Why Do I Bother?

This song has been running around in my head for a few weeks now and it took me a while to remember who it was. Alan Parsons is probably one of the strangest artists/producers/engineers in the music business. This video from the 70’s confirms it. Inexplicably, It seems to be loosely based on “I Robot“, the book by Isaac Asimov.

I love this song and I can think of a few people in my past who I would love to send the lyrics (or at least a similar sentiment) to in a letter. I’ve included the lyrics below. Enjoy the video.

Lead vocal: lenny zakatek

If I had a mind to
I wouldnt want to think like you
And if I had time to
I wouldnt want to talk to you

I dont care
What you do
I wouldnt want to be like you

If I was high class
I wouldnt need a buck to pass
And if I was a fall guy
I wouldnt need no alibi

I dont care
What you do
I wouldnt want to be like you

Back on the bottom line
Diggin for a lousy dime
If I hit a mother lode
Id cover anything that showed

I dont care
What you do
I wouldnt want to be like you

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“How big is your wiener?” I actually said this to the girl at the food booth at Costco today. Let me explain …

My boss let me in on this game that he plays with his son a while back. The object is to get the other person to say or do something embarrassing in a public place. It’s like a dare.

For example, last time we were in Costco (Costco is a large membership only warehouse store that sells just about everything in bulk, for those of you not from around here) I dared him to ask the clerk to gift wrap the 6 cases of soda cans that we were buying for the youth picnic. He did it without batting an eye. On another occasion I dared a co-worker to tell the waiter at the Chinese restaurant that he had forgotten to bring our chips and salsa, he chickened out. The game goes back and forth like that and there is usually a bet attached.

Today at Costco I told my boss after completing his purchase of an umbrella, that I was going to make him ask if the umbrella worked in the snow as well as in the rain since it didn’t say anything about snow on the package. I chose not to use the dare because I wanted to think of something more embarrassing.

Costco has a food booth that sells Polish Dogs and Pizza slices and being near lunch time my boss says, “I’ll buy you lunch if you ask the girl how big her wieners are.” Heh … free lunch. No problem.

So I’m looking for dares that push the envelope without putting us at risk for arrest. If you have any ideas, or can tell me about a dare you once suffered or dealt out just leave me a comment below.

By the way, thanks for being patient with me during the long break from blogging. It has been a busy summer!

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Here’s some more recent pictures of the deck. It’s finally finished except for the stairs! I got it all done in time for one big party before summer was over. Now it will sit dormant until party season returns again.

The two boys in the pictures are my nephews Joe and RJ. It was a real treat to have them stay with us for a couple days and I was glad to have a little help carrying the decking from the driveway to the back yard. I couldn’t ask for better nephews, I sure love them both!

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