OK, I have HAD it with minimalist shaming!!!! I love my stuff!

[niyad]

69. I think you are correct about his fiascos, although they provided me

a great deal of amusement. Yes, I am that warped!

Agree about the rest as well. It is one thing when a person cannot read, but different when they simply do not. I will always remember a friend's son, who had severe dyslexia, but worked very hard to overcome it. He called me one day when he was about 25, all excited because he had just finished reading an entire novel, and loved it. I knew the novel, so we spent time discussing it, and I was able to suggest others he might likee. He told me he felt like he had entered a whole new world. Today he is a paramedic. I remember a saying (Twain?) "To the person who does not (cannot?) read, the world is a closed book." I was so privileged to see the world open up for my friend's son.