Tim Montgomery & ADD Are No Joke

In my Wednesday update for SportsbyBrooks.com, I made the following comment about Tim Montgomery withdrawing from the 100 meter prelims at the US Track & Field Championships because he, according to his agent, was having trouble concentrating:

It's 9.78 second event where you take your mark, hear the gun, and sprint to the ribbon! Montgomery could focus his thoughts on the differences between The Cream and The Clear and set a world record. The only people in danger of losing their concentration during this 10 second event are those of us afflicted with ADD, and our biggest fear is getting distracted in the blocks while waiting for the gun to fire.

And today, I received the following email (click to enlarge):
Now I freely admit that I'm not the most sensitive of individuals but I do attempt compassion when presented with unfortunate situations. So I'd like to make it clear that I know ADD is a pain. I have ADHD and it's been a bloody hassle in every aspect of my life other than sports. I have the attention span of a fruitfly, I'm easily captivated by shiny objects, and most of the time I'm living in a mental blender... but come on, Donny! Stop being a douche! It's bad enough that you're a man who objects to a website full of breasts and sports. That alone is enough to leave me absolutely baffled. But you're sensitive about your ADD?

I'm unceasingly hyper and I can't focus but you know what, Donny? I grabbed an ovary, accepted it, and moved on with my life. And I've gotten so far in my moving on, that I can even make jokes about it! Fancy that. So the least you can do is sack up and be a man. Complaining about ADD jokes... shame on you. You should turn in your penis card. You have no right to it... though you may not even want it given your opinion of women and large boobs. I hope you come to understand that ADD isn't cancer and it's not down syndrome. We can joke about it because it sucks the way being bad at math sucks and the last I checked, no one used BBAM syndrome to feel sorry for themselves. So here's my advice to you Donny: Go on a run. Go get laid. Take some Strattera. Smoke some weed. Find a way to settle that's best for you. Whatever you do, make sure you grow a pair.