Fighting on Arrival, Fighting for Survival

I know that most of you don't care, and that's okay, but I felt compelled to mention that Arsenal and French national striker Thierry Henry is apparently leaving the Gunners to sign with Barcelona. Yes, the irony of a French guy playing on a team with the nickname "Gunners" also strikes me as very rich, and I will be glad to see that running joke go as he heads to Catalonia.

Now, on to other things such as underage marriages. I'm not sure how many of you have seen that story, but it's provocative to say the least. A 40-year old coach marrying one of his 16-year old students. Sure, there's all the Mary Kay LeTourneau jokes that float around in those kinds of situations, but honestly, how did her parents sign that consent form? I understand that they viewed as the "only way" to move past what had become a flashpoint with their daughter, but it seems that there are some points where parents simply have to decide against their child's wishes and in their best interest, even though that term is often an amorphous one at best.

Enough of that, on to junk science studies conducted by Old Spice. My good friend Garrett Oakley passed along a link to the following "study" as part of the ongoing debate in our friend group about which circle of hell that Houston should occupy. Garrett gleefully pointed out that Big D occupied the #3 spot on the "study" and Old San Antone held #5, while his beloved H-town was far, far behind at #12. I'm pretty sure that my astute colleague, Mr. Nate Low, was correct when he made the following assertion: "I refuse to give merit to any 'study' led by Old Spice, where its main 'fact' is that the citizens of Phoenix collectively produced enough sweat to fill more than 53,000 beer kegs in just one hour." Well said Nate, well said.