--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > I didn't take it that way.  I was just sending you some props. 
> > Although I have never regretted my own choice not to raise kids, I
> > have huge respect for people who do.  Double props if your kid needs
> > some extra help to make it in the world.
> > 
> > 
> 
> My son should be getting his first paycheck as a TV script-writer next month 
> at the age 
of 
> 20. I look at where he is now, and where he was 9 years ago and I'm 
> overwhelmed. 
> 
> Maybe I did something right?
> 
> Or at least, not too-wrong?


On the other hand, we knew he was something special, even back then:


The Sad Tale of Busty Wusty

Busty Wusty was a cat. 
Busty Wusty had a hat.
Busty Wusty sailed away.
Do you know where he is today?

Dr. Seuss, he may be dead.
His lawyers are still being fed.
Busty Wusty was subpoenaed.
And fed to the lawyers like hyenas.

Busty Wusty, he was tried.
Plagiarism  he denied.
But the lawyers, they were crafty
And the settlement was nasty.

Busty Wusty lost the case.
Mice he could no longer chase.
Although Busty tried and tried.
His settlement was ratified.

Now Busty Wusty is in jail.
Talks with us only through the mail.
How do I know this sad, sad tale?
Guess who has to pay his bail?

--Copyright Phil English, 1996 (age 11).

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