The Noble Johnsons

Friends and neighbors it has become increasingly apparent that certain Johnsons in the world are sullying the good name of Johnson for the rest of us. It is in that spirit that my good friend and fellow Johnson Bryan and I have decided to create this blog to both condemn Johnsons who have besmirched our good name and to celebrate the good works of Johnsons the world over.

While there will be plenty of time to admonish the poorest of Johnsons, and we will do that, today, in this inaugural post, I'd like to, very briefly, celebrate one great Johnson: my dad. (A longer post to come either around his birthday or the next fathers day.)

Besides aiding in the creation of yours truly, William "Bill" Johnson is the model by which all Johnsons should measure themselves. He is both a smart and funny man, who, unlike Christopher Columbus who has a fucking holiday in his name, has NEVER committed mass genocide.

It is for those reasons and many more (to be enumerated in the future) that I hereby propose that we, as a nation, refuse to celebrate Columbus day--all he did was "discover" a well inhabited place and kill the inhabitants--and in its stead we honor a real Noble Johnson on William Johnson Day.

I propose we still get the day off.