tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88726622012-01-01T20:29:07.445-06:00A little bit of Soccer, Wii love, and assorted bits and nicknacks.Dan McMillanhttps://profiles.google.com/108112471384187574276noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872662.post-69597636194468089662008-02-13T10:03:00.005-06:002008-02-13T11:25:25.295-06:00

"Yes, Haven, most of us enjoy preaching, and I've got such a bully pulpit!" - Theodore Roosevelt We Americans have seen a lot of things change so far in this new century. And for most of them, we've quietly, or not so quietly accepted them: limits to liberty in the name of security, limits to opportunity in the name of patriotism, to life in the name of an unjust and unneeded war. Life, Liberty,

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Kurt Vonnegut died today. He was 84.I fell in love with his work some twenty years ago . I was a young man, self obsessed and miserable. The kind of angsty teen that is so commonly derided and deserving of neither pity nor humor.I internalized a lot of that. Boy, let me tell you that's the way of madness. But what do you know as an angsty teen, self absorbed and miserable.I found refuge in his

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Nice sports, kind of a retro feel to them. I'm not sure those are really going to pull people in, but it's better than a lot of previous MLS ads.The catchline "you're a fan, you just don't know it yet" is kind of offputting, but not terrible either. I give them points for trying, extra points for showing all their games in HD.Powered by ScribeFire.

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31,000+ showed up to catch a US international friendly on a Sunday in Tampa.Glendale sold out for US v. Mexico, (also known as  dos - cero for our friends south of the border.) with a larger american presence than most expected.And it's three years until the world cup. Something is changing over here.Powered by ScribeFire.

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Thank God for Toronto. Toronto signed a partnership with Bank of Montreal to put their logo on the front of the Toronro FC kits, soon to grace the league in two weeks time. If it wasn't for that, although there's whispers that  Houston will have their kits  with a logo shortly, we'd be talking about  how the  companies that have stepped forward to put their  brand out in

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Check out Gooch on the second goal in that clip. You can't miss him, he's the one who got hopelessly out of position on the drive to the goal by Ecuador, then gave up on the play.Onyewu needs to be able to play a guy at speed with the ball at his feet, or he's going to cost us dearly down the line. I'm sure the folks at Newcastle United would agree.Powered by ScribeFire.

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3-1 for the guys in the old Orlando Magic shirts.Here's the highlights:It's games like this that get me pissed off with Landon Donovan. You see the potential that's there, but you know that when it's on the line he's going to fold. He says he's ready now, but only time is going to tell if he really is the leader of this group, or just some schmuck wearing an armband.Powered by ScribeFire.

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I got a lot of rep for that. Wasn't something I was aiming for but it's nice to recieve recognition from comrades in arms over ones work.I'll try to write more later, but writing, at least writing well, is a tricky thing.powered by performancing firefox

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An odd place to put something that i did put some effort, but I felt the guys would appreciate it.Main Entry: op·por·tu·ni·tyFunction: nounInflected Form(s): plural -ties1 : a favorable juncture of circumstances2 : a good chance for advancement or progressThis word, more than any in the English language, is the most aptdescription of season that our beloved Dynamo began on the first ofMarch on

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Going to start collecting the best of the news rumors and insights that I like and expounding on them as I feel deserve it.If nothing else, I'll get Joga Bonito off the front page ;)Let's see how long my posting will last. I give myself two weeks.powered by performancing firefox

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I'm changing this around a little bit. I hadn't really used this since. I switched computers and got swept away by work, but I'll try this one again. powered by performancing firefox

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So, like most everyone else, I have people who expect things that simply cannot be done. This is not because of a lack of effort or desire, but because you have things in life that are just outside of your control, yet have a direct bearing on you.Things like shipping companies. Curse them and Bless them at the same time.I find, after some time, that the best way to manage these types of

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So, Nike has a little ad campaign for the world Cup. Granted they're just out to make a ton of money off of the backs and gnarled fingers of the poor Bangladeshi and Guatemalan peasants who make the items, but since I can't change that by myself. . . shop away, America!

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I'm coming out of the closet.I love soccer.A sigh of relief comes from my wife right about now. :)I have since I was a boy. One look at me would tell you that I haven't played, and truthfully until recently I didn't even think about it. But I'm coming to terms with myself, and I'm going to focus on the things that I have wanted to do. I'm too late to do anything serious with it. Some doors are

Dan McMillanhttps://profiles.google.com/108112471384187574276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8872662.post-1109134862595924292005-02-22T22:38:00.000-06:002005-02-22T23:02:43.870-06:00

I was thinking about what I said this morning about my wife, and I keep thinking that's not really true. It seems too harsh. I mean it's not like she was oblivious to my well being or anything. I dunno, I guess somethings which are implied in real life, when you look at them on the page, take on a life of their own.Or, I could be nuts.Either way, better to cover your bases.I love Cake .I love the

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So, Having a pepperoni pizza on an upset stomach is not such a good thing.My friend Marie has already chastized me for that. My wife would have too if she wasn't busy preparing for another test in Biology today. I feel she's ready. She's got a very good system for studying. I'm proud of her, she's been doing great since she's gotten back into school life.I've been ill for some time now, going

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So some guy takes a Glock 9mm to work and tries to blow away his boss. A couple of people are hit, but it looks like they'll pull through.Normally you look at that and go, wow, that's messed up. Maybe think another 30 seconeds on it before turning to the sports or scanning the net for pictures that were on Paris Hilton's cellphone. What a shock that they're all of her? Who would have thought

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"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."-Raoul Duke re: Hunter S ThompsonSon of a bitch.And yes, never did a quote so fit someone so well.Sometimes you see things and you think, yeah, that was going to happen. It still doesn't change that when they do, you still can't get over

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I'm not a baseball fan. I watch a little during the playoffs, I grew up liking the braves and Cubs, so I got used to defeat as a youngster. Now with the modernbraves, I am comfortable with the eventual collapse in the playoffs. So when the strike occured, it didn't take a whole lot to push me off the cliff. Some say I might have been spotted leaping from the bandwagon before the wheels went

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Florida fires coach Zook after Mississippi State loss Welcome to the SEC, coach Zook. Don't forget your hat on the way out. People around the country who are not from the southeast love to talk about the tradition and the jovial atmosphere of college football. In the SEC, where Football is a much larger deal, nay a religion, mediocre just doesn't cut it. Well, unless you're Vanderbilt, but

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How John Kerry exposed the Contra-cocaine scandal It's Salon, so you have to jump through their hoops or get a subscription, just open it in a new tab for you Firefox users. If you're old enough or not completely self absorbed in the 80's you'll remember that Reagan was considered pretty much untouchable. The term "Teflon President" was referred to lovingly by those on the right, and with

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So, I'm a recovering LJ user. I have to admit that this is a lot more to my persoanl liking. I'll add to this through today, and hopefully use this more often than I did my last blog. I know my wife, for one would be happy with that ;) Anyway about myself: White male early thirties born and raised in the south. Big football fan. Big, but getting smaller everyday, person. Big liberal, which

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