March 17, 2005

• Ahhhh, St. Patrick’s Day, as Kent Brockman once put it, “its a day when
  everybody is Irish……….except the gays and Italians” which means
  that I’m screwed either way.

  I watched some of Congress’s hearings on baseball steriods today. I
  still don’t understand why they are holding hearings, I know how bad it
  all is, but I just think Congress can find a better use of their time.
  Still, I’m sorta glad they are, but I don’t know how effective it will
  be, Anywho, some of it was soooo boring. The thing is, I don’t think
  any of these people would tell the truth. I think they ALL might have
  lied, except McGwire, who just avoided answering the questions. I’m
  sure he, Sosa, and maybe Palmiero have done them. I’d like to think
  Frank Thomas didn’t, but honestly, at this point, I wouldn’t be
  suprised if he or anybody else did. The whole thing is very sad,
  though. The game of my youth is tarnished. Its sad, really. To think, I
  fell for it all in ’98……….or at least, I turned a blind eye to
  it. I knew at the time, it was a possiblity, shit, there were rumors
  back then, but I just didn’t want to believe it. I wanted the great
  home run chase to be legit, to be what it was, or what we all thought
  it was then. I know about all the other factors that go into more
  homeruns, but as a near baseball expert, steroids have got to be the
  biggest reason, it doesn’t make sense otherwise. And not only are all
  these records not legit, it also raises a shadow of doubt over pretty
  much every player, even pitchers. I miss the days when my all time
  favorite player, Andre Dawson, was humble and worked hard and was good
  because of his honest talent and hard work. I feel like a kid that just
  found out there was no Santa Claus.

  I’ve been thinking about something for quite some time: What does the
  Who’s “Squeeze Box” mean? When one first hear’s it, one would think its
  a song about sex, such as this chick’s fun box or vollyballs. But, see,
  I’m not so sure. When you look at the lyrics, it might actually be
  about a lady that plays the accordian. I know most rock songs are about
  sex, or metaphors about sex, and this one very well might be the same,
  but read the lyrics and you tell me, is this chick horny or just all
  about the music?

  Squeeze Box Lyrics

  Artist: The Who
  

  Album: Squeeze Box