{"id":39,"date":"2010-03-02T11:09:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2010\/03\/seussian-questions.html"},"modified":"2010-03-02T11:09:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T11:09:00","slug":"seussian-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2010\/03\/seussian-questions.html","title":{"rendered":"Seussian Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 450px;height: 355px\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.trb.com\/features\/family\/parenting\/blog\/seuss-big.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Today is the birthday<\/span> of Theodor Geisel, who was born on March 2, 1904. I was a huge Dr. Seuss fan when I was a kid. His <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0394800761?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jasoboye-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0394800761\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Happy Birthday to You!<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic\"> <\/span>remains one of my favorite books of all time. Its illustrations bring back a whole bunch of warm, fuzzy memories. It&#8217;s my <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madeleine_%28cake%29\">Proustian madeleine<\/a>, if you&#8217;ll allow me to make such a nerdy English major allusion.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I figure today is a good day for some reader feedback and discussion. Thus, three questions for you to answer in the comments:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">1. What is your favorite Dr. Seuss book?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">2. What is your favorite breakfast food?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">3. What bad habit are you proudest of having broken?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>My answers kick things off below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the birthday of Theodor Geisel, who was born on March 2, 1904. I was a huge Dr. Seuss fan when I was a kid. His Happy Birthday to You! remains one of my favorite books of all time. Its illustrations bring back a whole bunch of warm, fuzzy memories. 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