FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for December 02, 2013

If it were me, I’d do either Spain’s finest Cervantes’ “Don Quixote” or France’s finest Hugo’s “Hunchback of Notre Dame.”

Use this as a distraction while Roger has some real food delivered.

Compared to what Andy usually makes, curried spinach doesn’t sound that bad.

Actually, War and Peace is only no. 16 in Wikipedia’s list of longest novels.

Hmm. I didn’t think even Andi’s cooking would force Paige to read something she’d consider long and dry. She’ll run out of breath eventually and have to start eating.

She’s filibustering the meal.

I definitely need to take notes when reading Dostoevsky or Tolstoy if I am to have any chance of keeping track of the characters. But they’re still worthwhile reads (though the “War” part of W&P was surprisingly dull; thank heavens the “Peace” was so splendid). In reading Hunchback & Les Mis, though, I was surprised to find Mis far more enjoyable than Hunchback. I generally find stage and screen adaptations of Les Mis to be dull, but loved the book; I love stage and screen adaptations of Hunchback but found the book to be tedious. So… I’ll happily try the curried spinach but with, hmm, a shorter Tolstoy novel.

My Parents didn’t force me to eat things I didn’t like, even if the food was served for a family meal. I know how that sounds. Unfortunately (for me) the food served was the only food available to eat. In other words if I chose not to eat what was served for that particular meal no other food was available until the next meal. Also there was at least a good chance the offending fare would also be served again. Unless it was breakfast or breakfast was the next meal. I reluctantly learn many lessons under these draconian conditions, that have served me well in life.