i've always been slightly unsettled by his works. even as a child, "cat in the hat" never sat well with me. and that's that. why? why should i harbor ill feelings for the nation's most beloved author of children's books? dr. seuss has no respect for authority. or conventional rhyme structure. or words at all. "what rhymes with hurfelpurfel? hmm... oh well, i made that up, i'll just make up something else too!" GENIUS! 95% of those suckers are just random gibberish that only makes sense with the illustrations, and they're kind of scary. speaking of scary, might i add that a lot of those crazy chimeras he's calling into being are destructive, or rowdy, or otherwise not overly friendly? yes. take for instance, the cat in the hat. that guy is trouble waaaaaaaaaaiting to happen. no respect for authority or conventions! he doesn't care about the giant mess he's making. and mom is gonna be home soon, and oh no this is going to be terrible!!!! does he not care about the awful anguish he's putting me through???? geez. i mean, geez. if i just made up a bunch of words and drew some creepy pictures and sold them to kids, do you think i'd be a bazigillionaire? no, no i wouldn't. they'd just call me crazy. i hate you "dr. seuss" if that is your real name and i suspect that it is not!