George Carlin was a funny man that broke the mold for stand up
comics. His observations about life, the human condition, and
American society ranged from silly to caustic as his words formed a
giant mirror that helped us all see ourselves a little
clearer.
George Carlin was also the first host of
Saturday Night Live when it started in 1975. In that show, he did a
bit about "now":
Oh.. there's a
moment.. coming. There's a moment coming, it's.. it's not here yet.
It's on the way.. It's still in the future. Here.. here it is! [
pause ] Oh.. it's gone, man. There's no present, man. Everything is
the near future and the recent past. No wonder we can't get
anything together, we've got no time,
huh?
On
that same show he also talked about pairs of words that made odd
bedfellows:
"The term Jumbo Shrimp has always amazed me. What is a Jumbo
Shrimp? I mean, it's like Military Intelligence - the words don't
go together, man."
This cache, Giant Nano, is a tribute to
George Carlin and his appreciation of life's oxymorons. To get the
cache location, subtract George Carlin's age at his death from the
posted coordinates for the decimal part of the latitude (for
example, subtract 050 if he were 50 years old when he died). For
the longitude, subtract the day of the month when he died from the
decimal part of the longitude (for example, if he died on Jaunary
1st, you would subtract 001 from the decimal part, January 31st and
you would subtract 031).
Nearby parking is available.
If the spirit moves you, post a comment
about George Carlin or one of his routines in your
log.