Odd-looking clowns with freakish makeup? Check. TB-riddled elephants forced to perform unnatural balancing feats? Check. Sound turned up to earbleed? Check. PETA handing out leaflets afterward? Check. Probably the one and only day you'll spend with your kids at the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus? Priceless.
As for written entertainment, the best book I've read in a long, long time has absolutely no words. It's called Robot Dreams and it's the first graphic novel I've ever read. I checked it out from the library for Greta, but I ended up reading it twice, and crying both times. A masterpiece and a great gift for that person whose close friendship you've never been able to replicate.
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