Happy Birthday, Charlie Brown

 Around 71 years ago--on October 2, 1950--Charlie Brown was introduced to the world.

An unidentified bystander spots Charlie approaching. "Good Ol' Charlie Brown!" "Ol' Charlie Brown--yessir!"

Charlie passes--beaming.

And the bystander whispers--"Charlie Brown.....How I *hate* him!"

It's so startling to hear this final sentence. And there is no explanation--because hatred, like other passions, sometimes grows out of absolutely nothing. For example, having never seen "Ted Lasso," I have nurtured a deep hatred for "Ted Lasso." Good Ol' Ted Lasso--how I hate him!

This makes me think of great "Charlie" lines...."My anxieties have anxieties...." "Last night, I dreamt that somebody loved me...." "I'm even too tired to cry....."

Happy Birthday to Mr. Brown.