Geezer with a Grudge: Non-Motorcycle Related, but Worthwhile

Aug 24, 2012

Non-Motorcycle Related, but Worthwhile

This is exactly what I'm talking about when I dispute the "motorcycle bigot" claim. For all you fruitcakes who name your motorcycles and imagine the damn things make you a better person, remember this: "Don't you ever, ever, applaud an inanimate object again. I believe that's why they have that section about the Golden Calf . . . in the Bible." There is no "Jesus app" on your motorcycle, whatever the brand name. It's a fuckin' inanimate object.

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The Geezer Story

I stumbled upon this column name (Geezer with a Grudge) almost 20 years ago, in 1999. The first Minnesota Motorcycle Monthly editor I worked with, in late 1999, complained that the magazine was getting no mail and the editors wanted to know if any readers were still out there. I fired off a sarcastic note, as a joke, intended to provide a little humor and some feedback. He published it as an article and later called me to say he'd received more mail on that letter than he'd received in the past year! I followed that with an offer to write a monthly column attempting to piss off a particular section of the magazine's readership to see if that tactic would generate some mail.

It did, probably more regularly than the magazine wanted at times, and I wrote a monthly column for MMM until the magazine died in 2018.

I plan to post an occasional old Geezer article into the blog, followed by short comments about the current status of my perspective on our activity/sport/vehicle of choice.