A ball cap and conversation

The other day I decided to wear my Redskins cap as a protest to the way the Broncos played and the success the Redskins had on Sunday.  I know it is hard to believe I would be such a radical ;)
I dropped by the 7-11down the road and the guy behind the counter started talking football.  We had a good 10 minutes if not more discussing the Broncos and the Redskins and even the Steelers.  (side note here, I really am not a die hard fan but surprised myself with all this knowledge I was able to share)
So after that I went to a couple of other places to take care of business, if business is what you want to call it. I went a back road to where the U-Haul storage unit is and coming up on the back side of the Citadel Mall.  Probably 4 years.  Come to think of it I have not been to the Chapel Hills Mall in as long.  Definitely not the Christiana or the Anne Arundel Malls. The Citadel Mall is starting to look like the National Mall.
Almost every shop I stopped in I have a conversation about the Redskins, Steelers, Ravens, and the Broncos.  Why right by the cash register is there a Ravens shirt, no one would admit they were a fan.  However not having any Sooners stuff was a bit of a put off and there I found a store full of Huskers. Are they still playing football?
Now I know a lot of folks will not go to the Citadel because of the, the ah, diversity.  I learned that from Dan at the Imagination Celebration.  Oh well... As I was heading up towards the Dillard's outlet store, have you been to that?  Geesh, stuff, too bad I am not working and need some fancy threads on the cheap.  Ok, anyway, heading up the way and a young Latino man with tats all over his body and giving that gangsta stride yells to me, "I am a Redskins fan, I really like the Redskins. I only wear the Cowboys, well because."  So we had some bonding time talking about Cousins and RGIII, and of course agreeing that Jerry has to be the worse GM and why Romo is still with them. 

Now if we could get that together on a topic more personal, oh, like, if you were to die tonight?