He hopes to someday get far enough ahead in the strip to allow for him and his wife to serve a mission together. I would like to follow Charles Schulz' pattern and drop dead at my drawing board someday. More Interesting Tidbits Earl Pickles is Brian's favorite character. Earl and Opal have the personalities of his wife's parents. Brian served a mission from 1968 to 1970 in Uruguay.
Pickles is their last name, but it also is an old-fashioned term.
Getting into a pickle means you are in a predicament or funny situation. I liked that. Brian has three older sisters and one younger brother. He was able to met Charles on several ocassions. Access 1 billion records and thousands of online images of genealogical records.