Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for November 01, 2017

“Boo Radley” must be a play on the name Bradley which still doesn’t make sense to me.

There’s nothing wrong with Alice that a massive infusion of sugar won’t cure.

Boo Radley???!!! Hahahaha! Poor Petey! Ah, Mr. Thompson, I miss your warped sense of humor.

Boo Radley was an important but spooky character in "To Kill a Mockingbird

At least they didn’t think he was Boo from Monsters Inc.

I confess, I never read ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’. It was on my English class reading lists several years (and I grew up in the South). But after reading ‘1984’, and suffering weeks of rat-infested nightmares, I went from reading everything on the lists, top to bottom, to only reading the bare minimum, shortest, easiest books that I absolutely had to. I still read (cleaned out a couple libraries in rural areas we moved to), but if it was on a reading list – NOPE!

I eventually came to the conclusion that this was not necessarily a good idea, but I still haven’t read quite a few books I should have.

Oh, and if anyone decides that banned books should all be read, because book-banning is WRONG!!!, that didn’t work out too well either. ‘Jonathon Livingston Seagull’ was good, but a lot of them are just boring – gave that up rather quickly.

Boo Radley was really a pivotal character in that he represented all childhood fears and misconceptions; and he provided the source of a step toward Scout’s maturity when she learned to see the world from his vantage point. A really beautiful book and an timely reminder for ALL of us who prefer to stand on our own front porches facing the woodwork.

Saw the film when it came out and thought Duvall was the most memorable performance.

Saw the film when it came out and thought Duvall was the most memorable performance.

You can say that again! Again!

Aww, Petey, it’s not that bad! You’re only in 3rd grade, eight years old. Lots of people don’t read To Kill a Mockingbird until, oh, say, 4th grade….