A perfect fall day in the Midwest.

Took off Monday for Iowa for a couple days to catch-up with some theater people. Nice visit. Typically, when I lived in Cali, I'd come home in May for three weeks and fish for a week, then visit people in Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois. Lots of running around. Not any more. Now that I'm back in WI, I'll take my time visiting certain people. Quality versus quantity.

Anyway, here are a few shots of the ride from Iowa to Wisconsin - took the northern route home, up through Dubuque and into WI via Madison. That's Delafield, WI above. The better route by far (as opposed to Rockford, through the Quad Cities on Hwy 80 to Iowa City and then Cedar Rapids). Click on READ MORE! for a few more shots.

Delafield, WI.

Mineral Point, WI. The first capital of Wisconsin.

Mineral Point, WI.

Iowa hayfields.

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Ireland 2009 blog UPDATE #11!

Good Craic. Welcome to Eire. "An bia uile". After you click on this link, you may click on HOME at the bottom of that post to return to the main page fo that blog and see the previous posts. OR, go to the top of the right panel on this page and click on the link below the pub picture.

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Jim Zorn retro.

Coach Jim Zorn's happy place.

(Currently coaching the 2-4 Washington Redskins)

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Vikings beat Ravens, 33-31. Choked the Ravens, "3-in-a-row". Vikes 6-0.

Gettin' too old for this shit. Down-to-the-wire games. My brother and I were collectively hyperventilating the last 5 minutes. Favre was on fire with 3 TDs and a 58-yard pass to set up the go-ahead field goal that eventually won the game.

Vikings offense played great. Defense played a great first half - then completely dismantled in the 2nd half...particularly the 4th quarter. Call it what you will - injuries in the Viking D, prevent defense, soft coverage. Whatever...the Ravens missed a FG with 2 seconds left on the clock that could've won the game for them. Too bad. Vikings need to finish games. If they're having trouble putting away opponents, then they need to play every minute as if it's a 2-minute drill.

NEXT WEEK: Vikings (6-0) @ Steelers (4-2).

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Ireland 2009 blog UPDATE #10!

Good Craic. Welcome to Eire. "Mé". After you click on this link, you may click on HOME at the bottom of that post to return to the main page fo that blog and see the previous posts. OR, go to the top of the right panel on this page and click on the link below the pub picture.

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Mad Woman.

“The guy I was dating when I first got to L.A. was not supportive of my acting,” she says. “He was like, I don’t think you’re going to be good at this. So—fuck you! He only has nice things to say now—if anything, I should thank him. Because the minute you tell me I can’t do something, that’s when I’m most motivated.” That guy was Ashton Kutcher.

Read the full interview on GQ online.

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Jim & Jeff's 1,099.5 mile adventure!

(photo by Craig Sanford)

I met up with my close college buddy, Jim Sickels, and his family on a slightly overcast but beautiful fall Wisconsin day as his oldest daughter, Morgan, competed in the Classic 8 Conference Championship cross-country meet in Hartland, WI (I forgot my camera). Morgan placed 5th (she was lauded to finish first or second but was sick) and is headed to sectionals. She's a talented runner (top-ranked in the nation) and is contemplating several offers to run in college.

After the race, Jim and I retired to the Delafield Brewhaus to discuss one of the many adventures we plan to go on since my moving back to Wisconsin. Jim's an avid outdoorsman and hunter (like my family) and the 11+ years (not counting the 5 1/2 years I was in IA before CA) I've been away haven't afforded us much time to enjoy the outdoors together.

Click on READ MORE! if you're curious to find out what we're up to. If not, enjoy the above picture of a scenic Wisconsin vista north of Rice Lake.

Jim and I are tackling the 1,099.5 miles of Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail. We'll take it in segments (no particular order), a weekend here and there over the next 3 years or so. We've talked about this for a few years - and we're gonna make it happen.

"More than 12,000 years ago, an immense flow of glacial ice sculpted a landscape of remarkable beauty across Wisconsin. As the colossal glacier retreated, it left behind a variety of unique landscape features. These Ice Age remnants are now considered among the world's finest examples of how continental glaciation sculpts our planet. The Ice Age National Scenic Trail is a thousand-mile footpath — entirely within Wisconsin — that highlights these Ice Age landscape features while providing access to some of the state's most beautiful natural areas." (Ice Age Trail Alliance website)

The Ice Age Trail is a designated National Scenic Trail in the United States that will run some 1,200 miles through the state of Wisconsin once completed. As of 2008, the trail is 1,099.5 miles long with 467 miles being traditional hiking paths, 103.2 miles being multi-use trails, and 529.3 miles being connecting roads and sidewalks. The trail wanders through 30 of Wisconsin's 72 counties, following the southernmost location of the last continental glaciation. The first person to backpack the entire length of the Ice Age Trail was 20 year old James J. Staudacher of Shorewood, Wisconsin during the summer of 1979.

We plan to begin hiking in December (we think). Stay tuned for a new blog tracking our progress and adventures. For more information, go to Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail on Wikipedia or check out the Ice Age Trail Alliance website.

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Ireland 2009 blog UPDATE #9!

Good Craic. Welcome to Eire. "Madra". After you click on this link, you may click on HOME at the bottom of that post to return to the main page fo that blog and see the previous posts. OR, go to the top of the right panel on this page and click on the link below the pub picture.

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Ireland 2009 blog UPDATE #8!

Good Craic. Welcome to Eire, "Scannán caillte". After you click on this link, you may click on HOME at the bottom of that post to return to the main page of that blog and see the previous posts. OR, go to top of right panel on this page and click on the link below the pub picture.

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TGIF! presents...Alec Finn's "Lady Hamilton"!

Alec Finn performs, "Lady Hamilton" , on the bouzouki, a Greek instrument akin to the mandolin. We visited with Alec and his wife, Leoni, at their home, Oranmore Castle, in Oranmore, Co. Galway, during our visit to Ireland.

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Favre bashers having a change of heart?

I've blogged at length about the biased, unobjective (or is it nonobjective?) scrutiny the media (and fans) have shown Brett Favre since I began this blog in 2007 - look up "sports commentators", "sports columnists", "idiots", "hacks", "Jay Glazer", "Kevin Hench", "Mark Kriegel", "Adam Schein", "Allen Barra" or "FoxSports.com" on the right panel under BLOG TOPICS.

Now that the Minnesota Vikings are sitting at 5-0, some of the assholes I hate are starting to come around to my way of thinking. I know it's early in the season and anything can happen. But the fact that, for example, Kevin "Hatchet-job-haircut" Hench of FoxSports.com is rethinking his stance on Favre makes me question his credibility after he's torn Favre a new asshole for years. No - I've question his and other's credibility before. Leery...leery is a bette word.

"Hey look, ESPN's Adam Schefter...it's a schism in the Viking's locker room!"

Here's what Henchie said after the Vikings beat the Packers in Week 4: "When you assess Brett Favre's 24-for-31, 271-yard, 3-TD, 135.3 QB rating vivisection of the Packers, the numbers alone don't tell the whole story...Favre was so precise in dismantling his former team it almost didn't matter if his receivers got any separation at all. If he doesn't do something worth making fun of in the next couple of weeks this segment is going on hiatus."

I, for one, will not jump on the "Hench loves Favre" bandwagon because the minute Brett and/or the Vikings screw up, Hench will renege on his Favre lovefest comments and tear him a third asshole - that's what the media does. They have no allegiances to teams that they can admit to publicly - they're SUPPOSED to be objective. Unless it concerns Brett Favre. However, at least Henchie admits that he was premature in judging Favre - through 5 games into the season

As I've mentioned before, even if the Vikings go the Super Bowl and lose, Favre will be vilified by the press for being an old, over-the-hill, egomaniacal waffler. And if the Vikings go to the SB and win it - the media and Favre naysayers around the world will say 1) it was everyone on the team that contributed to the win BUT Favre, or 2) good - now that Favre has another SB ring maybe he'll finally retire and disappear. It's the fight Brett will never win (when you see groups of words highlighted, it's a link - click on it).

Like I said, it's a 16-game season. I'm simply going to continue in my enjoyment of watching the "Silver Fox" (as Favre's been dubbed by "the beast", Viking DE Jared Allen) play his 19th NFL season. And hope he continues to have fun.

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Driving from Denver to the Wisconsin border sucks.

Watch this video. What you're seeing is, in a nutshell, what the drive from Denver to the Wisconsin border looked like.

Were you bored to death? So were we. My brother arrived in Los Angeles to accompany me on my move back to Wisconsin. After eventful visits with the Nowak clan in Santa Barbara, Donovan & Maria and family in Tujunga (my best friends in Cali) and a coffee with the actor, Bo Svenson (more on those visits in another post) we made the long drive to Wisconsin and arrived home on September 11.

I wish I could tell you it was an eventful journey. My picture-taking is a sad reflection of what turned out to be THE most boring, piece of shit drive of our lives. At least that was the case from Denver east to the Wisconsin border. Denver and the remaining part of CO. NE, IA, IL - Jas and I were looking for guns and ammo in the car to shoot our brains out. And EVERYONE I've related our experience to agreed.

Click on READ MORE! if you wanna see some average pics of the most boring drive of my life. My advice to you wanderlust Bohemians looking for solace on the open road: do not take the northern route. Unless of course you're looking to become suicidal. Then by all means, knock yourselves out.

Iowa.

California desert.

Utah.

Colorado Rockies. The best part of the trip.

I wish I could tell you the name of this rest area, but...

Almost there. Thank God.

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Origami No. 23. "Foppotte". In honor of Monty Python's Flying Circus' 40th Anniversary.

Something silly. "Foppotte" means "a simple-minded person". It was a writing assignment for a blog which I contribute to.

A man walked into a coffee shop unaware that a book signing reception was in progress. Looking around, he recognized no one. Course he wasn’t from the area so why would he recognize anyone. The coffee shop was a-buzz with activity – people eating cheese and crackers, sipping wine, a violinist playing a cello in the corner (the cello player took sick), chit-chatting and – drinking coffee. In another corner there was a stately, middle-aged gentleman signing books. The author. The man walked up to the author and, noticing a few hundred books stacked on the table, grabbed one and paged through it.

"This your book?" asked the man.
"Yes," confirmed the author. "Would you like to purchase one? I'd be happy to sign it for you."
"No thanks." Uncomfortable pause. “What’s your book about?” asked the man.
“Growing up in Cambridge, Wisconsin.”
“Cambridge? Never heard of it,” said the man.
“It’s near Madison,” said the author. He returns to signing books.

Odd, thought the man. He imagined anyone could write a book about their childhood, particularly if they grew up in an interesting place. But Cambridge, Wisconsin? Never heard of it.

The man stated, "Now...if you had written about your life growing up in Madison, that would have been interesting." The author smiled. "But I didn't grow up in Madison. I grew up on Cambridge."
"Yes," said the man, "so you've said."

Madison would have been much better place to write about, the man thought to himself once again.

The author asked the man, “If you'd like some wine or cheese...”
“No thanks,” said the man.
“Well - enjoy your visit,” the author said and returned to signing books.

The man nodded at the author - and stood there for a few seconds.

“Foppotee,” said the man to the author.
“Excuse me?”
“Foppotee,” repeated the man.
“What does that mean?” asked the author.
The man stated firmly, “Foppotee.” He paused. “Foppotee, foppotah.”

The author sat there dumbfounded. He chose his next words carefully. “You’re a simple-minded person, aren’t you?”

The man stared at the author. It's not known whether the man was staring at the author or staring through him. It made no difference.

The man repeated himself. “Foppotee, foppotah.”
Then the man turned, walked out of the coffee shop as quickly as he had entered it.

The author stared at the door for a few seconds then returned to signing his books.“Foppotee,” he muttered under his breath.

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Happy 99th Birthday, Coach John Wooden!

I'm not a basketball fan. But it's difficult not to admire a 99-year-old man who's revered in the sports and coaching world.

Wooden 3 Rules - 1) always be on time, 2) no obscenities, and 3) never criticize your fellow players.

A note all coaches and athletes should take note of.

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Happy 40th Birthday, Monty Python's Flying Circus!

This groundbreaking, silly, television series, broadcast by the BBC from 1969 to 1974, was conceived, written and performed by the late Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.

The above video is my favorite sketch. Click here for more info on Monty Python. Here are the CBC's 10 favorite Python moments.

Damn, silly show.

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On Obama's booby pri...I mean, Nobel Prize.

Today's Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Shucks...I thought I was the only one who felt this way.

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Wild hair. Door County. Flurries.

Got a wild hair and took off for Door County the other day. Wanted to capture the peak colors and I've only been to DC in the winter. Wasn't anticipating the snow flurries just past Green Bay. These two shots are about the only things I captured on my very wet trip. If you like Nantucket, you'll like Door County. Egg Harbor. Fish Creek. Very nice.

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Ireland 2009 blog UPDATE #7!

Good Craic. Welcome to Eire. "Pobal na hÉirean". After you click on this link, you may click on HOME at the bottom of that post to return to the main page of that blog and see the previous posts. OR, go to top of right panel on this page and click on the link below the pub picture.

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Meet Bailey from Wayzata, MN!

Your Minnesota Viking Cheerleader of the Week! The Viking website posts this and I stole it. Not sure if I'll do this every week. Click here to watch Bailey "live".

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Ireland 2009 blog UPDATE #6!

Good Craic. Welcome to Eire. "Ceol". After you click on this link, you may click on HOME at the bottom of that post to return to the main page of that blog and see the previous posts. OR, go to top of right panel on this page and click on the link below the pub picture.

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Ireland 2009 blog UPDATE #5!

Good Craic. Welcome to Eire. "Teach ceann tui". After you click on this link, you may click on HOME at the bottom of that post to return to the main page of that blog and see the previous posts. OR, go to top of right panel on this page and click on the link below the pub picture.

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Vikes Butt Rams, 38-10, Vikings 5-0.

Above: Favre congratulating Visanthe Shiancoe on his TD catch.

Nice ass-whooping by the Vikes. I understand the Rams were 0-4 going into this game and there's probably a lot of people thinking, "yahhhh but look who the Vikings beat". As I stated last season when the Jets (under Favre) beat the Arizona Cardinals (who lost in the Super Bowl), I will now repeat. "Yahhh, but..." comments are misnomers. To attain perfection in the NFL (perfect season including a SB win), a team MUST beat the "yahbut" teams. Period. On any given Sunday, ANY TEAM CAN WIN. We saw that a couple weeks ago when five or so favored teams lost to the underdogs. Look at the Patriots loss to Denver today. Nice job, Donovan & Maria & Tamra!

A win is a win. Period.

By the way, this is the first time in Brett Favre's illustrious, Hall of Fame, 19-year tenure in the NFL that he's been 5-0. NEXT WEEK: Ravens (3-2) @ Vikings (5-0). Tough game. GO FAVRE! GO VIKINGS!

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Klan child.

I'm watching the history of the Ku Klux Klan in the United States on the History Channel. There was a modern day video of a child dressed in the KKK robes helping to light a cross. This picture off the Internet was the closest thing I could find to that image on the program.

Disturbing.

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Snowflake.

I saw a snowflake today. Brrrrrrr. Didn't add up to anything but it made me think about experiencing my first full winter in Wisconsin in over 11 years

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Ireland 2009 blog UPDATE #4!

Good Craic. Welcome to Eire. "Teach tábhairne". After you click on this link, you may click on HOME at the bottom of that post to return to the main page of that blog and see the previous posts. OR, go to top of right panel on this page and click on the link below the pub picture.

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Favre wins FEDEX Air Player honors!

Brett Favre was voted (by fans) the FEDEX Player of the Week for games completed in Week 4 of the NFL season. Favre completed 24 of 31 passes for 271 yards and three touchdowns to help the Vikings beat the Green Bay Packers, 30-23.

Among the records Brett added to, he became the first QB to beat all 32 teams in the NFL.

At 40 (today). Nice job, Brett. GO FAVRE! GO VIKINGS!

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Happy 40th Birthday, Brett Favre!

Asked for his birthday plans, Favre said, "Travel to St. Louis." Seriously, nothing?

"For the last 19 years, all the holidays including my birthday, I’m either playing or getting ready to play," he said. "No different this week, unless Brad (Childress) is going to throw me a big party. I think it deserves something. I really do. I just want to throw that out there. Forty."

Happy Birthday, Brett. You've shown the pundits and fans that, like a fine wine, your age has not prevented you from playing the game you love - effectively. Why the naysayers just don't listen to me and my brother (and other pro-Favreites) is beyond me. Morons. Good luck the rest of the season. GO FAVRE! GO VIKINGS IN 2009!

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Ireland 2009 blog UPDATE #3!

Good Craic. Welcome to Eire. "Fear Faiche". After you click on this link, you may click on HOME at the bottom of the post to return to the main page of that blog and see the previous posts. OR, go to top of right panel on this page and click on the link below the pub picture.

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Broad Street Coffee Company...in historic Greendale, WI

No, not Neil Young's album Greendale. Greendale, Wisconsin...my birthplace. And my father's birthplace. A lot of family tradition here in Greendale. My Grandpa Ircink was one of the "founding fathers" back in the later 1930's. Lots of fond memories. I'm at my new coffee house/writing hangout talking to Shirley's (nee Weber) youngest son who works here (Shirley manages the place - my mom and her coffee friends meet here everymorning at the crack of dawn to drink and jabber). Having an apple gingerbread cobbler coffee and a Door County cherry scone. Contented.

My recent trip to Ireland was the buffer between moving back here from California on September 12th and the reality that I must get a move-on and get on with my new life here. I've received my substitute teaching certificate from the state so as of Monday I'll be active to teach in the Waterford Union High School district and any other school district I'm interested in. Mukwonago, Greendale, New Berlin - the more shit you throw...you know the saying. It's a start. I'll also offer my services as a tutor for writing to high school students.

Above: Dale Park in Greendale. Then there's auditioning for theater in Milwaukee, Chicago and Minneapolis. And my writing. Found a great theater in Bay View (adjacent to Milwaukee on Lake Michigan) that might be an ideal venue to have some of my plays produced. I've contacted the owner and we're due to meet up mid-October.

Wisconsin license and plates, find a place to live (at home with my parent's now). Much to do. I really need that Wisconsin license in order to get my WI bowhunting license. Have hunted on one occasion a couple years ago in WI since I moved to Los Angeles in 1998. New website to start called "Milwaukee on the Cheap". Busy.

I'm excited. I'll leave you with Neil Young & Crazyhorse's "Bringin' Down Dinner" from the album, Greendale.

Bringin Down Dinner (Album Version) - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

My mom and Aunt Ruth have to shopping for a wedding shower gift. They may stop in for a coffee. It's nice being home.

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Happy Birthday, John Lennon!

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President Obama + 2009 Nobel Peace Prize = Joke!

President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.

The reaction around the world is mixed. From everything I've read, most people are confused (unless of course you're a Democrat or liberal). Consider this: Obama was in office just two months when nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize were closed. TWO MONTHS. What in God's name has the President accomplished in those first two months that would make him any more qualified for the prize than....me?

Consider these past recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize going back to 1962:

JOHN HUME and DAVID TRIMBLE for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland.

JIMMY CARTER JR., former President of the United States of America,
for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development

YASSER ARAFAT, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the PLO, President of the Palestinian National Authority, SHIMON PERES, Foreign Minister of Israel, YITZHAK RABIN, Prime Minister of Israel. for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East.

NELSON MANDELA, Leader of the ANC.

MIKHAIL SERGEYEVICH GORBACHEV, President of the USSR, helped to bring the Cold War to an end.

THE 14TH DALAI LAMA (TENZIN GYATSO), Religious and political leader of the Tibetan people.

ELIE WIESEL, Chairman of 'The President's Commission on the Holocaust'. Author, humanitarian.

LECH WALESA, Poland. Founder of Solidarity, campaigner for human rights.

MOTHER TERESA, India, Leader of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity.

MOHAMED ANWAR AL-SADAT, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt and MENACHEM BEGIN, Prime Minister of Israel. for jointly negotiating peace between Egypt and Israel.

HENRY A. KISSINGER, Secretary of State, State Department, Washington.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, campaigner for civil rights.

LINUS CARL PAULING, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. Campaigner especially for an end to nuclear weapons tests.

President Obama is on THIS list? Best thing he could do is respectively turn down the award and say, though he's promoting world peace, he hasn't done anything yet.

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"TGIF! presents..."Hold Tight" by "Hold Tight" by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Titch!

From the disappointing Quentin Tarantino flick, Deathproof. This song is one of the few bright spots in QT'S snorer - that, along with Kurt Russell and the fact that every girl riding in this car dies.

This video is in tribute to Colton...you remember the little boy I lived with in Culver City? Whenever his mother wanted to go play bingo, Colton would have a fit and I'd egg him on by playing this song and dancing around the house. He never wanted this mother to do anything without him. I love this song.

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Ireland 2009 blog UPDATE #2!

"Good Craic. Welcome to Eire". Daor. After you click on this link, you may click on HOME at bottom of the post to return to main page. OR, go to top of right panel on this page and click on the link below the pub picture.

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Ireland 2009 blog UPDATE #1!

“Good Craic. Welcome to Eire”. Dathannach. After you click on this link, you may click on HOME at bottom of the post to return to main page. OR, go to top of right panel on this page and click on the link below the pub picture.

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Vikings/Packer MNF game breaks all records! Favre named NFC Offensive Player of the Week!

Brett Favre looks like the cat who swallowed the canary. I wonder what he's thinking?

A) The Viking/Packer Monday Night Football game this week set all records - most watched cable TV program, highest rated MNF broadcast and highest rated ESPN program period, producing a 15.3 rating and had 21.8 million viewers with 15.1 million HHs (households). The Vikings move to 4-0 after beating the Pack in Minneapolis, 30-23.

B) I wonder if I'll be chosen the NFC Offensive Player of the Week? Which he was.

C) Any victory is sweet; beating the team who's management felt I wasn't good enough to play for them is sweeter.

D) Schism? Fuck schism, bitch. I'm gonna be 40 Saturday and I can still play this game.

E) All the above.

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"Good Craic. Welcome to Eire".

Only a few hundred photos to go through from my recent trip back to Ireland. I thought I'd wet your whistle with one of the few dozen shots I took in the doorways of Irish pubs. Can't tell you what town this is in - there were so many. We hit Galway, Dublin, Ardfinnan, Oranmore, Swords, Kinsale, Cahir, Cashel, to name just a few. Once I get all my pictures organized, you'll be able to follow my trip via the series, "Good Craic. Welcome to Eire" . "Craic" (pronounced, "crack") is the Gaelic term meaning, "fun". Heard it a few times over there. Stay tuned.

NOTE: For technical purposes related to Blogger, I'm posting this series on a separate blog - same name as the blog post series. Just go to the top of the right panel, click on me in the door way of The Roadside Tavern, and you'll be transported to Ireland, sort to say. I'll be adding to the blog daily so check back for updates AND I'll alert readers on PASSION = TRUTH through update posts.

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Anatomy of a 1:34 minute drive by a legend. Week 3 - Vikings versus 49er's.

I was in Ireland while this game was broadcast - didn't see it live. I suggest that if you wanna experience the thrills of a 1:34, 80-yard game-winning drive with NO timeouts and your team is behind, watch this video.

If you're impatient and just wanna see the game-winning TD pass by Favre to Greg Lewis in HD, click on this link. And pause the jukebox above before you watch this. :)

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Vikes beat Pack, 30-23. Vikings 4-0!

The game lived up to the hype. Favre and the Vikes against Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers and the Packers at the Metrodome in Minnesota. It was a game that Packer management did NOT want to face, which is why they traded Favre to the Jets last season and out of the NFC North Division.

Favre, who'll be 40 this Saturday, played the game like he was 30 - course he's been playing the game of football like he was a kid in the alley his entire 19 years in the NFL. And this day belonged to him, and Jared Allen (above), who had 4.5 sacks and was a beast on defense - team effort really.

By the way, Brett was 24 for 31 for 271 yards and 3 TDs (135 rating), moving him up to the 3rd ranked QB in the NFL at the quarter mark of the season AND the first quarterback to ever beat all 32 teams in the NFL. i believe Favre added to more of the records he already has, but if you're a Favre-hater, you wouldn't care about a tired, old, egotistical, worn out piece of shit QB, would you? Schism? Haha...shut up.

NEXT WEEK: Vikes (4-0) @ St. Louis Rams (0-4).

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Back from Ireland. And Favre & Vikes beat the Pack!

Zzzzzzzzzz time. Just got back from Ireland earlier this evening - in time to watch most of the 2nd half of the Viking-Packer game. Lots more on Ireland (you mean...pictures??) and the Vikes' win! Glad to be back in the U.S. but Ireland is as gorgeous as ever.

Justyna???? Where were you when I needed you??

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