Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for December 11, 2023

who needs a dog to eat the homework if you have Vince

Vince is a barbarian.

Vince finds he has an abundance of fire starting paper.

And that’s why the Ballard Street Library shredded his library card.

Maybe Vince calls it “reading.” I’d just start with “vengeance,” and consider the possibility of an imminent book burning.

Try that with an ebook.

Vince has Dyslexia of the hands.

Evelyn Woods’ speed reading at max warp drive.

He saves a lot of money by not purchasing bookmarks.

What did that poor book do to him?

Book abuse! Book abuse!

Vince really needs to apply some anger management and lighten up on what subjects he follows. Maybe avoid politics altogether?

Vince is not welcome in my house, I have BOOKS. Lottsa books.

When he reads a book, it stays read. “What do you mean by ‘reread’?” he asks.

Good morning Balladeers!

Vince does not need to wet his thumb to turn the pages…………!

There once was a fella named Vince,

whose book-reads make everyone wince.

He went on a tear, now no-one would dare,

loan him a book ever since…

Vince is nervous about the upcoming removal of his appendix.

Decades later, Vince still retains the all-time Evelyn Wood Speed Reading Course championship title.

Vince is one of those that sees no need to use a bookmark to mark his place.. only unread pages are in his books. And, as a bonus there is always lots of paper to start the morning fire to make tea.

Vince doesn’t want to hear about going paperless.

Who says reading can’t be a spectator sport?

He’s also not allowed to mess with electronic books.

now that’s what I call speed reading!!

That’s one way of getting to the last page of a whodunnit.

Great tongue action! :)

Was he like a cat or a dog in an earlier life?!

I guess he’s not real pleased with the automated editing they’ve been doing to books.

vince secretly enjoys bodice rippers, too…

Vince tears through books like a shredder gone haywire.