George Carlin 1937 - 2008

George Carlin died today. In my humble opinion, the greatest stand-up comedian ever!

The following excerpt from one of his monologues best describes the man:

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We will miss you.

Here we go again!

It's been a loooong while since i last posted a blog; almost a year in fact. What a year it has been. I've been preoccupied with a lot of things... been busy running around the great hippodrome we call the rat race.

Let's see.. what has happened since my last blog... hmmm.... gasoline is now Php 56.57 per liter! A sack of rice costs Php 2,000.00! The world is continuing its relentless march towards climate change; terrorism, famine, anarchy.... you know, the usual stuff.

Dad died last March. We're still very much affected by the loss.

But hey! since I last blogged, some good things happened as well.

My kid turned 1 year old this year. I got a new job that pays well (although I don't know how good it will remain given our runaway inflation rate).

Interesting times!