George Carlin has died

Was sad to hear the news this morning that George Carlin had died. The first comedy record I ever purchased - and yes, those of old enough to remember, you used to buy the comedy routines on records, sometimes even 8 tracks if you liked Belle Barth (but that's another story) - so the first comedy album was indeed George Carlin. I listened to CNN this morning and all they can talk about is his 7 words you can't say on television routine. While that was indeed a newsmaker, there is so much more to his body of work, especially that of the last 15 years or so. The last stand-up routine I saw of his on tv was hysterical - the man had the patter and made you think.

Here in Tidy Town I ran out this morning to run a couple errands. I have to go out this afternoon to pick up my prescriptions at CVS. It is hot out - I was dripping in sweat when I got home. I miss air conditioning in the car. So I've finally got cooled off from this morning - and so has the Frog Wrangler. She was all overheated when I got home because she has to bark the whole time I'm gone. The Wrangler really surprised me though when she brought me her treat. She hasn't wanted to play for a month or more. Not that we really played - I held one end of the toy, she held the other. After a minute she gave up and went and layed down. Next week she'll turn 15 and she's doing pretty good for her age.