As the syrupy tributes to No. 4 kept pouring in yesterday, we couldn’t help but think of two things about Brett Favre: 1) His last NFL pass was an interception that lost an NFC Championship game in which he was clearly not having his trademark “fun.” 2) The Onion’s hilarious book “Our Dumb Century” contained a story from the 1970s with this headline: “Elvis Dead — Is Elvis Alive?” Let us go on record as saying we aren’t convinced the ol’ gunslinger has thrown his final pass. If he waffled so much in his yearly decisions to keep playing, he can certainly keep doing it now, even though he’s “officially” called it quits. For now, goodbye to a QB we grudgingly admit was supremely fun to watch, even with his odd habit of doing impromptu, head-clasping sit-ups in the middle of games (Star Tribune photo, 2006, not really what he was doing). See you in Week 10? Or 2009?

What else?

*Slimmed-down Boof.

*Another domino in the demise of the Red Sox. We’re not sure we can do a We Said, She Said with Lizzy on this one. But man that would be great.

*The state boys’ hockey tournament starts in about three hours, which explains why it is snowing outside.

*Fasola-link: Rockets!

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