A Milestone and A Decision

The Dork Boy and The Kid have reached a major milestone, they have finished there first book, First You Have To Row A Boat. This is a touching tale of life lessons learned by learning to sail in the Great South Bay off Long Island. This obviously will warp The Kid for life, but Dork Boy thought it might lay the ground work for a love of sailing. Of course, trying this will only ensure the kid will have a great love of jet boats or something equally obnoxious. Now The Kid and Dork Boy are reading The Sun Also Rises, which Dork Boy likes for some reason. Of course, this early exposure to Hemingway probably dooms The Kid to a love of drinking, fishing, bullfighting and short simple declarative sentences.

Based on his first couple of picks Dork Boy should not be allowed to pick what The Kid reads, so The Kid turns to the internet to pick and the fancy dancy poll widget on the Blogger. There are several choices.

First, "Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone" which is clearly the key book to know to be part of the in crowd in preschool these days. Plus, being the child of Dork Boy he is going to be exposed to lots of stories of wizards and quests, so he might as well get started early.

Second, "Fever Pitch" a much better book than the craptastic movie, cause it has nothing to do with Jimmy Fallon or the Red Sox. It is about fanatical sports interest and soccer, two things The Kid will need to know about being the child of both Dork Boy and The Wife.

Third, "What It Means to Be a Bulldog: Vince Dooley, Mark Richt, and Georgia's Greatest Players" because well it's good to be a Georgia Bulldog, and the indoctrination should start early and often.

Fourth, "Leahy's Lads: The Story of the Famous Notre Dame Football Teams of the 1940s" because The Wife feels indoctrination should have some sort of equal time clause.

Fifth, "A Bear Called Paddington" because T-Bear feels this story of a bear living in London is one of the most touching stories ever. Plus, Dork Boy enjoyed it as a child.

Finally, "Congo" because Monkey feels this tragic tail of super smart monkeys brutally oppressed by their naked ape overlords is a lesson everybody should learn early.

So if you have an opinion vote early and vote often.