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062408
George Carlin died Sunday evening at 71. (no, I'm not there yet no matter what JoJo says). I have cassette tapes and albums of Carlin and I think I've seen at least 12 of his 14 HBO specials at least twice. I give him so much credit. He made you look at life thru different eyes. He shook you to your foundational belief core. He made you question things. As I've gotten older, Carlins' humor rubbed me the wrong way a lot of times, and still made me laugh out loud to the point I thought "I shouldn't be laughing at this". No subject was out of bounds. But he didn't attack without having a purpose behind it. Anything that makes you think is a good thing. We've lost a good thing. But he also had such an influence on many different comedians that someone should be able to carry at least his attitude forward to teach others as well.

062208
Looking forward to a few days off later this  month so I can take my wife on a well deserved vacation. I cannot wait for football season(well, it's so hot I'm dreaming of cooler weather) 'cause basketball and hockey are done and baseball isn't as captivating because there are so many games going on at the same time, and the real battles, as good as some individual games can be, are really in the last month of the season.
Is anyone excited about the presidential vote? And why? I am a firm believer that the most important vote is for Senators and Congressman(my belief is that they should only be allowed 2 terms anyway), because they are the lawmakers. They are mostly lawyers. They write evrything in LEGALESE. Which us common people cannot read without a dictionary and a used car salesman to help translate. And they are the ones that put so much extra stuff into every bill that comes up for a vote, that we don't know where they're selling our future to, much less to whom. But, WE NEED TO VOTE!!!
And get out the ones that are not working for us. And if things are still messed up, we need to get them all out. (alright, I'm done)

061708
Read a letter on the KTEX morning show from Friday June 13 edition of VMS "Letters To The Editor" section from a pilot in Harlingen who was bringing up the fact that he thinks overweight people are finally gonna have to pay more to fly because a heavier plane wastes fuel(and he was all for it...I think from his tone, he didn't like overweight people). I gave him the rasberry on the air because you ain't gonna save that much fuel in a large plane to justify increases passed along to us. It's about remaining profitable. The airlines are in the same boat as us. They should be demanding more fuel-efficient planes(but the engineers have to meet the bottom line of their companies, and until airlines demand fuel-efficiency, it won't happen. Because airplane builders would have to spend a lot of money to redesign their planes, and unless they can sell a bunch, it's cost prohibitive) and then we can all make it a greener world and keep traveling on them.(instead of walking to, let's say Dallas, and losing some weight along the way)

061008
Is there a product that can take that film off of headlights? They are too expensive to replace, but they don't shine that bright at night.

061008
My wife is out of town on business. And because of that, I am so messed up at home...you know the feeling, somethings not right, a little off. I guess we become used to having our significant others right by us. We become a little dependent on them being there...to help make decisions, discuss the days events, and just to watch TV and comment on the shows. And I used to be a Self-Sufficient Bachelor many years ago. I am really out of practice. Can't wait till she gets home.