I just got into work not too long ago.  Beamed up the news of the morning, and found out that George Carlin passed away last night.  It wasn’t all too long ago that Carlin was touring, and if it wasn’t for the lack of money at the time I would have liked to have been there. 

His HBO comedy special from a few years back is the only stand-up show that I laughed through the entire time, having to watch it more than once to catch the jokes I missed while catching my breath.  While he didn’t exactly have kind things to say about religion, government or even the game of baseball, he had a way to make everything funny.  The only guy that really forced you to sit back and say, “Hey, wait a second.  He’s right!”

He lived a good life, didn’t take shit from anyone, and made a living doing it.  I think one of the saddest parts of the whole story is that there isn’t anyone that I can see filling his shoes.  Ever.  He’ll be very missed.

And thank god for DVD collections.  Even if George didn’t believe.