December 08, 2005
Happy Birthday, James Thurber!
From "The Night The Bed Fell".
James Thurber was born this day in 1894 in Columbus, Ohio. Here is a brief biography. He is easily my favorite American humorist and many of the characters and episodes from his stories, from Muggs the dog to the Get-Ready Man to the the crazy aunt who believed electricity leaked out of light sockets have found permanent homes in the rather chaotic jumble of my mind.
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You gotta love the Get-Ready Man. I wish he would turn up during graduation ceremonies, station identification breaks, bar mitzvahs, and on supermarket intercoms.
Thanks for reminding us of the birthday of a good pulmonary man. Mi mi mi.
Posted by: Matt at December 9, 2005 09:14 AM
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