Month: June 2008

The game is over (Spain, 3-0), and I’m back to work — but not before I waste time with the latest meme.

Rules: Post 3 things you’ve done that you believe nobody else on your F-list has done. See if anybody else responds with “I’ve done that.”

Three things I’ve done:

1) Served on a fundraising board with John F. Kennedy, Jr. (Briefly — in fact, odd story: the day he died I was scheduled to meet with his staff to discuss his intentions to get even more involved.)

2) Sang harmony for Julie Caitlin Brown — at her request.

3) Provided expert testimony in an Intellectual Property lawsuit.

Not sure how I missed this before.

Watching the semifinal Euro 2008 game between Russia and Spain — and I spot a tattoo on Spanish striker Fernando Torres’ left arm. I’m so used to disliking Torres (he plays for Liverpool in the EPL) that I never noticed: The boy’s a GEEK!

Check the tat:

Yup. “Fernando” spelled out in Tolkien’s tengwar elvish.

Love it.

“….Because you have to be asleep to believe it.”

George Carlin passed away, as you all know by now. Expect that everybody and their dog will be talking about his “7 Words” sketch, his “toilet humor”, his language.

What I doubt anybody will talk about is how, over the past couple of decades, his content began to drift — becoming less and less stand-up comedy and more and more direct, to-the-point social criticism. He recognized that he was in a position to say these things because he had an audience, and the jokes became much less important to him.

So, my favorite bit of Carlin provides the quote that begins this post. His absolutely spot-on editorial (because let’s face it, that’s what it was) about those who OWN this country:

Rest in Peace, Rufus.