Good Advice. 09/26/25
/“It’s good advice, that you just don’t take.” That’s a line from Alanis Morissette’s album, “Ironic,” in which none of the stanzas are actually ironic. It’s also good advice about any advice I am about to part. That said, I have some advice. Don’t blame people for stuff you did. My brother visited a house that my wife and I rented this past summer. We try to keep the place neat. I looked at a cabinet drawer that had jelly smeared on the handle. When I called my brother out and told him to be more careful, he said, “I didn't have any jelly for breakfast.” Turns out I had a piece of French bread with cream cheese and jelly on it. The culprit was me. After I apologized profusely, I thought every time John or I screw up, at least there’s usually a comic in it. And of course I will try to be much neater the next time. Try being the operative word.
Our other comic deals with marriage advice, which I am equally unqualified to give. So thank goodness for John. I have read “how to” articles about the secrets to a successful marriage and have followed none of them, but my wife and I have been married for 41 years, so there’s that. I mean a little hidden love note would be sweet, but as one of our readers,Wayne Reising said, asking for cottage cheese actually should count as a love note since lasagna made with 2% milk fat cottage cheese tastes just as good as ricotta without all the fat. He’s got a good point, but personally I’d rather get a note saying “C’mon home right now, you burning hunk of love,” though nobody I know would ever speak like that. It’s just my imagination that one feels better than being asked to pick up 2% cottage cheese. Although that beats a note I once got asking for white miso paste which took me 25 extra minutes of searching, asking two different employees where to find it, and being looked at by those employees as if I had two heads, only to be told, “We don’t carry that.” So let’s review the rules: Worst request - white miso paste, better request - 2% cottage cheese, best request - burning hunk of love.
That’s it for this week, I’m on my way to pick up some avocado oil.
Have a great weekend,
Andy and John