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| A strained metaphor. Also, a plant. |
I don’t know how Los Angeles
Galaxy newcomer/midfielder, Joao Pedro, will play in Galaxy whites, but, in a
write-up on his arrival, he has already said the funniest thing that will ever
be said about or during Big Bang Theory. Goddammit, I hate that fucking show so much!
I have a pretty tidy topic for
today. I’ll wrap with a note or two on the Portland Timbers. Why? Because the
post flows better that way.
I should, however, share my
personal theory that most of Portland squirted a little with the news that
Timbers’ much-beloved, thoroughly-missed left back, Jorge Villafana, finally got the call to join the U.S. Men’s National Team. Whatever the extent to which
Portland fans are over the moon, the rest of Soccer Nation should take some
measure of solace in seeing another option at a notoriously troublesome
position for the Yanquis (haven’t used that word in a while).
OK, on to the body of this thing.
Planting and Fertilizing Your
Perennials for Maximum Health and Growth
If you think about (but not too
hard) a soccer team isn’t a lot different from a perennial flower – i.e., it’s
something that sticks around year after year (unless some collection of
bastards moves the local team to another city, thereby ripping fans’ fucking
hearts out), only to grow and (maybe) bloom every year. As with any plant,
perennials require some amount of care and tending*. With soccer teams, that
care and tending comes by way of tinkering with rosters, with an eye to getting
the most out of that team during the growing (and/or regular) season.
(* I don’t really know how
perennials work; I can kill a plant with a glance #blackthumb.)
