Bring Hillary Back!!
What a great idea. I would totally have applied for a job there.
Such a lost opportunity...
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June 11, 2008
June 13, 2008
I Wrote A Reminder On My Hand, But It Washed Off
Cedar Rapids is apparently undergoing a lot of flooding. Here's what the County Sheriff had to say:
"We're just kind of at God's mercy right now, so hopefully people that never prayed before this, it might be a good time to start," Linn County Sheriff Don Zeller said. "We're going to need a lot of prayers and people are going to need a lot of patience and understanding."
I can just imagine his incredulous Deputy Sheriff saying, "Uhh, Don? Prayers, yeah, that's great. How about we call FEMA?"
"Damn, I knew there was something I forgot. There's a house that's about to be completely submerged -- let me get through another twenty 'Hail Marys', and I'll get right on it."
June 16, 2008
I Once Saw Him Off-Broadway. He Was, Too.
"Man, I never should have sold out. I used to do 'Hamlet'. I was grrrrrrreeeaaaaat."
--- Tony the Tiger, reflecting on his career
June 24, 2008
George, You Are Missed
George Carlin was a legend in his own time, which is amazing since that time spanned decades. The sheer volume of his comedic output was only surpassed by his incredible humour. He was rude, crude, and he had an amazing ability to strip hypocrisy and pretension away from the institutions that needed it most. Some people say that you lose your creativity by the time you reach 35, that the best art and comedy belong to the young. George Carlin proves that idea wrong. Or, as he would say, "That's bullshit, man!"
The first stand-up comedy album I ever owned was Carlin's 1981 A Place For My Stuff (it was a cassette, actually!). I listened to it countless times to the point where I'd had it memorised. I started dipping my toes into the world of drama back in high school. Back then, I was only interested in stage as a means to do comedy (as if that's changed). I participated in a monologue competition in my senior year, and I chose George Carlin's material to perform. I joined together Icebox Man and Fussy Eater, both off that album.