Dear Peter King
A proposition
Dear Mr. King,
I read your recent column with interest, and as the world’s leading napping-related blogger/Substacker, I’m reaching out to propose collaborating on a series of articles re napping. Hear me out.
In your latest column, you wrote the following in response to a fan:
Maybe that should be my next big project: Greats of the World Who Nap. Al Michaels reached out the other day after reading about my nap proclivity and said he agreed 1,000 percent. So we’ve got some momentum for napdom.
First, kudos for your use of the words “napdom” and “proclivity” — I thought we at To Nap, Divine, were the only ones to treat napping with such respect. Secondly, I wanted you to know that to date, we’ve covered several famous nappers, including inventors, athletes, artists, podcasters, and even sports writers. To your comment, I’d like to propose collaborating on a series about famous nappers, perhaps including you and Al Michaels.
We’ve discussed napping in public and napping at a friend’s house — both total flexes — but Brett Favre’s quote in Sports Illustrated’s 2018 profile of you, makes clear that you’re operating at another level:
It was not uncommon for Peter to come to town and just come over our house. We welcomed Peter in as if he was family. He took naps right there in the lounge chair in our living room. He’d take his shoes off and he’d have on socks with holes in them.
Napping at a Hall of Famer’s house? You, sir, have raised the bar for all of us.
While I admit I’m not really a sports fan and only became aware of your column mere hours ago — H/T to Ben Shpigel, my childhood friend and sports writer — I assure you that what I lack in passion for organized sports, I more than make up for in passion for napping. It would be my great honor to collaborate with you: in this economy, I think the world needs it more than ever.
Your brother in napping,
Matt Hoffman