Ricardo Rodriguez

Jesus Rodriguez is a wrestler of Mexican heritage who has gone by the names Chimaera, Jesse Long, El Local, and Ricardo Rodriguez.  That last one was the best decision of his life, if only because it earned him a spot on Rick Show.  He made his debut in 2006 working some independent promotions.  Ricardo worked in WWE as the ring announcer for Alberto Del Rio from 2010 to early 2013, with their fair share of hijinks (unheard of for professional wrestling!).

The finishing move for Ricardo Rodriguez is the corkscrew moonsault, per Wikipedia.

What I'm personally most excited about is that when I searched for him on YouTube, the first video was of him wrestling the son Rick Show profile Ricky Steamboat, Richie Steamboat.

http://youtu.be/gviRUDHvGv8

Update: Rick Spam

If you'll recall, back in November 2013 we had a "spirited discussion" (by that I mean 4 comments) about spam emails sent by Ricks.  I am pleased to report that I have once again been contacted.  Rickie emailed me with a fabulous offer to buy some luxury watches.  Alas, I am not in the market currently for a luxury watch, no matter how good the sale.  Even a blowout does not tempt me. Perhaps next time, Rickie.

EDIT:  And now Eric gets involved just days later!  

And these luxury watches are 'perfect', unlike those imperfect ones Rickie was trying to sell.  Game On.

St Baldrick's

St. Baldrick's Foundation is a cancer charity that raises funds for childhood cancer research.  They raise a lot of their money because people like to shave their heads for charity.  Per wikipedia, "Since 2000, St. Baldrick's Foundation volunteers have organized nearly 4,200 head-shaving events and shaved over 190,500 heads, raising over $118 million for life-saving childhood cancer research."

The foundation started as a challenge between some friends trying to determine how to give back to the community. Their first event was at a St. Patrick's day party in Manhattan, and grew from there. I guess the name came from the fact that they were going 'bald' on St Patrick's day. 

According to their website, the foundation has given over $100 million in research grants since 2005.  That's nice work.

Rick and Morty

Rick and Morty is a new animated show on the Adult Swim television network (Cartoon Network).  I've watched a couple of episodes since hearing about the show, and it's not bad.  Probably not for everyone, but I might keep watching, and only partly out of my ricking duty.

I have to admit, I get a little exciting looking at the episode names for season 1:

"Ricksy Business"

"Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind"

"Rixty Minutes"

"Rick Potion #9"

Angry Woman leads to Double Rick

Perhaps you've read the recent story about a job bank manager on LinkedIn whose poor response to a job seeker has gone viral.

If you had read the CNN.com article linked above, you would notice a brief mention right at the end of...Rick Uldricks.  That's right, I've discovered another double-rick!

Here's the original article that got him noticed for the CNN reference.  At the risk of being creepy, a quick google search finds that he's on Pinterest, Google+, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIN and YouTube, as well as articles regarding his LinkedIn incident.   It appears that Rick is very open about using social media.

Ricky Davis, D-Leaguer

We recently had a post about Ricky Davis, professional basketballer.   We apparently weren't the only ones with RD on the brain, as Grantland.com had an article the other day on what has become of Ricky Davis, and his current life in the NBA Developmental League.

It's a good read, so you should read it.