Random Linkage

• Easily the worst idea ever at a rodeo, which is saying something, since a rodeo is by definition a terrible, terrible idea.
  
• Music of the day: Patrick Watson / "Luscious Life"
  
• I'm normally not amused by people randomly fighting in the street, but if that street is somewhere in Eastern Europe and one dude is dominating everyone, then I'm all about it.
• The sickest 9-year old soccer player around. ManYoo just signed him after his family sent them a DVD of him annihilating other little kids.
• Oh, and here's the 5-year old tennis equivalent of the soccer kid.
  
• So this kid Tay videotapes himself singing songs and then puts them on youtube, and a lot of people watch them because he's got a really deep, tonedeaf voice. But I'm not sure if watching these is funny or just creepy.
  
• The only thing I have in common with extreme sports people is that I like Mountain Dew, but I have to say I enjoy watching skateboards fall fifty feet to the ground from a huge half pipe.
  
• It's like the new fumblerooski.
  
• Davey and I have been passing randomly hilarious Ichiro quotes back and forth for a while, so I'm glad Slate has tried to figure out what his project is.
  
• Female bowlers aren't quite as ugly as expected. Is it possible that there are more attractive bowlers than tennis players? I've never understood it, but aside from Sharapova and Ivanovic tennis is basically a lot of ugly girls in really good shape.
• In spite of their historical ineptitude, I hate the Cubs. So I'm pleased to bring you this bit of latent homoeroticism from the Cubs' dugout. I'm a Brewer fan, so it's bad enough that their fans invade Miller Park when they're in Milwaukee, but now that they've caught us in the tepid NL Central I'm a full-out Cub hater.
• Let's enjoy the Brady Quinn era.
• Snoop is down with FC Barcelona. Uh, OK.
• Download some Flight of the Conchords.
• Golf is dangerous, especially when your ball is on fire.
• My first baseball glove was actually a Pedro Guerrero Rawlings model. Here's a slightly more, uh, interesting Pedro story.