Monthly Archives: February 2022

where’s john nance garner when you need him?

“Knowing something is a bad idea does not always decrease the odds that you will do it.”— hank green, “an absolutely remarkable thing” — There’s an old saying about how you should never make your morning coffee until you have … Continue reading

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uncle bob

I was smitten with those shoes. The year was 1979. The shoes were Onitsuka Tigers. The Uncle was Bob. I had just taken up “jogging,” a thing people were doing at the time because roller disco required too much work … Continue reading

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badger bob’s list of insanity symptoms

done and done.

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you win thumb, you lose thumb

Mo came home recently clutching her left hand after a crash on her bike. She thought she might have broken her left thumb in the fall. I assured her if she had broken her thumb, she would know it. Probably … Continue reading

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brothers, part 36

What do you do? What CAN you do? You skype and you laugh and cry and eat some pie and remember. OK, in reality only the Oregon guys had pie and they weren’t sharing. I don’t like these people. Please … Continue reading

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