Happy birthday to Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, who was born on this date in 1904. As those of you with children in elementary school likely know, today is also Read Across America Day, an an annual reading motivation and awareness program run by the National Education Association (NEA).
I feel obliged to point out, however, that while the NEA has a fascinating and packed Diversity Calendar, worth a read, there is one major heritage month missing from it. In June. Can you guess? Harumph.
Still, the good doctor himself remains a favorite of mine even now. In honor of the event, I invite you to leave a comment with any or all of the below:
- The name of your favorite Seuss book.
- A rewritten Seuss title, giving it an LGBT theme. (Of course, One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dads
has already been done for real.) My entry, in honor of the high-protein, low-carb diet I had to be on while taking one particular fertility drug: “In Vitro Fertilized Eggs and Ham.”
- A Seuss-style stanza about your family.
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Luv Green Eggs and Ham! Dr Seuss was a Trending Topic on Twitter today http://bit.ly/98RjsK
The sun did not shine
it was too wet to play
so I said to my partner
It’s awesome we’re gay!
I sat there with Sally
we sat there we two
and we said “Since we’re gay
there’s so much we can do!”
But there’s one thing we can’t
and we’ve just got to say
“Please give us us rights:
a white wedding day!”
Love it!
(Though when I hit the first line of your last verse, I thought you were going in a turkey-basterish direction.)
It may take me ’til past Dr. Seuss’ birthday to come up with something, but dadgum it I will. I think.
I love the Mary Horton redo of How The Grinch Stole Christmas that you Tweeted (Twittered? Twote?) about: http://www.maryannhorton.com/grinch.html. Hard to top that one. :)