If I see or read one more reference to "corned beef" as "corn beef", I may harm someone. Seriously.

Anyhow, with Brady Quinn shuffled off to Denver, the Browns went out and signed Jake Delhomme. I kinda like the guy. In between his two best years, Carolina always had injury problems and they seemed to claw their way to respectability each year. Until last year.

Not worried about year two of that deal, as it probably won't happen due to labor strife. One overlooked item is regardless of how bad Delhomme was last year, and he was bad, he still had a better QB rating than the two guys we are dumping. And every year in Carolina, until last season, his rating was above 80.

This is a test to see if Mike Holmgren truly is the QB Whisperer. He may feel Delhomme can still make the throws, and that he can correct his recent penchant for making those throws to the other team. 30 of his career 94 INTs have come in the last two seasons.

Last season, Delhomme had three really bad games. A terrible opener against the Eagles, a game that ended his season with the Jets, and a Buffalo loss in which he threw for 325 with 3 interceptions. But he was not a total failure, as there was a close road game with the Saints, a road win at Arizona and both games against Atlanta where he was pretty good.

My guess is Delhomme will be a bridge to whoever that next guy is. He'll give us what a veteran should give. The ability to make some plays, hopefully keep the stupid ones to a minimum (and in our division, that may be asking a lot), and some leadership.

One thing we do know is Delhomme will make a lot of cash money in 2010. $12 million from Carolina to leave and $7 million from the Browns to play.

Meal of Links

"Hello, Prius!", now where did you go with your sudden acceleration? Investigators are having trouble duplicating the latest incident.

The discoverer of the PSA test for prostate cancer says, "Not so fast, my friend.". Even he thinks the test is overused.

Pink Floyd was in the news this week. Reunion? Hah! They won a court case against EMI preventing Pink Floyd songs from being downloaded as singles. Something about the artistic value of a whole album.

Hitch rewrites The Ten Commandments.

Country music as a subject in the movies. Lots of 'em.

I always liked Blue Oyster Cult and since I heard this song yesterday, it will now stick in your head. "...Books by blameless and by the dead. King in yellow, the Queen in red..."

"E.T.I"/Blue Oyster Cult



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I saw the last 4 rounds of the Pacquiao-Clottey fight last night. Our friends, the Chinese, didn't have a feed or one I could find, so I found one from the UK. Didn't miss much. Pacquiao dominated for 12 rounds and was not really in any serious trouble. Most impressive was 50,000 in attendance at Jerry's World.

Let's see if Pacquiao meets Mayweather later this year.

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None, on a cloudy Selection Sunday.