July 2008
This is a list of posts published in July 2008.
The Madness of King George
“I’m always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize I’m listening to it.”
– G. Carlin
Uh oh!!!
Geez, this has been a tough stretch, with two big-time entertainment legends passing in such close proximity of each other. In mid-June, we lost Stan Winston, which I wrote about the other day. And then, at the beginning of last week, George Carlin exited the world stage after a lifetime of making us all laugh.
“If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?”
Carlin was a Comedy God – no two words about it. Whipcrack smart, he got you thinking as you were doubled-over laughing. I first encountered him sometime in the late 80’s during one of his great HBO specials. For my mon... Continue reading »
See No Evil
Guilty on all counts.
That was the sentence handed down to Neil Entwistle for the brutal execution of his wife, Rachel, and 9-month old daughter Lilly, on a cold January morn in 2006. That was the verdict delivered by a thoughtful jury of his peers who listened to weeks of testimony, weighed the overwhelming circumstantial evidence and gave voice to the only verdict that could bring some measure (no matter how slight) of justice for the evils this man inflicted. And with the verdict rendered, we no longer have to append the unnecessary ‘alleged’ when discussing Neil’s gutless, spineless crimes.
He is a murderer, plain and simple – not fit to walk the streets of decent society ever again.
As a former Journalism student, I still page through the paper on a daily basis meaning I’m us... Continue reading »
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