Just like the prodigal son, I've returned.  Thanks to Moondog, who's heart is bigger than his brain sometimes, he dedicated a blog to me about my recovery from shoulder surgery.  Not to get into details, but I had a torn labrum in my left shoulder.  Regardless of what you think about Chad Johnson/Ocho Cinco, that dude IS playing hurt and I respect for him for playing through the pain.  Trust me, he's in pain.  Anyway, thanks to Dr. Schickendantz (yes, that's his name) and the good people at the Cleveland Clinic, they cut me open, put me back together and in roughly 8 months, I will be back on the court taking on MovieFish and The Source.  I am officially going on record to protest their victories at our United Way 3-Point Shoot Out and Skills Competition because I was on the "physically unable to perform" list.  I am aiming to be back by January...I want to be back when Agent Zero is back so Moondog will have both of his starting fantasy guards back all at once.  (All kidding aside, thanks Dog.) 

Does anybody know what "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc" means?  It's a rhetorical question, kids.  It is Latin for: "After this, therefore because of this."  It is a coincidental correlation...like say, the Browns lost to the Steelers because of the terrible weather.  The Browns lost to the Steelers because the Steelers are just a better team in every facet of the game...PERIOD.  Now I know that may ruffle some of your feathers but 10 in a row and 16 or the last 17 is not a coincidence...it is inevitability.

I titled this edition of "Ryz Knows Best" with this phrase because of the ongoing speculation of TheBron's^TM (I don't know if The Optimist has trademarked this or not so I will give him the credit he deserves and error on the side of caution) departure from the Land of Cleve that the media perpetuates.  I don't want to write anything that will make Admin Witness deny me of my First Amendment right and not publish my blog nor do I want TC to come down from the 6th floor and give me a good lecturing.  All I am going to say is, in my opinion, he can root for whatever team he wants.  He can hang out with whomever he wants.  His preferences in baseball teams or boroughs in New York or football teams or "the hip-hop" does not automatically mean he is off to NY or Brooklyn in 2010.  It is a fallacy and conjecture that is intended to turn an extra ordinary day in sports to...well, extraordinary.  Could some of these things be a coincidence?  Yes, but it is not a cause for him leaving.  It is flat out superstitious.  It is no different than thinking that carrying an acorn brings you good luck or that breaking a mirror brings you 7 years bad luck or that a dog eating grass means it is going to rain. 

The ancient Greek philospher, Phyrrho, believed that everything can be doubted except appearences.  So when it comes to the speculation of TheBron^TM leaving, I guess I'll believe it when I see it.  Until then, there is one thing that I will continue to hold on to and believe in and that is: "One for All.  All for One."

Gotta run.  I can't find my rabbit's foot...