Well. Here you go. :-)
Unbelievably dapper!!!!! Yes to both outfits!
(Source: gracie-bird, via fime)
1. Don’t touch The Little Rookie. Don’t smack him, don’t unlawfully tackle him, don’t trip him, kick him, stumble over him or even look at him the wrong way. Don’t make me come down there!
2. You are not allowed onto the field to help an injured beloved one without one of those medic vests on. (Note to self: research purchase of medic vest and magic spray.)
3. The other team, without a doubt, is wrong in their actions 98% of the time.
4. Our team never hurts someone except by accident, excepting the deliberate times they deservedly have to defend rights and honor by brawling on the field. Trips, shoves, bumps and general belligerence is all imagined by the opponents and their fans. Would I lie to you? :-)
5. Referees are evil, for the majority. There is that rare exception who is truly unbiased and fair in their observance and deliberations. This lone guy deserves some pie and a pat on the back.
6. The other team will have a Rude Goalkeeper that seems to stop all our attempts to get the ball in the net. It’s okay to call him a jackass and stick little voodoo pins in a goalie doll during the game.
7. Red Cards issued against your team are ALWAYS unfair and must be met with loud, obnoxious protests on and off the field. This is mandatory fan behavior and “sitters” observed benignly and apathetically watching with mouths shut will be bodily ejected!!
8. The Pitch is Holy Ground. You may kiss it, save a blade of grass in a locket, and take frequent photographs of it but DO NOT throw things on it, spit on it, have sex on it or do anything repulsive to it. If you do, and burst into flames while sleeping, don’t say I didn’t warn you!
9. While at a game: don’t spill your sticky stuff on others, trample on their feet with your MANY trips back and forth to concessions, or be otherwise rude and obnoxious. One trip per half past everyone else in the row is one trip too many. Get there early, buy your stuff, go to the toddy and sit down till halftime.
10. If watching at home, watch party or on airport telly: everyone around you is obligated to SHUT UP so you can hear the broadcasters wax philosophic about what the men are doing on the screen. Strong glares and verbal “Sssshhhh’s” with finger-wagging are acceptable.
11. Though colored team gear is not mandatory for fashion plates in attendance at games, you must NOT wear the opposing teams colors to a game or public airing of it. This is a grave fashion faux pas resulting in possible Penalty of having to go home to watch the game by your ridiculous self. Good sense is the best accessory for a great fashion statement!
12. For the broadcast team: a European broadcaster is always preferred, to give your MLS games a little flavor of authenticity and olde world glamour. You might even branch out and hire a Brazilian or Aussie for colorful variation. Anyone with a lovely accent and understanding of these rules will do nicely.
13. The Coaching staff must question referees early and often.
14. Following a game, it’s polite to tweet, tumble and facebook your thoughts in addition to leaving comments on team and member sites in a vivid re-telling and re-living of every special moment of the game, for all to benefit from. This is not so much a rule as a guideline. Your true compadres need you and anyone who is going to unfollow you for excessive tweeting will already have done so.
15. During a game, you can apparently be issued a Yellow Card for Excessive Tweeting With Not Enough Watching of the actual game in real-time. Don’t ask me how I know this!!
16. Our defenders are never wrong. I repeat, they are never wrong. They clearly see what must be done. Stuff happens when two people are near and possibly fighting over the ball. We didn’t MEAN to break your guy’s ankle or render him unable to procreate… geeeeeessh!
17. Some say you can have too much soccer talk. There is, in reality, never enough!! Keep talking about it until America is forced to recognize MLS as a nationally important sport!
May the Soccer Gods smile kindly on you. Unless you’re the opposing team, that is… see you lying on The Pitch if you’re not on the right side of these rules!
Sporting Kansas City. Playoff-bound!!
What thing is love? For well I wot, love is a thing,
It is a prick, it is a sting,
It is a pretty pretty thing;
It is a fire, it is a coal,
Whose flame creeps in at every hole;
And as my wit doth best advise,
Love’s dwelling is in ladies eyes:
From whence do glance love’s piercing darts
That make such holes into our hearts;
And all the world herein accord
Love is a great and mighty lord
And when he list to mount so high,
With Venus he in heaven doth lie,
Since Mars and she played even and odd.
George Peele (1588-1596)
Awesome Tumblr for 4HB fans and this article is really good. Via theskinnycode:
There are a lot diets of there that recommend a periodic cheat day. Two that are top of mind include The Four Hour Body plan by Tim Ferriss and the Five Factor Diet by Harley Pasternak. There are many more but I think of these two as I really like and largely recommend both of these…
#MLS #theredteamsucks This is what it’s like to play the Sounders. #SportingKC
I saw that happen in the corner as I was sitting close to the field, and was fuming for the rest of the game. Why wasn’t there a call on something like this? Or on continued play when Jeferson went down and Seattle was unsportsmanlike to continue playing, as he sat on the field for minutes while they ignored the issue? Or for the problem that left Luke Sassano playing on one leg the rest of the game? Or for the CLEAR handball that a Sounder touched that was simply overlooked?
SKC fans are angered over the Red Card and Bravo’s part in getting it. Regardless of this single incident - which is highly debatable as people saw different things from different angles, the Coach sums up a problem that we have experienced time and time again…
Coach Vermes on the Officials “But bad performances should not constitute the opportunity to come back on the field and referee a professional game. If you’re not good, you’re not, and you shouldn’t be out there. You need to go back down somewhere else, just like we do with players sometimes when we send them off to a lower division. Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/06/3061378/sounders-put-end-to-sporting-kcs.html#ixzz1UM2l1rNr
“We have been under this so many times this season — red cards or non-calls on penalty kicks — at some point, it has to change,” Vermes said. “As much as players are responsible and coaches are responsible when things don’t go well — they either don’t play or get released — the referees seem to keep coming back.
Will read this whole post from Everyday Paleo, thanks to theskinnycode:
Wow. This post simply blew me away this morning.
Especially this part:
My goals for you are all about health and the physical capacity to enjoy your life. I have come to understand that bodies that feel great and perform great usually look great by accident. But my goals for you don’t matter. So, health and performance aside, what do you think you would gain if your body looked exactly the way you see it in your dreams? Do you think you would be happy? Be honest now. In my opinion (and experience), if you are the type of person who spends a good portion of each day miserable because you hate your body, you will not reach a point where your body suddenly becomes a source of great pride.
And this part:
First off, love your body. It’s the only one you have and it’s actually a pretty amazing example of biological engineering, performing astonishing biochemical actions millions of times per day despite the fact that you don’t appreciate it. Get educated and treat it right.
DO NOT ALLOW ANYONE INTO YOUR LIFE WHO HARMFULLY CRITICIZES YOUR BODY! EVER! Life is too short to let assholes take anything from you, and your self worth is no exception.
And lastly this part:
And finally, change your goals. If you can force yourself to focus on your fitness capacity and health instead of the size of your thighs or belly, you will find that it is much easier to stay motivated and confident. Then one day you will wake up to a body you love, and the change will have happened while you weren’t paying attention.
I sincerely wish I could lay out a step by step plan that would guarantee you a new outlook, but sadly I can not. My hope is that you will catch yourself in depreciating thoughts and put things back into perspective.
So true and very well said. Click through and read this entire post, it’s worth it and something to think about over the weekend.
via fritesandfries:
!!! “The German ad agency Kolle Rebbe designed chunks of Parmesan cheese shaped like pencils. Flakes are shaved off with a manual pencil sharpener: The cheeses are shaped like oversized pencils, where the “leads” contain three different flavors: truffles, pesto and chilli.
