Ur QnA 4 2day: Dads

Add to Favorites

Caption photo "Gender Roles by Age 5"... Add to My Favorites:
Puppies, Kittens and Babies (I really should have been a politician!);
The English Language (I know, not kewl, but I was reading College Level in 6th grade, so...);
Rock Critics (I'm an ex);
Comics (Ok, I admit it, I only added this one b/c my dad was a Silver Age Creator);
Music from the 50s thru the 90s (from Hank Williams thru Kurt Cobain -- ask me, I probably like it);
Classic Comedians (Chaplin, Buster Keaton, vintage Woody Allen);
Absurdist Authors (Mark Twain, Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson, Abbie Hoffman)

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Sh*t My Dad Says

Today's Q: Are all geniuses pricks?
My A: My dad (who was a Silver Age Comics Creator, among his writing credits) once told me, "I can't be a genius, Pam, because I've read the biographies of several geniuses, and they all left their wives, two-timed their friends, neglected or ignored their children. They were all pricks, and I'm not a prick. At least, I don't think so." It was, actually, the God's-honest truth about Dad; he was a mensch, the nicest genius you ever knew -- but, in my opinion, nonetheless a genius (or he wouldn't have co-created GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY).
So, today's Q: Are all geniuses pricks?
Time for you to weigh in...