If you were anything like me growing up, you thought books were for jive talkin’ turkeys with a ruler stuck up their ass. HA! Well, the irony is now I presumably read for a living—and by “presumably” I mean you presume I read what goes into the Mercury and this blog every week when in reality I don’t and could give two shits.
Hmmm… where was I? OH YEAH! Anyway, when I was a kid I would occasionally watch Reading Rainbow, which almost inspired me to give reading a try, but didn’t because all the books they recommended were jive-ass bitches. But if Reading Rainbow was anything like the following video? I’d be readin’ all up in that shit.

Reading Rainbow does Mein Kampf after the jump.

Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.)