<div dir="ltr">I loved Alfred E. Neuman and friends -- at least until National Lampoon launched and stole my (dis)affections.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 23:02, Phil Shapiro <<a href="mailto:pshapiro@his.com">pshapiro@his.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div id="gmail-m_1720566411374860995zimbraEditorContainer" style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="gmail-m_17205664113748609952"><div><br></div><div> I learned to read using MAD magazine. My personal and cultural identity are closely wrapped up with that magazine.</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/07/04/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/" target="_blank">https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/07/04/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/</a> </div><div><br></div><div>     MAD magazine may stop publishing, but MAD itself is eternal. It is the wind blowing thru the trees, it is the</div><div>whoopee cushion on your co-workers chair, it is the prank pulled off with great flair.</div><div><br></div><div>       We are a better nation -- a better world -- because of MAD magazine.  MAD took an amorphous blob</div><div>of a country and made it into a less amorphous blob of a country. It was the precursor of all progenitors.</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_(magazine)" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_(magazine)</a> </div><div><br></div><div>                       phil</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>--<br>Phil Shapiro, <a href="mailto:pshapiro@his.com" target="_blank">pshapiro@his.com</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html</a><br><a href="http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html</a><br><br>"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>"Learning happens thru gentleness."<br><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options."  David Suzuki</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></div></div></div></div>-- <br>
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