Today is the 40th anniversary of Garry Trudeau's "Doonesbury" column.
In about 1985 Trudeau took a sabbatical, and I realized how much I missed him. I was living in Germany for my fifth year, and was jonesing for the States. When he returned in a year, I decided that I'd cut out each strip (usually from the International Herald Tribune) and save them.
For 25 years, I've been faithfully saving them in plastic bags. I have thousands and thousands of them in my basement. Don't know why. it's gotten so that I can't function until I've saved today's "Doonesbury."
Just listened to a nice, but short, interview of Trudeau on NPR.
I hope he keeps it up for another 40 years!
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