Fly From Heaven

The video of Fly From Heaven from Toad The Wet Sprocket.

The biggest spender in sports

And it is not George Steinbrenner. He is Florentino Perez and here is a closer look at the man who is spending money hand over fist to try and bring back the glory which was Real Madrid in the past.

Is it time to despair?

Not quite yet, but the season doesn't get any easier any time soon. The Dolphins are now 0-3 with the loss yesterday to the Chargers out in San Diego. Again the running game was effective, but it doesn't matter how much you keep the ball if you can't stop the other team when they have it. To be fair, the defense mostly held the Chargers to field goals and 7 points were scored off the Chad Henne interception, but San Diego hit big pass plays all day long and if memory serves we only got to Phillip Rivers once.

Pennington being knocked out of the game hurt us. Henne was not helped out by one of his receivers, (Ted Ginn Jr., this means you) but he also looked a bit jumpy in the pocket, the product of being an inexperienced backup. I like Henne, he has a good arm but we need Pennington under center for the time being. For right now the defense has to take a long hard look at their pass rush and a secondary which plays well only in fits and starts.

Update: Maybe it is time to despair now. ESPN reports Pennington is out for the season with a torn capsule in his shoulder. Ouch! It's up to Chad Henne and Pat White now, in that order. On the other hand, this could be what takes us to the next level. What do I know? Next to nothing, that's what. I'm just a fan (and have been one for a very, very long time) who suffers every weekend with their ups and downs.

Sir Allen Stanford attacked in jail

According to the article he got into an altercation with another inmate. I wonder what it was about. Perhaps the other inmate called cricket a namby-pamby sport. Or maybe he was trying to shake him up for some of the 7 billion Stanford allegedly lifted from his investors. He continues to deny all 21 charges against him.

The truth about Honduras

Watch the whole thing.

It's Monday

And we all know what that means. Time for another MOTW, Manager of the Week. Don't expect much of anything from this next manager and certainly do not look to him/her for creative inspiration. Care should be taken to disassociate your efforts from his/hers.

MOTW: Plod Along Middle Manager

Plod Along Middle Manager operates under the misapprehension that working hard, following the rules and never calling in sick will get him/her ahead in the company. He/she is an endangered species and Senior Management regularly schedules safaris where Plod Along Middle Manager is mercilessly hunted, the outcomes of which are never in doubt. Recent studies released by Forbes predict that the Plod Along Middle Manager species will be extinct within the next calendar year.