I do miss Vic. Oehser's good at what he does, but I legitimately learned a couple of life lessons from reading Vic. The first, of course, was attention to all the details of a given situation. The second was even more amusing to learn. Back during the great Tebow craze, the Ask Vic inbox was being bombarded by questions about #15. Vic finally had enough of it and said that if he got one more Tebow question, there would be no Ask Vic the following day. Of course, someone asked a Tebow question, Vic answered it by saying that there would be no column the following day, and chaos ensued. The following Monday, when Vic returned, he pointed out that he didn't walk for a day because of Tebow. He had a doctor's appointment, and the Tebow question was an inevitability no matter what he said or did. The underlying point on his part was that we should all make a habit of stepping back and asking why before getting mad. It's a bit of advice that's served me well over the years.

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