Smile like you mean it

Saturday was spent at the FC Dallas game. Another good result from those boys. In the concourse following the game the drummers form a circle and play with a massive echo. A large circle of people form around the edge and kids dance in the middle. A paper mache bull head was worn by several kids during the dance. If a three foot kid in a bull head dancing doesn't make you smile I dunno what will.

You will not likely be able to see Eddie Johnson play in Dallas for long, he's destined for bigger and better things. This team is red hot on the attack. Saturday they scored three goals, hit the bar twice, and had another cleared off the line. Offense is not a problem with this bunch, how good they can be will depend on the D.


I'll be glad when they no longer play in the Cotton Bowl. The Cotton Bowl is built for small people, and the parking is shared by Smirnoff concert hall. Saturday this created an unexpected problem as we had to sit in Pat Green traffic. Pat Green is a total spare, let's be honest. He uses Texasness as shtick. He is like a travel brochure for Texas, and he suckers in the weak minded. As we sat there we watched all these half naked girls in cowboy hats walking up to the show. After this display we worried that we had been too hard on old Pat, and maybe he was alright after all.

Speaking of the MLS, the scene in LA over the weekend was encouraging. Over 27K in attendance for the first ever LA derby match. The TV coverage even had the sky cam. It looked legit, and had a good atmosphere. I hope one day we see crowds like that here, this year's team is very entertaining hint hint.

You know you have a cool kid when;

I was shaving Saturday morning getting ready to go see Millions, when the kiddo appears in the doorway sporting his 'vote for Pedro' shirt and asking if he can bring a cd in the car. The cd? This year's model. Yes you may bring a cd.