Profiles in Rickery: rick of wood

Okay, so I'm sure you've all seen wood.  You've probably also seen wood stacked up.  Maybe against a shed, a barn, a garage or just hanging out in a yard.  You may have thought "look at that pile of wood."  

But here's the thing:

  Maybe it wasn't just a pile of wood.  Maybe it was a rick of wood!  A rick of wood isn't an official measurement, so there can be variations in the specifics depending on who you ask or where you live.  However, it is usually a stack of wood that is 4 feet tall, 8 feet long and as wide as the piece of firewood (typically about 16 inches).  

So, keep an eye out, Rick Show readers.  There might be ricks in your neighborhood that you never noticed before.   

Erik the Red

(ed. note: This is my first foray into the "E" version of the Rick brand, but no better time to start.)

I'm not talking about Erik the Red, the Viking explorer.  I'm not even talking about Erik "the Red" Denmark, the competitive eater (more on them later?).  I'm talking about Erik the Red, the Rick Show commenter.

I know him.  You might, too.  He used to live in the same state I did, but now he doesn't.  It's his birthday.  That's cool.  He is, too.

And by granting him is very own "Happy Birthday!" Rick Show post, I figure I've probably got the award for "most awesome Oct. 26th web log-based, Rick-genre'd birthday acknowledgement" wrapped up.

Ravishing Rick Rude

By popular demand (I hope that's what that was)...

  I've never seen Arsenio Hall talk WWF before, and I find this clip fun.

Rick Rude won multiple wrestling championships, but died at age 40 of heart failure.  He also apparently appeared as himself 58 times on TV (I'm not sure why that's useful, but it's what IMDB told me).

Don Rickles

Now, I'm not really old enough to really know much of his work, but he's got quite the reputation. 

 I'll go with a Carson clip here.

Rick Derringer

Rock & Roll, Hoochie Koo!

Rick Barry

Rick Barry is a Hall of Fame basketball player. Rick Barry is the only player in history to lead the NCAA, ABA and NBA in scoring. He has held a number of NBA records, and he shot free throws underhand. That's Rick Barry:

Rick Moranis

There's a lot to choose from here. Vinz Clortho sounds good for now

Ric Flair

I'm sure someone out there will appreciate this:

FYI, according to wikipedia, he won 30 different major wrestling championships

Rickie Fowler

Playing on the PGA tour?  Rickie is.

Rick Springfield

Jessie's Girl is one of my favorite 80s songs. 

 In fact, I might even go so far as to call it the best song by a Rick from the early 80s.  

If nothing else, it has to be one of the best songs ever that uses the word "moot," right?

Ranger Rick

Anybody remember that magazine from when you were a kid?  Well, I do.

He's also apparently very politically active on behalf of the environment:

Rick Perry

I wasn't really sure what to do about Rick Perry.  And then I stumbled upon this:

Rick Steves

Traveling to Europe?  Rick is.  

Here he shows you how to pack

The Rick

Anybody else remember these ESPN commercials?