[at-l] Carlin: One of the best...

[Sloetoe]

Wow. Can't believe we're George-less. An American treasure.

A bunch of years ago, I was shocked to not be able to recall *all* of The Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television, and so I bought a Class Clown cd to replace my cousin Alan's vinyl lp that had had the grooves played off of it so many years before. In listening to the cd, I was shocked at how much better George Carlin's vocalizations were than I had remembered them to be -- how much surprise, indignation, anger, disingenuous-ness (*there's* a word) he was able to mutter, shriek, cajole, and howl into a microphone. I hear him in my own ear to this day -- the Hippie Dippy Weatherman, Muhammad Ali, The Seven Words, all the Catholic irreverence... And then hosting Thomas The Tank Engine, and of course Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure, and right up to Brain Droppings. 


HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay them.

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. An idle mind is the devil’s workshop. And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it’s family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don’t take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Some classic thoughts...
http://www.jokeswarehouse.com/cgi-bin/viewjoke2.cgi?id=20050602
A recent performance...
http://technorati.com/videos/youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DhWiBt-pqp0E