One awesome rant and Random Ramblings~

Time for some more random thoughts to finish things off that had accumulated before the return to work and usual dwindling of posts...

Sorry to hear that one of our all-time favorites Steve "Dr.Death" Williams has been stricken again in his battle with throat cancer.
Williams underwent surgery a few years back and was declared cancer-free a few months later.
Williams still occasionally wrestles in the US and Japan,but has announced his decision to retire later this year.
Doc is currently working for Southwest Airlines in Denver on the plane runway crew.
Best wishes to the good doctor on beating this insidious disease for a second time.


Cancer is fighting yet another favorite as former CNN sports anchor and current voice of Showtime's ShoBox Nick Charles is battling bladder cancer.
Charles and Fred Hickman were the long time lead anchors back in the days when CNN covered sports before the ill-fated CNN/SI experiment in an attempt to fight off ESPN News.
Charles has a great love for the fight game and always has been one of the better blow by blow guys behind the mike.
Best wishes to Nick on a full recovery.

Of all things in sports over the last week,the one that I have enjoyed the most was Tiger Woods losing the PGA Tournament to YE Yang (whoever he is).
So much for the media and their Woods is 14 for 14 when leading a major after three rounds.
Woods is a great golfer,maybe the second greatest ever and he is commanding when holding the lead,but he isn't quite so good when coming off the pace and that is part of the total package.
Perhaps the first crack in the armor of Tiger Woods has started to show...

What a pair of blows to the Seattle Seahawks with injuries to Walter Jones and Marcus Trufant.
Jones will have his knee scoped and could be back for the opener.
Trufant is having disk issues with his back and will miss substantial time,if not the season.
Seattle continues to be pounded with injuries between 2008 and now this season as well.....

Most of you that have known me for many years know just how big of a fan I am/was of Jim Cornette and the Midnight Express.
Well,one thing that I didnt know is that Jim Cornette is an unbashed liberal and what David Sloan "Superfan" would describe as a "far left wing liberal" at that.
I never saw Cornette as a progressive,but this rant that I found by accident this morning is not only a tremendous promo,but an intelligent destruction of the right wing talking points.
WARNING-Very strong language as most of Cornette's rants are,if this offends you,you may want to skip this one..




The Sockeye Salmon,which spawns in the Canadian Fraser River has suffered an alarming drop in its numbers this year.
How alarming?How about dropping from 10 million to ONE million!
One cannot blame fisherman either as both commercial and recreational fishing has been closed on the Fraser for the last three years.
This Reuters article offers a few thoughts on the possible causes,which range from a warming river to a sea parasite to a drop in food supply due to climate change.
The Sockeye is considered an endangered species in the United States.

And finally from the I couldn't make this up department comes the touching,pulling at the heartstrings story of Eyes for Frosty brought to you by families4pacoal,which appears to be a lobbying group for the coal industry.
Eyes for Frosty,a warm coloring books for kids (Really,I swear) to teach kids about the wonders of coal!
Not only is teaching kids about coal without the bad side unfair,check the artwork out in one example shown here.
Either the artist really didn't have his heart into the project or they hired one pretty bad artist....

Photo Credits
Dr.Death:Highspots.com
Cornette:Jim Cornette.com
Sockeye:McGill University
Mr Coal:Families4pacoal