OK three topics for today and I apologize for the interruptions, nothing I can do about it sadly =/

First off is the quartet of deaths: Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcet, Ed McMahon & Billy Mays. I talked about Michael in the Rendal's Thoughts but readdress it here. I find I have the same reaction to all four, indifference. I'm in no way discounting them but it seems I can't really bring myself to feel anything in the deaths. Maybe it just comes with getting older.

Next up is World of Warcraft. Talking to a roommate I found out they are planing to nerf Death Knights. While it doesn't surprise me it does bug me because every time I hear that I remember all the stupid things they have done. I give a couple examples and one solution maybe being instead of nerfing drop them down a level. You have three levels of mob in the game: normal, silver elite & gold elite. most nerf are mobs going from gold elite to normal which makes a lot of the things that were challenges let downs. so instead drop them to silver. The problem, whiners. People want everything done and easy and they won't play unless it is. So you either dumb it down for them or go out of business.

Last up is managers in wrestling. Being a "old timer" fan I miss seeing managers around. While people can argue that now the WWE/TNA(not sure on that one) now handle the flights and lodging they aren't needed, they have sorely missed the point. None of the managers who we loved we ever popular for what they do outside the ring, it was what we saw them down on TV or in the arenas. So they do so much anymore, that's fine you don't have to pay them as much. You can't deny there is still a strong need for them.

My case in this is Umaga. great athlete for his size. Problem is his character doesn't talk. So apart from seeing him in the ring what motivation is there to really get into his character? Enter Armando Alejandro Estrada. He spoke for Umaga and got him over threatening to unleash him on people. Playing a role which was basically Harvey Wippleman and Kimchee combined he got the crowd into either Umaga or against him (see the Jackass confrontation).

So I've got a suggestion to anyone who wants it, though I target James E. Cornette because he is the one I still hear about. Start up a manger camp. If behind the scenes is taken care of well all well and good but you aren't remembered by the fans as great if your big accomplishment is getting your guys to work on time. They judge by what they see and hear. I think managers still have a place in wresting, they need someone to show them how its done though thanks to the lapse in time we have had without them on screen.

That's it for me, see ya next week hopefully.