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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.
As much as some people hate construction, I love seeing cranes downtown. Look at any pictures of China, or even the UAE, and you’re bound to see cranes building something. Whether or not they’re appropriately using resources isn’t the point. The fact is that they’re building – not just resting on history and what-not.
So, seeing this news in today’s PD gets me pretty pumped. Not only does the name “Jacobs” remind me of a winning baseball team, but it’s a good sign that one of the better busisnessmen in the area thinks building would provide benefit.
Plus, we could use some buildings that do not have boards on the windows. That’s always a plus.
I remember a few years ago, I used to play this computer game called “Civilization” where you were trying to start a civilization in ancient times, and you had to fight off raging hordes and build villages and learn new technologies and all of that … it was a pretty fun game in a geeky sort of way. But what I remember most is that there was this cheat mode on it where you could automatically own all the new technologies and you could have as much money as you wanted … so, basically in cheat mode these raging hordes would come at you with clubs and spears, and you could smite them with military helicopters and guided missiles and atomic bombs. That’s what I think it’s like to be a Red Sox and Yankees fan.
Joe Posnanski, be thy name. Meanwhile, my Indians have dropped nine of ten. Sigh.
Fans Who Boo Loudest, Suffer Least [Joe Posnanski]
No player on the Cavaliers makes me as nervous as Anderson Varejao when the ball is in his hands. Thankfully, the big man channeled his inner “Z” last night and tore of the Celtics over the final few minutes.
My man Rick has an excellent recap over at WFNY… Highly suggested.
Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Varejao [WaitingForNextYear]
Taylor Buckley. 18-year old kid. Murderer.
I know…rare is it that I double-post, but this Friedman piece is worth checking out, regardless of partisanship.
No doubt that energy policy is going to be a HUGE component of the whole ‘platform’ this summer. Especially each week that you find yourself at the gas station, filling up you premium-gassed guzzler. I really have to sit back and decide for myself what I think is the best.
At first, Hillary’s “tax the big guy” stance seemed adequate. But Friedman puts that in a different light.
No, no, no, we’ll just get the money by taxing Big Oil, says Mrs. Clinton. Even if you could do that, what a terrible way to spend precious tax dollars — burning it up on the way to the beach rather than on innovation?
The McCain-Clinton gas holiday proposal is a perfect example of what energy expert Peter Schwartz of Global Business Network describes as the true American energy policy today: “Maximize demand, minimize supply and buy the rest from the people who hate us the most.”
Keep in mind that Friedman was in Bill Clinton’s cabinet – so he’s not exactly Hill-bashing here…
Just food for thought.
What do the Cavaliers and Hillary have in common? Both needed a game-changer yesterday, yet both fell short.
By now, you should have heard about the whole “Costas Now” spat between Buzz Bissinger (author) and Will Leitch (blogger). If you haven’t do a YouTube search, I’m sure it’s there.
And while I apologetically have not posted here much, I felt that a comment regarding the issue deserved some more attention. It’s not often the blogs link to comments, eh? Either way, AOLSportsblog commentor “Steve Body” let his thoughts be known. Check them out here:
I’m in my mid-50s and worked as a journalist for many years. As such, I could be expected to do a back-slapping apology for Buzz Bissinger and try to explain away his bombastic sermon as a traditionalist flailing against technology. The truth is that Bissinger’s rant is as old as journalism itself and was NEVER justified by anything. It’s simple bad manners and arrogance and should be treated as such. One of the reasons I’m not a journalist, anymore, is that I got fed up with that stiff-necked, down-the-nose attitude that says that writing is a sacred quest, best left to the professionals and NEVER to be entrusted, in any form beyond the occasional letter to the editor, to the Great Unwashed. Young writers lucky enough to be hired by a newspaper or magazine were expected to shut the F___ up for a decade or so and learn from their betters, conveniently ignoring that the vitality of their imaginations is exactly what the veteran writers so frequently lack. They worship structure and correct form and most manage to pack in about as much emotional content as the nutrition info on a Twinkie. There are a lot of Bissingers out there, lacking only an invitation to Costas’ show to find their own spectacular meltdown on youtube. Will Leitch, writing on deadspin, showed what I thought was remarkable restraint in his handling of Bissinger’s baloney, saying how much he liked his books and how he really hoped that whatever was eating Buzz would heal up soon. It won’t. What NOBODY – well, that’s an exaggeration: very few – veteran journalists refuse to understand is that writing was ALWAYS man’s primary means of expressing himself in any way that has permanance. Spoken words rely only on the hearer’s memory and receptiveness. Writing is far more permanent. And back when we all scratched our wisdom on stone tablets, anyone could play. Then, along came ink and presses and, for 600 years, it was the sole provense of those who owned those resources. With the internet, the written word is finally back in the hands of those who were supposed to own it in the first place: YOU and ME. Certainly, there are utter fools and jackasses who write blogs, just like there were fools and asses who owned and edited newspapers. But there is also an OCEAN of witty, funny, thoughtful, wise, touching content that deserves to be written AND read…and, at long last, we can ALL find it – IF we’re not too lazy. Bissinger, for all his talent, lives in that country-clubby past…and he rails at Leitch as being the “future”? Guess what, Buzz? The future is here NOW.
It’s not every day that you’ll find someone of “Steve’s” demographic willing to take this stance. You’ll have to pardon the lack of spell-check on Steve’s part, but you get the picture. For the original post, head here.
Judge Hugh Bennett released a summary of his ruling Monday but had withheld the full judgment until the outcome of Mills’ appeal.
Bennett on Monday ordered McCartney to pay Mills 24.3 million pounds ($48.6 million) in their divorce.
Mills had sought an award of nearly 125 million pounds ($251 million), the court said, while McCartney proposed 15.8 million pounds ($31.6 million).
So, if I read this right, this Mills woman lost the court hearing and only came out with $50 million. Must be rough. Part of me wonders if John Lennon is somewhere, laughing hysterically.
But as Chris Rock put it best, McCartney “ain’t starvin’.” But he would understand…
Even though my name is neither Eliot, Spitzer, nor Kristen, I still think that I would attend this event – for full price – had I reside in Macon, Georgia. How can you go wrong with around-the-clock Sinatra?
Music announce plans for Eliot Spitzer night [Macon Telegraph]
