The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for August 09, 2022

We can hear the echo

“I, the Jury”

That’s a good one, Brutus. Oh, not Gatsby! One of my biggest rejoicings when I retired was that I wouldn’t have to teach Gatsby again.

I was thinking of Daphne Du Maurier’s “Rebecca”.

Seuss is my favorite poet. And the pictures are awesome too. His books are genius. For teaching children to read, the rhyming is great as a tool, children remember the rhyme and get so encouraged by knowing the next word. My Mother taught me to read with them and my children and 2 great grandchildren. Mom’s gone now so I will be using his books on the latest bundle of joy shortly. Gabe is 6 months old.

Or “Little Yip Yip Big Bark.”

Brutus is actually right. With classics I only read Gatsby once and that’s because the teacher made me and I never want to read it again. With Seuss, I reread him at least twice in my childhood, and then I reread him to my 2 children twice, and again to my grandchild once, and if I have a great grandchild I wouldn’t mind rereading him for what’s that the 7th time.

I want to re-read Heinlein’s Time Enough For Love but I’d need a book lover’s month. And thanks for the reminder… if the National Book Festival is on for this year, I’ll look into volunteering.

I was thinking of Penn’s “Those Who Love” ot Chaim’s “The Chosen”. I’m afraid I’m not into the all time classics of Gladys unless you count my childhood favorite of London’s “Call of the Wild.”

Dick and Jane was my favorite.

national book lovers day? does that mean the person gets to find a book about themselves somewhere… actually, I wouldn’t mind reading a Dr Seuss’s book… which one though. Green eggs and ham! :D

hop on pop has a more intricate plot line…

Wait. Didn’t the GOP ban Dr. Suess?

The BFG.

I have a whole box of children’s books, for when I ‘entertain’ the grandchildren. I have a selection of Eric Carle books, that came with a stuffed animal, based upon the story. Theses were my eldest grand-daughter’s favorites. I would have her bring me a book and she held the stuff animal, while I read it to her. Her favorite, was the “The Lamb and the Butterfly.” She got an appreciation of the time and effort it took to reading to her, when I asked her to read it to me, when she got older.

Kids today ask: What’s a book?

How about Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth

I set a good example for my child by reading often myself. We sometimes used to just read nearby each other before bed. I miss those days. I still read every day. Her school once called me when she was in middle school asking me if I knew my child was reading books about witches. There was a common series of them, I read them first to be sure she was OK for them. So I told the school that I was fine with her reading the books and why did they have a problem with the fact that she was voluntarily reading books? Then they pushed to tell me that they though she was practicing witchcraft. I was at work and had no time for that garbage. I said, “You do realize that wicca is a religion, right? Our city is supposed to be inclusive of all religions. I am not saying that my child is a wiccan, but are you discriminating against her? If so, you will most likely end up paying for her college education.” More was said, calmly on my end, and child was never again challenged by the school for reading books she enjoyed. She also had a class in middle school where the teacher asked everyone who believed in god to put their hands up. That time I called the school. She also assigned homework that required having a bible handy. My child was one of just maybe 2 or 3 who got those questions correct. The rest weren’t able to find the answers in the textbook.

I was thinking more on the lines of “Catch 22” .

A classic indeed. However, if you have a little more time also read my favorite, The Cat in the Hat….

Brutus Thornapple, the only man who would think that Theodor Seuss Geisel, ranks up there with the great writers such as Hemingway, Faulkner, Woolf, Fitzgerald, Steinbeck and so many others.

I’m with Brutus. Too many of the others are happening, now.

Atta boy Brutus, spread the knowledge!

“The Big Hungry Bear and the Red Ripe Strawberry” should have made the list by now. ;)

I love to read. One of my favorite books is James Michener’s “The Source.” The way in which he wrote historical fiction based on an archeological dig was just brilliant.

I’d be looking for a thin pamphlet…

Now There’s a classic.

I’m trying to read Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’ but it’s almost like reading a foreign language %

Gotta keep it simple for Brutus.

Glad he’s sticking with the classics.

His speed.

I still haven’t recovered from his estate’s shelving Scrambled Eggs Super. It was one of our favorites when I read to my daughters every night.

Well, that’s good opportunity for Brutus to share the read with Wilberforce.

When I was in the Air Force years ago I got stationed in northern Italy and not knowing anyone there I decided to read some of the classics I should’ve read in high school.  One of them was “A Farewell To Arms” and it is one of my favorite books.  I was in the place where most of the story takes place and I was already familiar with many of the town names.  What really makes me laugh is when i first got there some of the guys were talking about the “campfire girls”, i.e. prostitutes, that were in Conegliano. In the book, when they are retreating, the women are in a truck and a guy asks the driver where he’s taking them.  The driver answers “Conegliano!”

“A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.” – Robertson Davies, Journalist, playwright, professor, critic, novelist. Along a similar vein, MyHero, how about “Where the Sidewalk Ends”… Shel Silverstein, RIP.

One of my favorites is “Gulliver’s Travels” by Jonathan Swift.

“A person’s a person, no matter how small.”