Speed Gibson

I lost another "guy I grew up with" yesterday, comedian George Carlin. He was on the preachy side, he didn't hide his politics, but he also didn't apologize for any of it. He was even arrested once for using his infamous seven dirty words. He was who he was, and on stage, that was funny, genius-level funny at times.

Noting how so many school districts all claim to have such "excellent" teachers and staff, I had toyed with using one of my favorite Carlin lines: "Somewhere in America there is the worst doctor, but the worst thing is someone has an appointment with him tomorrow."

Somehow I think even George would enjoy the irony of dying from a heart attack after telling us to lay off the croissants.