Going on Record

I want to go on record and state that my love of all things Seuss has developed over many years. My affinity towards The Grinch started long before "the new Grinch" and I became enamored with The Cat way before Mike Meyers strapped on a tail.

Ted Geisel (his real name) is not only a childhood hero of mine, but the adult-child can still recite every word of "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" and such gems as "I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful 100 percent". Seuss had a way of writing that was intriguing for children, but allowed for a certain amount of mischievousness and attitude that an adult cannot help but appreciate. And while I am thrilled that I can now purchase more Seuss related items to add to my collection of seussiphenalia (many of them sadly bearing the "official movie merchandise" seal) I'm torn between the blatant commercialism, (not to mention green and white Cat hat's emblazoned with pot leaves -- but we won't go there). The New Cat hawking cleaning products in a recent television commercial??  

It makes me lose sleep at night! 

I tell you, it's just not right!