The rumors have been floating around for a while now, but it looks like it’s true! Beavis and Butt-Head return to the airwaves in October! In case the exclamation points aren’t a giveaway, I am stoked about this! My level of excitement is somewhere between: Charlie Sheen in a strip club VIP room and Lindsay Lohan in a vodka distillery! Check out the video below for a sneak-peek! I laughed so hard I almost fell out of my chair when they were making fun of “Jersey Shore”! EXCLAMATION POINTS!
Albert Einstein once said that, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” I’d say over the past 100 years this has described Cubs fans pretty accurately. At the beginning of the season, out of every Cubs fan’s mouth, you hear, “This is our year. I know it.” And at the end of the season you hear, “There’s always next year.” Now the Cubs aren’t the only team that will ultimately fail in any given season. For instance, the Pirates still have fans even though they’re going to suck. That’s the difference though, Pirate fans are on board with the team even though they KNOW the team isn’t going anywhere. Cubs fans are on board even though the team isn’t going anywhere either…but Cubs fans BELIEVE they WILL win.
As Steve Goodman points out in A Dying Cubs Fan’s Last Request, “Y’know, The Law of Averages says anything will happen that can,” then he continues, “but the last time the Cubs won a National League Pennant was the year we dropped the bomb on Japan.” It’s just too bad that The Law of Averages doesn’t specify timeframes. So it’s not the Cubs fans’ fault. It’s that “anything’s possible” mentality that fuels the Cubs fans’ optimism.
That optimism is what makes being a Cubs fan a brotherhood. It’s understood that they will be brothers-in-arms against the impending scrutiny, humiliation, and disappointment. Cubs fans understand what each other is going through. They come from all walks of life and can be bitter enemies on other very important and passionate issues, such as politics or religion, but get them talking about the Cubs and they are brothers for life. It unites every Cubs fan with the others and creates a family and a support group.
So call it insanity. Call it unfounded, unprecedented, unwavering optimism. But I am always going to believe to the words that Eddie Vedder sang,
“And when the day comes
With that last winning run
And I’m cryin’ and covered in beer.
I’ll look to the sky
And know I was right to think
Someday we’ll go all the way.
Yeah, someday we’ll go all the way.”
Hello Lazer Listeners! I am now officially blogging! Be sure to check back on a regular basis!
I’d like to say that this will be an excellent place to find insightful thoughts on politics, economy, 19th century British literature, and things like that. But I’ll be honest and admit it will be mostly Hawkeyes, Cubs, Bears, and fart jokes.
