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Article: NEVER BITTER, NEVER BEST; HERE'S TO YOU, CHARLIE BROWN.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- December 17, 1999
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Byline: Dave Addis
Charlie Brown is just a little bit older than I am, but he has aged much better. He started out round, and remained round. I started out narrow, but I get rounder as time goes by.
Charlie Brown never got wrinkles, either, or any balder than he already was. His knees didn't creak. He never had to watch his dog get old and die, as the rest of us did.
Well, life's just unfair that way. Which is the indelible lesson that Charlie Brown and his friends taught us every day for half a century: Sometimes, things just don't work out the way you'd like them to. Often, in fact.
In tune with that message, it's unfair that Charlie ...