I’m sure countless blogs will be mentioning Carlin’s death. This blog is no exception. I was a pretty big fan. In fact, Jamie woke me up while whe was getting ready for work this morning to see the news. It makes me feel worse that I kinda thought his last two HBO specials pretty much sucked – although the bit about relatives ‘smiling down’ on us seems to fit the situation. George is definitely not smiling down on us.

I was one of those kids who had parents who let them watch pretty much whatever. I can remember watching Carlin’s HBO specials since pretty much forever. I dug his style. I dug his delivery. I dug how he could juggle anger and silliness and do it in a way that showed he was clearly a very intelligent person. I dug his bite.

Yeah, I dug George Carlin.