Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for January 02, 2017

Run, Marlon, run! This is funny, he looks so happy getting his kicks.

Well, as a chubby kid he made the mistake of boasting that he was named after tough guy Marlon Brando

So of course, they all started calling him “Marlon Tubbo.”

It gave him the need to forever prove himself.

Eating steaks, smoking cigars,

hunting, fishing.

climbing Mt. Ballard in the middle of winter….

and even marrying Betsey, the prettiest girl in the senior class…

Betsey drew the line at lion hunting…

and these days it’s generally frowned upon anyhow….

But he still wants to prove he can outrace Reggie…..

Which remains to be seen.

I tell ya, he gets no respect. Nobody likes him. This is what he has to do to get the dog to play with him.

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Have a happy New Year, everyone! At least try, after this:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/30679992@N06/31211779783

I can think of a couple of other descriptions…

But, he’s a happy idiot!

The neighobrhood knows that thrill seeking is not Marlon’s objective.

It is simply the only way that he can get Rotundo, the wonder dog to excercise.