First Prev - Breath of the Disappointment - The war In Ukraine plods on - Comics Class - Cooking School - Hot Shiitake - Messengers - This is War - That giant fish - Anime in the Woods - Yo Dawg, I hear you like Cabin in the Woods - Vegetarian serial killer - PUSH - Country strong - Taking a quick trip - The Unforgivable Man-Bun - Cold vibes - How about them Packers? - Me and my big mouth - Howdy there, Internet people - A Winner is Therese - Escape from Bowl Winkle's - No Packers, No Watch - TenCent - The pet owner's dilemma - Twin subarus - The dead of night behind The Pickle - When he's sober - After concert field trip - White people taco night - That guy - Reunion - Mural - Impastor! - Chalk Rattery - The Job Situation - When he was a youngster - Student Housing - It's still talking - Morgan's amazing dreamcoat - Lasso! - CAT BUTT - Them Coulee Boys - That time everybody died - Calories and Covid - Stay Puffed, my friends - Phoenix burning - The music that changed my life - Transplant - Don't Look Up - Call Center - Cancun - Sportsball - Milk disposal - Stomach gurgling - Need stuff - Slow Laptop - Padawan - Ice Road - Swetest - Justice - Escape - Resolutions - Restaurant Review - Brave and cheerful - Running in moon boots - Nelson's Deli - Dad Joke Punch - The morning after - New Years Eve - Pickle - Anarchist Energy - Ah-Mee-Kron - Eff this - Arby's - Christmas Day - EEEEEEE - The Patriarchy - Sparrow - At Work - An early Christmas gift - Direct hit - Berens - Learning to be Italian - Monsoon - Subaru Train - Riding the dragonfly - Stargate - Atheist - Ride - The fall of Bitcoin - Bitcoin Stonks - The Panhandle - Not Helpful - Cartoon - Waiting - Bourbon - Catch Up - Leftovers - Studded - Mort returns - The most magical time of the year - Paninis - Turkey Vampire - Thanksgiving, 2021 - Meme - Heave Ho - Spectre! - Cloak - Venture - Remember this? - Weirdmageddon at last - Weirdmageddon is coming - Mother's day - BIEBER! - Steven Seagal - O Scandinavia - Tycoon - Matthew is alright - A sock full of quarters - Turtles! - Quarterbacking - Where everybody knows your name - Alan's bike shop - Casper the Friendly Drunk - Vidya games - T-Swift FTW - Things I don't understand - Alan's solo trip - I try to blame Therese - A real tomato - Jewish heritage - Wholesome times at Racys High - The woke mob - Bughouse - Resigned - Band-aid - Table - Wilbur is the king of his castle - Game with the squid - Springtime in Fall - Pancake - Old School - Talks Business With my Father - Tears of joy - Jungle Jim's - The Onion-ification of History - Ferguson's Orchard, Part 3 - Weekend at Ferguson's, Part 2 - Weekend at Ferguson's - Infirm - A Real Tomato - Referential - Hy-Vee - Contact - Kentucky Fried Road Trip - Ivy League - Getting older - Night shift - Science!! - In the panhandle - Accents - Jungle - F**k Eric Clapton - A Career Consult - Long day - Cat Call - The machine stops - A Meme Reading - Retro George - Avoiding controversey - Hitler in a toga - What's a Snapchat? - Zoomin - Adorable - Same hair - The night and morning after - The Great Twinkie Burn - Trunk Slamchest - Cajun boil and pathos - Danger Croquet - Danger on the high lakes - Alan discovers Barnes - 9 to 5 - Blue Ox-- BAH! - Crises in the backyard - The Covid shot blues - For Science - Wag's! - John takes a chance - Many happy returns - The Spreadsheet Mines - Reconnecting with Anu - Grand Reopening - The Joynt returns to Eau Claire - Too old to care - Full of hope - Farm to Fork - A soft, almost inaudible reopen? - Cookie-Tunes - The housing market is... - Popcorn avalanche - Pan-Fanservice - Space Jammin! - World on fire - John heard it on Alex Jones - Small town politics - A Loving Swug - Don't eat that! - Mystery Science Theater 3000 FTW - Survival skills - A cop - Backdoor to Narnia - Not very woke - Medical "practice" - Welcome to the future - The liquor license plot thickens.... - George Cares for His Mother - George on the Road, Part 2 - A Boy and His Subaru - Szechuan surprise - Showering in the basement - Extreme cabin-ing - The morning after - Weird drawers - Therese, explosives and muinitions expert - Blackberry pie - Ripping a huge fahrt - Callback! - Sunbathing and shade bathing - Comics and beer... on the river - This trip to the beach blows - Slaying the demon car - Blackberry pie - Fireflies - Biking! - Therese Badinov - Korean, American Supper - Converter-jacking - Clunky, CLUNKY backend software - Will Wilbur re-open? - And... safety! - Running from the Hennepin County mounties - GET BACK - Even right-wingers in Minneapolis film the police - Look to your right - Reality sets in - B-Dubs - Believe - Blackout - The Winston Boogie Smith Protest, Part 1 - Wilbur is no quitter - The Dobsonfly Menace - Baker's Plight - Callback! - The Marvelous Mr. Moffat - Back to the grind - More signs of the Covid era easing - You can't take the Missouri out of John - All in the family - A history and art lesson - Cat's in the bag - Modern art - Cat door - Was that a stop sign? - I'm an artist too - Dark Kermit! - I am (not) Batman - Heather Hugs - Come together, right now - The pandemic slowly lifts - The orange challenge that nobody asked for - Young love - Spider-Man - The Jog Life - Interociters - Basic self-care goes to Washington - My superpower - Camping with Therese - Hobbes the human - Nightmare fuel - Townie bars - The parade of weirdo bikers - The (unnamed) second-richest man in town - Meet Terence's family - Our future leaders - Oyster bound - At least we're not in Iowa - Hair tie - Tree hugger - Masking - Lilac heist busted - Science at Racys - Lord of the Avocados - John's dad - Stabby - Sunburns - And still more science! - Zefrank FTW - Parasite - First Date - SNAKES! - The good old days in the shallow, dirty south - Another reopening? - Meet the (narrator's) parents - Racys Reopens - Wilbur's Storyline Thickens - Drunk History - Therese returns to her family cabin - Soft Reopen! - Food buddies - Morgan's new job - Therese, reunited - Long-lost - Old Country Buffet 4ever (or not) - Davise - Outsiders to art - SHE LIVES - Chauvin takes the fall - One year, no haircut - Health regained - Car talk - The perils of Crystal Cave - Southe'n Cousin - Alvin Green strikes again - Black lives really DO matter - Bran 'n' Bikes - Sick of snow - I'd like to check you for ticks - The road to indy comics - Family reunion! - Christine Anderson Karma - Anu, Epilogue - Wilbur will never be THAT old! - Anu, Part 3 - Anu, Part 2 - Anu, Part 1 - I don't draw so good - A meeting of the cliques - Good bike news and bad bike news - Nut allergy - Space Jammin' - Growing old and dying in a tavern together - George takes good care of my baby - The fountain (actually a well) of immunity - Belle's drawings - Leg or Arm? - Lake Altoona Beach - Content Expertise - Olive Garden - Homeless day shelter - Spring better have sprung - Life's work - A thousand points of light for the homeless man - Movie night! - Smoke em if you got em - Ah, single parenthood - Career freedom - More birthday talk - Naggy Jewish Mothers and Birthdays - Pandemic Pals on the Road to Wellness - Decades of blissful (un)marriage - PJ, the non-vaxxer - First jabs! - Confessing my soda bread sins - Simpsons Forever! - Cardio and playgrounds for the soul. - Life's to short for sharing - Soda bread is harder than it looks... at first. - That one Racys regular... - All vegetable diet gettin' real - Wilbur contains multitudes - Home-bound! - Homeward bound - In fact, go see a Star War or two (or three) - The Great British Bake-Off Caper - Not-Straight in the 90s - Zelda 35! - Late winter sledding! - How history will remember this - Pets of all stripes - The Covid shots start to roll in! - The people in the comic read the comic in the comic - Goodbye old Subaru... but not goodbye forever - Goodbye Subaru (and hello new Subaru) - Squirrels are not so cute, really - Fighting the Covid good fight - The old couple in the bar - Satan's Cake - Milk Dud Peanut Butter Balls - Post-surgery and reality TV (the good, non-American kind) - Jog on wood - Strange cake - Cool Runnings! - A dog and his boy - Heather makes an album - The sweets of mid-winter - What a time for a coffee shop to be takeout only! - The darkest heart of winter - The REAL dog days of winter - A new member of the family - The Dog Days of Winter - Sketchy AirBnB - The before times! - Early 2021 supply chain blues - Wisconsin: Where -10 is too warm - A new lockdown hideout - True Crime in Eau Claire, WI - The legend of Oscar - My son tells a joke - FLAME THROWERS - (Not) taking Therese's dad out for drinks - A banal tour - Surgery recovery buddies - Encounter at the Asian market - Of parenting and other things - Pain solidarity - Heather gets some news of Therese - Career Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs - Electric blankets and take-out - More Covid electric blanket parties - George comes home - On the home stretch with Mr. Robot - Good times with Ben Sidran - Deep thoughts with my son - George hits the road - Dream donuts - Remembering Krispy Kreme - Wilbur doesn't show his age - January 6 4ever - Catching up with Belle - Career Day - Weird weather and homesickness - Catching up with Therese - Bri Squared - Beach blanket party (well,not exactly...) - In the words of the great Baba Fats - Jan 6 Begins - Therese's pit crew - Isolation for everyone - Never as bad as it appears - Midterm surprise - Living the Blog Life - Minnesota Bound - Upper Midwest Road Trip! - Mr. Robot! - Good news for the new year - MANDO! - The new wonder years - A New Years miracle - Waiting for a (soon to come) miracle - Therese's liver transplant comes through. - Covid-safe high school reuinion - A Magical Christmas Near Death Experience - A Christmas Yoga - A 90s nostalgia Christmas - The people in the comic read the comic in the comic - Transferred to a third hospital - In and out of lucidity - Good night - A sudden sense of hope - A tender moment against a sad backdrop - Heather brings the hope - Meet the family: The Epilogue - Fear and loathing for Christmas - Adopt-a-cat - Belle has her own "meet the parents" moment - I finally attempt to draw the Witch King - Therese gets the "meet the family" report - Therese's dad, the doctor - Helicopters! - Meet the family! - Matthew makes a house call - Good music in a closed down bar - Billy Joel and an actual fire - I forgot who the Witch King was! - One Punch Man! - Fussing over a friend - The foreshadowing comes to a head - LASIK BEAMS - The Covid war - Naps and donuts - It's true. Cats are weird - Two old music lovers muse about Adele - The lockdown sneaks indoors - Friendship and Vaccines - Chariots of Exhaustion - The metamorphosis - GROGU?? - Korean by way of Spanish, couched in English - Crossing death's path in Red Wing - Red Wing, here we come! - A strange Thanksgiving repast - Hair in an Era of Covid - Not all who wander are lost - 'MERCA - Pseudoscience in an era of fake news - Managing expectations - It's science! - Sk8er Boi - Meet the press - More fond memories of the late Eric the White - Oh, Chesterton! - A Covid-era virtual funeral - Our departed, omni-present friend - Superskate! - Eric the White's Unofficial Wake - The death of Eric the White - Great moments with Eric the White, Part 2 - Great moments with Eric the White, Part 1 - Sk8 skooled again - Sk8 skooled - Into the blunderdome - Cheshire grin - Baked potato energy - Done running for the season(?) - Run 4 Life - Trump era politicking - Trump tantrums - Shelter from the storm - A walk in the park is no walk in the park - SPOILER: Trump Didn't Pull Through - Candy corn! - The Halloween Rush - Therese is ready to stop the steal - Go climb a tree - Therese's Gunshow - "Tomorrow this day's madness did prepare." - Recovering from not-Covid - The first Covid death in my circles - Hard decisions - Suspended disbelief - Macho names and head shops - Video Game Nostalgia - Boys are weird - Knock on Wood - Winter is coming - The beauty of the Great Resignation - Heather moves on up - Wilbur nixes the first Covid-winter warmth plan - How DO you stay warm when all indoor spaces are Covid-closed? - First snow - The fall of Therese - BONK - Heather takes requests - Heather draws a crowd - Heather throws an impromptu concert - A local zine - Therese's Kitchen - Disney Princess Laser Tag - The Teacup Ride: Small Town Wisconsin version - Bruised, slightly gross apples deserve love too - Callback Saturday - Ferguson's Orchard: Year One - A mother and child reunion - Remember when Donald Trump got Covid? - There is a cheater among us - Impromptu wake for Chuck's dad - Chuck's dad passes - Therese has nerves of STEEL - Jogging in crocs - A very debatable debate - Therese and Matthew's horrible, no good, very bad week - Trump regime blues - Planning for a safer world - Heather and Matthew talk shop about spirits and death - Heather really is the best - Staring into the Trump-Era abyss - Online gamers among us - Covid gets politicized - Allies exchanging highly sensitive information - Language exchange - Faint pre-pandemic memories of The Grossest Water Park - Fine dining again, FINALLY - More reflections on the Big Smoke - One last dad joke on the beach - Therese: Toxic Avenger - Final 2020 Trip to Big Falls: COLD - The big smoke finally reaches Wisconsin - A lazy fummer day on the East Hill - Therese and Matthew both had epic weeks - First Covid scare, first Covid test - Occupado - Shirtless Dave - Venturing back into Racys - Matthew pays it forward - Wilbur and Matthew's cup-heist - Therese gets ready to slay the dragon - The true horror of student housing - Return to the Murder Car! - Belle joins the protest remotely - When the shouting ends.... - Never forget Jacob Blake. Never forget any of them!! - The charming stench of the Chippewa River - A Magnolia and His Dog - Listening to some Kinky Friedman - Wilbur is still closed for business - A visit to Carl and Belle's backyard - Saying Goodbye to MortKev - The birds, the bees, and the dragonflies - Backstreet on the Chippewa River - Tubing on the Chippewa River, Part 3 - Driving to Phoenix Park in my 2003 Subaru Crap-Forester - Meeting Kev and Morty at the Hobbs boat landing to go tubing - Caleb rules the lake - MURDER CAR - I am (apparently) Therese's spirit animal - SWIMMING in a cold late summer rain - Boating in a cold late summer rain - Lions and tigers and wolves, minus lions and tigers - I really do hate spiders - Sweaty Velvet, Part 2 - Sweaty Velvet, part 1 - The Rice Lake Gorilla - Roadkill Blues! - Josh has counted up the cost, and he knows the sacrifice - An awkward run - Casper the Friendly Ghost in my cemetery?? - The central truth of pandemic safety - Catching up with Heather - The Big Sick - Introducing Carl - Aww, NUTS! - Fear and Loathing in Forest Hill Cemetery - Therese: Butterfly whisperer - My superhero origin? - Wilbur's jukebox - Enter Wilbur and Jennie - How does she do that?? - Fire ants at Beaver Creek Reserve - Rock Trick! - Morgan gets my "old man" pop culture reference - True Facts about Beach Towels - Therese: Horsefly slayer - Therese gets me to take the plunge! - Therese's devil horns show a little - Differences in adulting - Caleb dives into a giant blender - Approaching the fireworks grand finale - Fireworks! - Therese and Caleb Reunite - Enter Josh - Shoo fly, shoo! - Dodging injury at Big Falls - Big Falls! - Matthew imagines a zombie apocalypse in the midst of an actual apocalypse - Lockdown 2020: Outdoor Tables at Racys - Mooch gets a truck - Meet Mick! - The stroll across Eau Claire, Wisconsin's East Hill Continues - Heather and I take a Covid-lockdown stroll on the East Hill in Eau Claire, WI - And so, my rapid weight loss begins. - Beaver Creek Reserve, Part 3 - Beaver Creek Reserve, Part 2 - Tubing, Part 3: The Sad, Weird End - Tubing, Part 2: Things start to go off the rails. - Tubing!! - "How do we know she is a witch?" - DON'T SHAVE YOUR HEAD! - Heather needs some confidence - And then, Chauvin killed George Floyd - The Way of Clover - Introducing George - Caleb presages the Great Resignation - Fitness in the Age of Covid - That's a Mood, Second Downer Page - That's a Mood, Page 1! - Therese's Good Deed - Last but not least, meet Therese - Introducing Heather - Introducing Caleb - Introducing Belle Next Last First Prev - Breath of the Disappointment - The war In Ukraine plods on - Comics Class - Cooking School - Hot Shiitake - Messengers - This is War - That giant fish - Anime in the Woods - Yo Dawg, I hear you like Cabin in the Woods - Vegetarian serial killer - PUSH - Country strong - Taking a quick trip - The Unforgivable Man-Bun - Cold vibes - How about them Packers? - Me and my big mouth - Howdy there, Internet people - A Winner is Therese - Escape from Bowl Winkle's - No Packers, No Watch - TenCent - The pet owner's dilemma - Twin subarus - The dead of night behind The Pickle - When he's sober - After concert field trip - White people taco night - That guy - Reunion - Mural - Impastor! - Chalk Rattery - The Job Situation - When he was a youngster - Student Housing - It's still talking - Morgan's amazing dreamcoat - Lasso! - CAT BUTT - Them Coulee Boys - That time everybody died - Calories and Covid - Stay Puffed, my friends - Phoenix burning - The music that changed my life - Transplant - Don't Look Up - Call Center - Cancun - Sportsball - Milk disposal - Stomach gurgling - Need stuff - Slow Laptop - Padawan - Ice Road - Swetest - Justice - Escape - Resolutions - Restaurant Review - Brave and cheerful - Running in moon boots - Nelson's Deli - Dad Joke Punch - The morning after - New Years Eve - Pickle - Anarchist Energy - Ah-Mee-Kron - Eff this - Arby's - Christmas Day - EEEEEEE - The Patriarchy - Sparrow - At Work - An early Christmas gift - Direct hit - Berens - Learning to be Italian - Monsoon - Subaru Train - Riding the dragonfly - Stargate - Atheist - Ride - The fall of Bitcoin - Bitcoin Stonks - The Panhandle - Not Helpful - Cartoon - Waiting - Bourbon - Catch Up - Leftovers - Studded - Mort returns - The most magical time of the year - Paninis - Turkey Vampire - Thanksgiving, 2021 - Meme - Heave Ho - Spectre! - Cloak - Venture - Remember this? - Weirdmageddon at last - Weirdmageddon is coming - Mother's day - BIEBER! - Steven Seagal - O Scandinavia - Tycoon - Matthew is alright - A sock full of quarters - Turtles! - Quarterbacking - Where everybody knows your name - Alan's bike shop - Casper the Friendly Drunk - Vidya games - T-Swift FTW - Things I don't understand - Alan's solo trip - I try to blame Therese - A real tomato - Jewish heritage - Wholesome times at Racys High - The woke mob - Bughouse - Resigned - Band-aid - Table - Wilbur is the king of his castle - Game with the squid - Springtime in Fall - Pancake - Old School - Talks Business With my Father - Tears of joy - Jungle Jim's - The Onion-ification of History - Ferguson's Orchard, Part 3 - Weekend at Ferguson's, Part 2 - Weekend at Ferguson's - Infirm - A Real Tomato - Referential - Hy-Vee - Contact - Kentucky Fried Road Trip - Ivy League - Getting older - Night shift - Science!! - In the panhandle - Accents - Jungle - F**k Eric Clapton - A Career Consult - Long day - Cat Call - The machine stops - A Meme Reading - Retro George - Avoiding controversey - Hitler in a toga - What's a Snapchat? - Zoomin - Adorable - Same hair - The night and morning after - The Great Twinkie Burn - Trunk Slamchest - Cajun boil and pathos - Danger Croquet - Danger on the high lakes - Alan discovers Barnes - 9 to 5 - Blue Ox-- BAH! - Crises in the backyard - The Covid shot blues - For Science - Wag's! - John takes a chance - Many happy returns - The Spreadsheet Mines - Reconnecting with Anu - Grand Reopening - The Joynt returns to Eau Claire - Too old to care - Full of hope - Farm to Fork - A soft, almost inaudible reopen? - Cookie-Tunes - The housing market is... - Popcorn avalanche - Pan-Fanservice - Space Jammin! - World on fire - John heard it on Alex Jones - Small town politics - A Loving Swug - Don't eat that! - Mystery Science Theater 3000 FTW - Survival skills - A cop - Backdoor to Narnia - Not very woke - Medical "practice" - Welcome to the future - The liquor license plot thickens.... - George Cares for His Mother - George on the Road, Part 2 - A Boy and His Subaru - Szechuan surprise - Showering in the basement - Extreme cabin-ing - The morning after - Weird drawers - Therese, explosives and muinitions expert - Blackberry pie - Ripping a huge fahrt - Callback! - Sunbathing and shade bathing - Comics and beer... on the river - This trip to the beach blows - Slaying the demon car - Blackberry pie - Fireflies - Biking! - Therese Badinov - Korean, American Supper - Converter-jacking - Clunky, CLUNKY backend software - Will Wilbur re-open? - And... safety! - Running from the Hennepin County mounties - GET BACK - Even right-wingers in Minneapolis film the police - Look to your right - Reality sets in - B-Dubs - Believe - Blackout - The Winston Boogie Smith Protest, Part 1 - Wilbur is no quitter - The Dobsonfly Menace - Baker's Plight - Callback! - The Marvelous Mr. Moffat - Back to the grind - More signs of the Covid era easing - You can't take the Missouri out of John - All in the family - A history and art lesson - Cat's in the bag - Modern art - Cat door - Was that a stop sign? - I'm an artist too - Dark Kermit! - I am (not) Batman - Heather Hugs - Come together, right now - The pandemic slowly lifts - The orange challenge that nobody asked for - Young love - Spider-Man - The Jog Life - Interociters - Basic self-care goes to Washington - My superpower - Camping with Therese - Hobbes the human - Nightmare fuel - Townie bars - The parade of weirdo bikers - The (unnamed) second-richest man in town - Meet Terence's family - Our future leaders - Oyster bound - At least we're not in Iowa - Hair tie - Tree hugger - Masking - Lilac heist busted - Science at Racys - Lord of the Avocados - John's dad - Stabby - Sunburns - And still more science! - Zefrank FTW - Parasite - First Date - SNAKES! - The good old days in the shallow, dirty south - Another reopening? - Meet the (narrator's) parents - Racys Reopens - Wilbur's Storyline Thickens - Drunk History - Therese returns to her family cabin - Soft Reopen! - Food buddies - Morgan's new job - Therese, reunited - Long-lost - Old Country Buffet 4ever (or not) - Davise - Outsiders to art - SHE LIVES - Chauvin takes the fall - One year, no haircut - Health regained - Car talk - The perils of Crystal Cave - Southe'n Cousin - Alvin Green strikes again - Black lives really DO matter - Bran 'n' Bikes - Sick of snow - I'd like to check you for ticks - The road to indy comics - Family reunion! - Christine Anderson Karma - Anu, Epilogue - Wilbur will never be THAT old! - Anu, Part 3 - Anu, Part 2 - Anu, Part 1 - I don't draw so good - A meeting of the cliques - Good bike news and bad bike news - Nut allergy - Space Jammin' - Growing old and dying in a tavern together - George takes good care of my baby - The fountain (actually a well) of immunity - Belle's drawings - Leg or Arm? - Lake Altoona Beach - Content Expertise - Olive Garden - Homeless day shelter - Spring better have sprung - Life's work - A thousand points of light for the homeless man - Movie night! - Smoke em if you got em - Ah, single parenthood - Career freedom - More birthday talk - Naggy Jewish Mothers and Birthdays - Pandemic Pals on the Road to Wellness - Decades of blissful (un)marriage - PJ, the non-vaxxer - First jabs! - Confessing my soda bread sins - Simpsons Forever! - Cardio and playgrounds for the soul. - Life's to short for sharing - Soda bread is harder than it looks... at first. - That one Racys regular... - All vegetable diet gettin' real - Wilbur contains multitudes - Home-bound! - Homeward bound - In fact, go see a Star War or two (or three) - The Great British Bake-Off Caper - Not-Straight in the 90s - Zelda 35! - Late winter sledding! - How history will remember this - Pets of all stripes - The Covid shots start to roll in! - The people in the comic read the comic in the comic - Goodbye old Subaru... but not goodbye forever - Goodbye Subaru (and hello new Subaru) - Squirrels are not so cute, really - Fighting the Covid good fight - The old couple in the bar - Satan's Cake - Milk Dud Peanut Butter Balls - Post-surgery and reality TV (the good, non-American kind) - Jog on wood - Strange cake - Cool Runnings! - A dog and his boy - Heather makes an album - The sweets of mid-winter - What a time for a coffee shop to be takeout only! - The darkest heart of winter - The REAL dog days of winter - A new member of the family - The Dog Days of Winter - Sketchy AirBnB - The before times! - Early 2021 supply chain blues - Wisconsin: Where -10 is too warm - A new lockdown hideout - True Crime in Eau Claire, WI - The legend of Oscar - My son tells a joke - FLAME THROWERS - (Not) taking Therese's dad out for drinks - A banal tour - Surgery recovery buddies - Encounter at the Asian market - Of parenting and other things - Pain solidarity - Heather gets some news of Therese - Career Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs - Electric blankets and take-out - More Covid electric blanket parties - George comes home - On the home stretch with Mr. Robot - Good times with Ben Sidran - Deep thoughts with my son - George hits the road - Dream donuts - Remembering Krispy Kreme - Wilbur doesn't show his age - January 6 4ever - Catching up with Belle - Career Day - Weird weather and homesickness - Catching up with Therese - Bri Squared - Beach blanket party (well,not exactly...) - In the words of the great Baba Fats - Jan 6 Begins - Therese's pit crew - Isolation for everyone - Never as bad as it appears - Midterm surprise - Living the Blog Life - Minnesota Bound - Upper Midwest Road Trip! - Mr. Robot! - Good news for the new year - MANDO! - The new wonder years - A New Years miracle - Waiting for a (soon to come) miracle - Therese's liver transplant comes through. - Covid-safe high school reuinion - A Magical Christmas Near Death Experience - A Christmas Yoga - A 90s nostalgia Christmas - The people in the comic read the comic in the comic - Transferred to a third hospital - In and out of lucidity - Good night - A sudden sense of hope - A tender moment against a sad backdrop - Heather brings the hope - Meet the family: The Epilogue - Fear and loathing for Christmas - Adopt-a-cat - Belle has her own "meet the parents" moment - I finally attempt to draw the Witch King - Therese gets the "meet the family" report - Therese's dad, the doctor - Helicopters! - Meet the family! - Matthew makes a house call - Good music in a closed down bar - Billy Joel and an actual fire - I forgot who the Witch King was! - One Punch Man! - Fussing over a friend - The foreshadowing comes to a head - LASIK BEAMS - The Covid war - Naps and donuts - It's true. Cats are weird - Two old music lovers muse about Adele - The lockdown sneaks indoors - Friendship and Vaccines - Chariots of Exhaustion - The metamorphosis - GROGU?? - Korean by way of Spanish, couched in English - Crossing death's path in Red Wing - Red Wing, here we come! - A strange Thanksgiving repast - Hair in an Era of Covid - Not all who wander are lost - 'MERCA - Pseudoscience in an era of fake news - Managing expectations - It's science! - Sk8er Boi - Meet the press - More fond memories of the late Eric the White - Oh, Chesterton! - A Covid-era virtual funeral - Our departed, omni-present friend - Superskate! - Eric the White's Unofficial Wake - The death of Eric the White - Great moments with Eric the White, Part 2 - Great moments with Eric the White, Part 1 - Sk8 skooled again - Sk8 skooled - Into the blunderdome - Cheshire grin - Baked potato energy - Done running for the season(?) - Run 4 Life - Trump era politicking - Trump tantrums - Shelter from the storm - A walk in the park is no walk in the park - SPOILER: Trump Didn't Pull Through - Candy corn! - The Halloween Rush - Therese is ready to stop the steal - Go climb a tree - Therese's Gunshow - "Tomorrow this day's madness did prepare." - Recovering from not-Covid - The first Covid death in my circles - Hard decisions - Suspended disbelief - Macho names and head shops - Video Game Nostalgia - Boys are weird - Knock on Wood - Winter is coming - The beauty of the Great Resignation - Heather moves on up - Wilbur nixes the first Covid-winter warmth plan - How DO you stay warm when all indoor spaces are Covid-closed? - First snow - The fall of Therese - BONK - Heather takes requests - Heather draws a crowd - Heather throws an impromptu concert - A local zine - Therese's Kitchen - Disney Princess Laser Tag - The Teacup Ride: Small Town Wisconsin version - Bruised, slightly gross apples deserve love too - Callback Saturday - Ferguson's Orchard: Year One - A mother and child reunion - Remember when Donald Trump got Covid? - There is a cheater among us - Impromptu wake for Chuck's dad - Chuck's dad passes - Therese has nerves of STEEL - Jogging in crocs - A very debatable debate - Therese and Matthew's horrible, no good, very bad week - Trump regime blues - Planning for a safer world - Heather and Matthew talk shop about spirits and death - Heather really is the best - Staring into the Trump-Era abyss - Online gamers among us - Covid gets politicized - Allies exchanging highly sensitive information - Language exchange - Faint pre-pandemic memories of The Grossest Water Park - Fine dining again, FINALLY - More reflections on the Big Smoke - One last dad joke on the beach - Therese: Toxic Avenger - Final 2020 Trip to Big Falls: COLD - The big smoke finally reaches Wisconsin - A lazy fummer day on the East Hill - Therese and Matthew both had epic weeks - First Covid scare, first Covid test - Occupado - Shirtless Dave - Venturing back into Racys - Matthew pays it forward - Wilbur and Matthew's cup-heist - Therese gets ready to slay the dragon - The true horror of student housing - Return to the Murder Car! - Belle joins the protest remotely - When the shouting ends.... - Never forget Jacob Blake. Never forget any of them!! - The charming stench of the Chippewa River - A Magnolia and His Dog - Listening to some Kinky Friedman - Wilbur is still closed for business - A visit to Carl and Belle's backyard - Saying Goodbye to MortKev - The birds, the bees, and the dragonflies - Backstreet on the Chippewa River - Tubing on the Chippewa River, Part 3 - Driving to Phoenix Park in my 2003 Subaru Crap-Forester - Meeting Kev and Morty at the Hobbs boat landing to go tubing - Caleb rules the lake - MURDER CAR - I am (apparently) Therese's spirit animal - SWIMMING in a cold late summer rain - Boating in a cold late summer rain - Lions and tigers and wolves, minus lions and tigers - I really do hate spiders - Sweaty Velvet, Part 2 - Sweaty Velvet, part 1 - The Rice Lake Gorilla - Roadkill Blues! - Josh has counted up the cost, and he knows the sacrifice - An awkward run - Casper the Friendly Ghost in my cemetery?? - The central truth of pandemic safety - Catching up with Heather - The Big Sick - Introducing Carl - Aww, NUTS! - Fear and Loathing in Forest Hill Cemetery - Therese: Butterfly whisperer - My superhero origin? - Wilbur's jukebox - Enter Wilbur and Jennie - How does she do that?? - Fire ants at Beaver Creek Reserve - Rock Trick! - Morgan gets my "old man" pop culture reference - True Facts about Beach Towels - Therese: Horsefly slayer - Therese gets me to take the plunge! - Therese's devil horns show a little - Differences in adulting - Caleb dives into a giant blender - Approaching the fireworks grand finale - Fireworks! - Therese and Caleb Reunite - Enter Josh - Shoo fly, shoo! - Dodging injury at Big Falls - Big Falls! - Matthew imagines a zombie apocalypse in the midst of an actual apocalypse - Lockdown 2020: Outdoor Tables at Racys - Mooch gets a truck - Meet Mick! - The stroll across Eau Claire, Wisconsin's East Hill Continues - Heather and I take a Covid-lockdown stroll on the East Hill in Eau Claire, WI - And so, my rapid weight loss begins. - Beaver Creek Reserve, Part 3 - Beaver Creek Reserve, Part 2 - Tubing, Part 3: The Sad, Weird End - Tubing, Part 2: Things start to go off the rails. - Tubing!! - "How do we know she is a witch?" - DON'T SHAVE YOUR HEAD! - Heather needs some confidence - And then, Chauvin killed George Floyd - The Way of Clover - Introducing George - Caleb presages the Great Resignation - Fitness in the Age of Covid - That's a Mood, Second Downer Page - That's a Mood, Page 1! - Therese's Good Deed - Last but not least, meet Therese - Introducing Heather - Introducing Caleb - Introducing Belle Next Last Author notes The Spreadsheet Mines MattDavise on March 12, 2023 AUGUST 2021, EAU CLAIRE, WI: Ever since this conversation, I've started referring to my own job as "the spreadsheet mines." 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