Blame It On the Truth That Ran Us Down

Congratulations to Mr. Sameer Mohan and Mr. John Petrelli for correctly naming "Box Full of Letters" by Wilco as the Monday Song of the Day. Longtime Song of the Day contestants may be shocked at my new found benevolence in allowing multiple winners, but as long as the people participate in the contest, I will, as Marie Antoinette might say, "Let them eat cake."

The preferred viewing during the last two weeks in the Scott household has been Le Tour De France, or as people in Texas might say, "That Big Bike Race With All Those Spandex Wearing Dudes". Either way, you know what I'm talking about and that's all that matters right now.

Today, as I watched the cyclists gut through multiple 2000 meter climbs, I thought about the magnitude of Lance Armstrong's achievement in winning 7 consecutive Tours between 1999 and 2005. Due to the unfortunate profusion of doping scandals in cycling's recent past there were always whispers and provocative stories in the press regarding Armstrong's possible doping, but as of now, there is nothing that connects the steely Texan with illegal doping.

With that said, I hope what I'm about to put forth never comes to pass, but if it does, it creates an interesting (at least in my mind) parlor game:

Let's say that in 10 years it is revealed that both Tiger Woods and Lance Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs in their primes.

Which one is the bigger tragedy*?
*Trust me, I use tragedy in the proper context given that we are only talking about sports after all.