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Saratoga…

So my last trip to New York I spent the weekend in Clifton Park at the inlaws place. Went to the Saratoga Track and bet on the pony’s unfortunately I didn’t pick any winners.

And their off!

and there they go!

 

post parade

racing

Fireworks…

So on the forth of July I was able to view one of the most extravagant Fireworks displays I would say in the world. Picture if you will a curving shore line. A bunch of New Englanders, and more fireworks than the Chinese on New Year. Add in a beach town that allows bon fires and you have a combustible mix for a great display of fire. Marshfield has what has to be arguable the craziest fireworks display ever.  For 3 or 4 hours amateur pyrotechnics abound on the south shore of Boston. People up and down the coast fire off fireworks from Marshfield all the way up to the point of Situate. These fireworks are not just  bottle rocks and firecrackers either. We are talking about some big time explosive fireworks as well. Since the town of Situate allows bon fires on the beach, folks build some tremendously large bon fires. This makes for a light display on the ocean that is amazing to see.

See for yourself in these pictures.

 

 

I also had an the chance to have some fun with the camera and the Red Head and some friends using sparklers. This makes for some entertaining photo’s.

 

   

Haven’t posted in awhile….

So I haven’t posted in awhile. I’ll have to put up picks from the Pig Roast and write something about all the goodness for the month of July. So hopefully this tides you over.

 

Nationals vs Angels game on 6/25/08

Nationals vs Angels game on 6/25/08. I know this is late but went to this game.  First time at the new Stadium. Its really nice.

 

 

Smell My Bun’s

This is the truck I was behind on my way to work this morning.

 

My ride home….

I don’t know what going on lately. Everyday lately on my ride home its like the end of the world. I think I’ve dodged tornado’s. Something is going on with the weather. Here are some pics recently of my ride home. Notice the rainbow pic where the rainbow actually ended in my car!!! No, there was no pot of gold either.

 

The passing of a Legend…

Today is a very sad day I learned this morning that George Carlin died this morning.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_on_en_tv/obit_george_carlin

If you don’t know Carlin was a Grammy winning actor, author, and most of all a Comedian. He is most known for his political, religeous, and black humor. Although he started out somewhat less controversial his observations in language, psychology, polotics, and religion made a lot of people think about important subjects and became very controversial.  His most notiable piece was arguably “Seven Dirty Words that you can’t say on television”.

When I heard the news this morning I immediately plugged in my Sirius radio and turned it to the Comedy station. They are doing an all day tribute to the Comdiean by playing snippets of his all day long. They are also asking callers to tell stories and Carlin experiences. I will use this forum to express my feelings and experiences with George.

The first time I heard Carlin was when I was 9 or 10 years old. My older sister had a copy of Class Clown. I was young and impressionable at the time but I remembering that while I was laughing I would be thinking about what he was saying while lying on my bed listing to my Boombox. The memories that come to mind are the sounds he made especially sharing a swallow,  The “SPECIAL DISPENSATION” spot and doing eternity in hell for a hot dog on friday,  The voices of dusty and buddy, and of course the 7 Words.

After hearing this album I was hooked. I remember seeing him in Bill and Teds excellent adventure. I remember seeing him on Tomas the Tank enginee as the conductor. I remember the first time I saw him live with my sister at the Cape Cod Melody Tent. This is when I really started to think about what he was saying as I heard his Jokes about the 10 Commandments and Religion. This really started me thinking about religion and my upbringing as a Catholic. Honestly if I really thought about it Carlin started me questioning my religious beliefs and taught me to keep my religion to myself.  He had a way of making you laugh till your cheeks hurt. However, when you left the show you felt like you had learned something. This always amazed me since I felt this way everytime I’ve listening to him.

The second time I saw him I brought The Red Head with me. We saw him at Protor’s theater in Schenectady New York. I remember  The Red Head had a wardrobe malfunction that night which I won’t go into. Again I left the show feeling like I was changed somehow.

Carlin was a more than an edgy comedian he was a , philosopher, social commentator, and linguist. He had a nack for using his words to talk about things people don’t normally talk about because they are considered taboo. The thing was he just didn’t care. He felt someone needed to talk about these things, calling out religions, politicians, and society in general, and he did. The time you spent listening to his standup you wheren’t think about deep stuff but when you left you would think to yourself “Wow that was so true”.

 

Okay I think I’m done and I’m going to leave it with some of his most memorable quotes for me:

“There are no bad words. There are bad thoughts, bad intentions, and words”

“You never see a really tall, fat, asian guy with red hair.”                          

“Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.”      

      “If God had intended us not to masturbate he would’ve made our arms shorter”

“In case of a sudden lose of cabin presure. ie the roof flies off”

“Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight?”

“I’ll beat them up but I won’t kill’em. Thats where I draw the line. The government said if you won’t kill’em we won’t let you beat them up.”

“I’d rather see two people making love than killing one another.

 

 

George you will be missed and thank you for opening my eyes, making me think, and changing my life

 

Carlin

 

Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker and tits.

Weirdness of the day.

So have you ever had anything weird like this happen to you? I’m sitting here listening to my IPod. A song came on Jimmy Buffett’s “A Salty Piece of Land”.  This song happens to be about a Light House. This song happened to come on while I’m reading this article in the Cape Cod Times.

 

It’s very spooky.