday ESPN interview with Brett Favre realed that the legendary Quarterback is leaning toward retirement.
"If I had to pick right now and make a decision, I would say I'm not coming back."
About 3 years ago the media launched what has become an annual "Favre retirement talk" circus. Throughout the disappointing 4-12 season that the Packers endured last fall, fuel was continually added to the fire with speculation and questions about the end coming from sports reporters at every opportunity. Since the end of the season, it has only gotten worse and has now enlarged into a full-blown spectacle. Can't the media just leave this guy alone and let him make his decision when he's ready?!?
Now I know what you're thinking. If Brett didn't want to do the interview, he should've have granted one. As much as Favre really doesn't care for the limelight, the ol' southern boy has always been admirably frank and candid when posed with questions from media, whether it was during the announcement of his addiction to painkillers or after the death of his father. At this point, I think he went on camera to discuss his uncertainty with wanting to continue playing because he isn't sure and wants people to decide for him. Or maybe he wants to show Packers GM Ted Thompson and new Coach, Mike McCarthy that he's serious about possibly retiring and that they better make some moves to shore up the talent on the roster while he's waiting to decide. I don't know. But I do know that it would certainly be great if the media just put the speculation to rest and leave the man alone about his decision until he's ready to announce it for real.
Is he going to retire? I think most fans are thinking yes right now. But, if the man was serious about retiring, don't you think he would've just announced it by now? As much as some of his comments about desire concern me (I never wouldn've thought his desire would wane), I would love to see Brett decide that he's going to play one more year -- and no more -- and put everything he has into going out with a great one. If he does decide not to come back, Packer fans should be thankful for 14 years of watching one of the greats and let the man ride off into the sunset...on his lawnmower of coursre.
Onto a few other topics...
-Minneapolis ad agency Carmichael Lynch developed a series of unique Porsche-inspired film shorts that will run on IFC Films' Cult Theater. They are currently running 11 of the shorts on their website (right-hand column). I like "Masochist" and "Sunshine Supercar."
-A good tutorial on how one can take professional-looking photos without being a professional.
-Lonely Planet "Bluelist" is a website that I recently discovered and like quite a bit. To "bluelist" is to recommend a travel experience and the site has a large selection of travel recommendations on a diversity of list topics ranging from "best beaches to visit worldwide" to "best places to get naked" (I swear I didn't find that second from a keyword search). Oh yeah, they have a cool new book out based on the Bluelist too.
That's all for now. I'm aiming for at least one more appearance this week...no promises.
CURRENT LISTENING: Neil Young - Heart of Gold
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