Bill Schubart: The curse of instruction manuals

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Bill Schubart, a regular commentator for Vermont Public Radio and the author of “Lila and Theron.” He is a former board member of the Vermont Journalism Trust, the umbrella organization for VTDigger.org. This piece was first aired on VPR.
When I was young, cursing was frowned on in our family. I was raised a Catholic and it was a mortal sin to take the Lord’s name in vain.
But I remember shocking myself one day as I led a pack of Stowe