MRod says: Is the crew ready? Like spaghetti.

1. The NY Times Joe Torre haiku contest: pen your paean to this much respected, now departed skipper in 5-7-5.

2. Paul Krugman came across an interesting, but wholly unsurprising statistic: In America today, there are more World of Warcraft players than farmers.

3. Commentary on airline branding. None of them are as cool as my home state’s proud airline, except when they sell out for this monstrosity.

4. This blogger pretty much mirrors everything I think about the Cleveland Indians. Bad racism karma!!!

5. New York Magazine, you know, that investigative powerhouse, thinks they may have tracked down the real DB Cooper–ya know, that white dude who hijacked a plane, demanded cash, and then later jumped out with a couple parachutes.  It’s a pretty engrossing article.  I’m such a sucker for these legends, which is why I suppose they are considered legends.

6. Anatomy of balloon dogs.