I love George Carlin. His was the first celebrity death to really hit me (not the first of my life by a long shot, but the others were just 'oh, a person died')
There is something refreshing about people who tell the truth and don't hold back. We miss them when they go. I miss Molly Ivins, Kurt Vonnegut, and John Updike, too.
I love the comment he made about when you scratch a cynic you find a disappointed idealist. Absolutely! But it seems if there is one kind of person that is generally held in greater contempt than a cynic, it's an idealist.
Pffff! What a dreamer! Head in the clouds! Peace, love and understanding - right! GET A JOB!
And then they go back to making pancakes and scratching their balls with the newest cell phone.
Half of a sermon, anyway :)
ReplyDeleteI love George Carlin. His was the first celebrity death to really hit me (not the first of my life by a long shot, but the others were just 'oh, a person died')
Yeah, half a sermon.
ReplyDeleteThere is something refreshing about people who tell the truth and don't hold back. We miss them when they go. I miss Molly Ivins, Kurt Vonnegut, and John Updike, too.
I love the comment he made about when you scratch a cynic you find a disappointed idealist. Absolutely! But it seems if there is one kind of person that is generally held in greater contempt than a cynic, it's an idealist.
ReplyDeletePffff! What a dreamer! Head in the clouds! Peace, love and understanding - right! GET A JOB!
And then they go back to making pancakes and scratching their balls with the newest cell phone.
Then there's the corporate mindset ad immediately following . . .
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