THE COZY READERS CLUB

“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”

–Groucho Marx

Of all the facts stated about our family on this website, perhaps one of the most striking is that one of Jenny’s boys never used AI for his work in college. Such a resource was available to be sure. A natural bloodhound looking for the truth, he instead routinely spent six to ten hours per day in the university library walking up and down the stacks, moving from floor to floor. So much of college work is based, after all, on what’s already printed in books, so why not get the information straight from the source?

Otherwise, he reasons, the risk of using false information is too great.

I do have to agree with him. I’m still a novice when it comes to understanding the technology developed by the company my dad started. Once in a while I’ll use an AI bot to answer questions I have about the build of our systems. All too often, I will get an answer that’s not only wrong, but the exact opposite of the truth.

And the other boy? He inherited Jenny’s voracious appetite for books also, but he reads especially for pleasure. During his visits home, I’ll often find him lost in another world in an easy chair, completely absorbed in Jenny’s books. And, when he leaves, I’ll find the books scattered all over. Don Quixote, Dan Brown, the Bible. I love it. Multiple times, when we visit someone’s home, he will find a book and get lost between its pages. And invariably, the poor host, seeing how hopeless it would be to try to keep said book, would send Dylan home with it.

He’s also one of the two founding members of the “Cozy Readers Club”, a name Jenny coined during a trip to Australia about a lifetime ago. It was then that the two of them found themselves snuggling together on an AirBnB couch in Sydney, lost in a world of books. From that point onwards, as an invitation to read together, Jenny would ask, “Shall we convene a meeting of the Cozy Readers Club?” It’s one of my favorite questions that Jenny ever asked, as it succinctly combines her love for books with her love for her children.