Ever wonder where the word 'ninja' comes from?

Here we are, today is the day. The World Junior Championship gold medal game goes tonight, and promises to be a classic tilt. I don't have special insights or special pre-game analysis, I just have a hope Canada can pull it off against an outstanding US team. This American side is much better than the one that won gold against Canada in 2004 on a bad bounce off Braydon Coburn's backside, and I can't in good faith say this year's Canadian squad is as good as the '04 team. But that's why they play the games. In other news, NBA player Gilbert Arenas thinks guns are hilarious. He's alleged to be involved in an incident in which he and a teammate drew arms on one another in the locker room, allegedly over a gambling debt. Now that's a whole lot of the A word, but Arenas has come forward and said the whole situation was a misunderstanding, and that the guns came out as a joke. Ha! That's a knee-slapper! Way to go, Gilbert. Guns are hilarious. Even better is the fact NBA players are all defending their right to own guns, to defend their families. Tell me exactly how a gun in the Verizon Center locker room is protecting Arenas's, or anyone else's, family. The NBA is strangely quiet on the matter so far, saying they want to let the legal process play out first, but it sure would be nice for someone to stand up and at least say "this guy broke a rule, we don't allow our players to have guns in the arenas, he will be suspended after the legal proceedings are complete." I guess that's too much to ask though. I have a rant about changes to the wireless telecom industry but there's no time today. Check back tomorrow. I bought two fantastic things yesterday: new gym shoes and a WORD ORIGINS calendar. Etymology is probably the nerdiest of all endeavors and I'm proud to be a fan of it. It should provide me with at least two minutes of enjoyment every morning. And with that, I'm off for the day.