Cowboy Confessional

It is good to know that humor has a place in everyday life, and in this case it is the Day by Day comic strip by Chris Muir.

For the sake of full disclosure, Chris and I were childhood friends, and in recent years stumbled upon one another. Seems there is something about growing up in Florida that tends to breed free thinkers and folks with a libertarian bent. Though Chris demurs (which is not to be confused with de-muir, the act of removing Chris himself) and avoids promoting his name (he thinks it detracts from his characters) and since he includes many political voices in his strips, he has quite a following among politically aware people on the right, up the center, and those like me who are exploring regions entirely off the map.

It also doesn’t hurt that Chris’ characters have pithy personalities and that all his women are good looking.

For me though it is the humanity of his characters that is enchanting. The strip above is a sample. I had stepdaughters , and they were “coming of age” while I was in their lives. This strip reveals what every father goes through at some point — the stark realization that he knows exactly what teenage boys are capable of, and that violence against them (or at least the appearance of potential violence) is a viable tactic.

With a presidential election year in full swing, I suspect Chris will have more material for his strips than he can use. I kinda hope Hillary wins the Democrat primary … the Day by Day strips will be too good to ignore.

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