No, I'm not retiring the icon

[sigma7]

Brett Favre retires. If I'm at all glad, it's only because I'm glad to see him retire relatively intact and also will be glad to have the sports media stop slobbering all over him. Appreciation for the man and his talents is fine; starry-eyed fawning is obnoxious.

I don't know how to break this to my favorite Wisconsinite faculty member, who is in class right now. Sigh.

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[dvandom.livejournal.com]

So I'm not your favorite? :~(

My parents are moving to the Green Bay area this year, finally able to go to Packers games without a 2 hour drive...so of COURSE he's retiring now.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Actually I was thinking more in the terms of "my favorite faculty member" who just happens to hail from Wisconsin. But I think the real problem is in my mind's eye I still think of you as from Usenet. :/

We commiserated with other worse scenarios that could've played out: he wasn't carted off the field, he didn't suffer post-concussion syndrome, and best of all, he didn't play to the point where he was no longer atop his game. Off all the QBs in the league now, he's still on my short list of who I'd want under center.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Maybe he'll go into acting. We need a Favre-Favreau vehicle!

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, "A Bridge Too Favre," co-starring Ben Stiller and Cameron Diaz, just for old times' sake.