George is Dead

George Carlin’s comedy was a staple in our house growing up.  My dad loved him, and mom loved to laugh.  His passing makes me feel like I’ve lost that one uncle who always has something provocative to say at the family Christmas party.  To this day, my brother and sisters shamelessly repeat/quote some of his acts.  My favorite of all time is the “I’m goin for a drive, ya’ll MotherFu&%$^# are going for a ride”

Joshua and I saw him a few years back.  He wasn’t just a comedian, he was thought provoking, timely, and overall, the best damnd comedian I have EVER seen.  We’ll miss you, George.

Please feel free to comment and let me know how you feel about George, his life and his death.

 

Dirt = Disney, go figure

Thanks to my brother-in-law, Tim, from California…I recieved a Netflix subscription for Christmas.  At first, I thought he had simply run out of ideas for gifts for me.  After all, I have only been married to his brother since I was 17.  By mid-January, I was HOOKED!!!!!  Sorry, Tim, you are the MAN!  Thousands of movies at my beck and call.  On my list this week, I have the complete first season of Dirt.  Just in case you are not familiar, Dirt is an FX television show starring Courtney Cox as a total bitch running a tabloid.  Monica Gellar she is not in this show.

I loved this show when I had cable, and seeing it again this week was fantastic.  The writing is original, it’s edgy and sexy.  After the second DVD today (I kinda had nothing to do), I noticed the production credits.  Carnahan, the Executive Producer, FX, the cable channel, and Buena Vista International Television= freakin DISNEY.

When I think of Disney, I think of Mickey and all the princesses, not Lucy Spiller and all the Dirt she can get on all her L.A. stars and wannabes.  Wow.  This ain’t your Daddy’s production house. 

Help me….I’m melting….melting…mel…

She is STILL in her home.  My mother has not left her side since she came home from the hospital except when her own sons were home for spring break.  He had a freakin week off and only manages to see his mother not even 24 hours.  The other one came for a while and went to church then went back to Cleveland…..Just disgusted.  I am trying really hard to stop and try to view this from another perspective, but I can’t.  Tyna throws things at my mom, she even tried to bite when mom was trying to help her from the the floor to her wheelchiar.

This may sounds a little like I am Whining, and in a way, I am, so prep yourself.  I was in the ER twice (Satruday evening and monday) with sever upper abdomial pain and cramping.  I had emergency gall bladder surgery Thurday morning.

 And the twisted sense of obligation I truly believe in coded into your DNA, she will  not get  over to see me before the staples are out. 

 And just when I think it couldn’t get any worse…My mom just called to inform me that the other 2 witches of Eastwick will be here Tuesday.  Can Gall Bladder be infectious?  Just asking.  I am not up for the 1,000 question game from Sissy, the why do you still help your mom Lindy, the broken hip, sister biting Tyna, and finally, my bi-polar she’s always right DNA giver, Susan. 

Teri Rhodes- a teenage mother’s opinion

I got pregnant at 16.  I was terrified.  Terrified my parents would disown me, terrified that life as I had planned was over, terrified that the boy I had sex with would reject me.  None of that happened.  We did keep my pregnancy secret for as long as we could, but when I came clean, I recieved NOTHING but support.  I can understand Terri’s decision to hide her pregnancy.  But….that is where my understanding ENDS.  The coroner reports that the baby lived 10 minutes “outside the womb”.  In whatever manner, Teri killed her baby.  Be it by accident or with malice, Teri took her child’s life.  We aren’t talking about a first trimester abortion.  Full term, viable infant.  DEAD.  Stuffed in a garbage bag whilst Teri took a shower.  She deserves the harshest punishment our laws allow.  But the guilt that will eventually haunt her for the rest of her days should be the true punishment.  I hope that every time she hears a child cry, she remembers the child she murdered.  I hope that when she eventually gets out of prison, she makes the smart decision to not have any more children.  How can she trust herself?  No matter what was running thru her head that horrible day gives her the right to take her child’s life.  In this day and age there are HUNDREDS of groups that offer counseling, pre-natal care, adoption alternatives, abortion informtaion.  In our own city, the Women’s Care Center offers counseling, and adoption services as well as many other services to young mothers.  It comes down to this….Teri had a choice.  She CHOSE to murder her child.