tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5620095083359609940.post9154632912864285884..comments2024-01-21T05:00:45.737-06:00Comments on PowerOfBabel: 10 Books A Day: #9Brerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429065718316352989noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5620095083359609940.post-25477838531321944102009-04-28T19:45:00.000-05:002009-04-28T19:45:00.000-05:00He had a remarkable ability to boil down great tru...He had a remarkable ability to boil down great truths and insights into four panels with a laugh at the end. I always thought that I wanted to grow up to be like Schulz more than any other person. I still believe that I could not have set my sights any higher...Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5620095083359609940.post-21800107786043021732009-04-28T15:44:00.000-05:002009-04-28T15:44:00.000-05:00Yep.
I began learning to read when I was four yea...Yep.<br /><br />I began learning to read when I was four years old, and I did most of my "practice reading" with a stack of old Peanuts paperbacks that belonged to my mother. I essentially learned to read with Peanuts.<br /><br />My mother always used to tell me to "look it up" when I asked her what some word meant. I'll never forget how, when Charlie Brown said, "Define 'never'," I had to look up "define." Probably my first experience with irony.AlanDPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910363728370240226noreply@blogger.com