Peanuts: The Comic Strip

When I was a teenager growing up in rural Utah, I read the newspaper every day. Why? Because my dad subscribed to it, and he read it every day, so I started reading it because I figured there must be something good in there. After a while I became hooked on the news, and looked forward to my daily readings. (I still like to consume news every day now, but I have cut way back - mostly for my mental health.) Part of that daily habit, my favorite part actually, was reading some of the daily comic strips. I read a bunch of them every day: Garfield, Beetle Bailey, Hagar, Blondie, Peanuts, etc. About 20 years ago, I thought it would be fun to get back into reading daily comic strips, so I found an online site where I could do that: ArcaMax. I set up a little shortcut in my browser, and I have been reading some fun strips ever since! (It would be nice to have them emailed to me on a daily basis, but take a look at ArcaMax's policy for that - good grief! No thanks.) Garfield was probably my…