random babble…

I know. That comes as a huge surprise to many of you out there (if i have any readers left after disappearing for so long). Some of you may recall a little news bit…something about some coffee place closing some stores.

What? You have heard? OK, good, we are on the same page there. Read more »

George Carlin, 71, died yesterday of heart failure.

What an incredibly great loss.

George Carlin was on my short list of people I would like to meet before I die, with Spalding Grey, the Dalai Lama and Alice Cooper. I have reasons for my desire to meet each one, and I have noticed the list of possibilities is growing shorter.

When I was younger and more naive I was appalled at the things that Carlin used to say in his shows. There was a time when I thought he was offensive. As I grew up in body and spirit and mind the things he would say in comedy began to poke at me and would actually make me think about the things I believed. To this day, I try to practice his wise words from one of my favorite stupid 80s movies of all time, “Be excellent to each other”.

His “Seven Words” act is one of the things he is most well known for among people who didn’t follow him that closely, and even got him a footnote in the legal history when the Supreme Court ruled that playing his act on a radio broadcast during hours when children could be listening was not OK.

I personally loved his pokes at religion. I have my reasons. I loved him in Dogma for a lot of the same reasons.

I will leave w/ this clip, that I have posted before, b/c aside from being amazingly hilarious, he also had a way w/ words that I found profound.

We will miss you, George. And I am sorry I never got the chance to finish my list.

a very special congratulations are in order to this year’s Stanley Cup Champions.

good to know that while i am away Hockeytown still has it.

rock the fuck on!

i really just needed some good news!

being former military i often reflect on the past four years.  it was a huge part of my life, a life in which the Kid has grown from infancy into childhood, in fact i am pretty sure that all of her memories are of our life in the military to present.  when i reflect on that part of my life i think about all of the great things, like the incredible education i received, the people i have met, and the amazing places i have and still do live.

i also think about the less savory things that were a part of that life. Read more »

here is a quick video of the Kid’s school participating in Earth Day from KHNL News in Honolulu.  Sadly, i was working (what is up w/ work?  it gets in the way of all the fun stuff!), but at about :45 in you can see a quick glimpse of the Kid!

i can’t say enough how awesome this school is.  in addition to excellent academics, they teach social responsibility and character education!  this kind of thing just makes my heart swell.  it’s no wonder the Kid never wants to leave at the end of the day!

i am a little late, i blame this silly thing called work that gets in the way of my blogging, on sharing this news, via Ojibway Migisi Bineshii:

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names voted 11-2 on Thursday to rename Squaw Peak in Arizona for Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman who died in action in Iraq. Read more »