I have always been a George Carlin fan, so hearing the news of his death was a bit of a disappointing way to begin the work-week. I watched his HBO specials regularly read a couple of his books. As a tribute, purloined from YouTube, I leave a couple of classic George Carlin bits for you to enjoy:
George Carlin: Baseball and Football
George Carlin: On Religion
George Carlin: The Seven Words
Tagged Entertainment, George CarlinAfter a whirlwind week in which both Wednesday night and Thursday night into early Friday mornings were long days, I have been relaxing for most of the weekend. Yesterday was spent with friends at an evening barbecue, and the ribs (extemporized about here) were quite tasty. Alas, I had to leave earlier than I wanted to on account of a commitment I made to someone else for their party in the city.
I think I need to go enjoy a brunch somewhere, but the question is where in this fair city do I wish to do brunch? The weather is nice and sunny, and I think I need to go enjoy it! I will have to see who I can gather up for such an outing on such short notice.
Tagged Baltimore, PersonalAs I finally finished The Andromeda Strain,* I can now turn my attention to one of the great reasons for this time of year. Yes, indeed, it is time to immerse myself in barbecue. Specifically, thanks to the largesse of NPR Junky, I am now reading through The Barbecue! Bible by Steven Raichlen.
In the words of the immortal Homer J. Simpson, “Mmmm…..BBQ“
Tagged Barbecue Bible, Books, Food, Weber GrillIn my recent rash of book reading, I finished 24 and Philosophy. One of the essays–”How the Cell Phone Changed the World and Made 24″–details the effect that modern technology has in our harried lives.
One of the more interesting quotes from the essay was:
“We understand the necessity of schizophrenia, quadrophenia, or
whatever it takes to get you through the night. And we only understand
this because we have the necessary accessory to the splintered
life, the cell phone.The phone that keeps us together. Keeps our illusions tabulated.
Keeps our data, our dates, our birthdays, our important memos, our
urgent must-do lists. Keeps us amused with games in between all that
seriousness.”
So, for all of the benefits that modern technology–and the cell phone–have brought us, it has also made our lives more splintered. We are always expected to be available at all times. We have indeed made a Faustian bargain with these little things we use every day.
Tagged 24, 24 and Philosophy, TechnologyI have coined a catch phrase of sorts at the office. In some discussions when we are talking about an issue or some interesting process, I have taken to uttering “Well, that’s a steaming pile of awesome.” After really getting some traction with it, I decided to see if the domain name was available.
Alas, steamingpileofawesome.com was not available. Looks like I might have to settle for an alternate.
While not as entertaining and ubiquitous as FAIL has become, I think it could certainly earn its own niche.
Tagged Entertainment, Rants, Work
