At Monday night's U2 concert at Cowboys Stadium, lead singer Bono gave lots of mention to (naturally) the Dallas Cowboys.  But did you know he also mentioned, in front of 70,000 screaming fans, our fair city of RICHARDSON?!  In case you were in line for the bathroom at that moment, here's how it went:

He was introducing a song, and he said "What time is it, and where are we going?" (crowd erupts in cheers) "Should we take the DART?" (more cheers) "To Fort Worth?" (cheers) "Richardson?" (cheers, especially from our section!) My husband said Bono mentioned one other place, but my mind was wandering to a smattering of thoughts: "He just said Richardson! In front of 70,000 screaming fans! What great PR for our fair city! What great PR for DART! I'll bet the mayor of Arlington is fuming...once again, the name of their city was never mentioned, at an event held at a place financed in part by the citizens of Arlington... but isn't it great that Bono said Richardson? I wonder why?"

I pictured Bono in some hotel room before the show, flipping through guest brochures and magazines, happening upon a DART ad. My husband thinks he said Richardson due to Arapaho United Methodist Church's longtime support of the "U2charist", a contemporary worship service that incorporates the music of U2.  Who knows? At any rate, it was a better moment of fame for our city than when Canyon Creek Elementary was the first school in Texas closed due to swine flu. I'll take Bono over flu germs any day!!

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