His Work Was Comedic Genius,Yet Words to the Wise

This blog borrowed from the words of George Carlin.......
George Carlin's Views on Aging

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.
'How old are you?' 'I'm four and a half!' You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key.
You get into your teens... now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.
'How old are you?' 'I'm gonna be 16!' You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life... you become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony. YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!
But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?
You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.
But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!
So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.
You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!
You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30 ; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90's, you start going backwards; 'I Was JUST 92.'
Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. 'I'm 100 and a half!'
May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

Female Stereotypes....Aren't just for breakfast anymore

There have been some nasty rumors going around.....
that all woman fit into some enormous, negative category .
I beg to differ. I mean I really, really beg to differ!
We are not all self-absorbed, shallow, shopaholic,chatter boxes.... au contraire!
I have so had enough with that descriptive wording.
Let's flip the attitude and then I might agree.....wait for it....
There is so nothing wrong with having an interest in our own well-being(self-absorbed). Especially when no one else may be around watching our back. If we have an intense interest in something, that you just might not, or don't understand(shallow), it's allowed. and... Let's face it, the ladies I know, are perusing the stores and purchasing, at times(shopaholic), out of necessity...food, clothes for the kids,home items....and not because they live for the plastic high of a credit card. And last, but by no means least.....we talk because it keeps us in tune with other people. It's our saving grace to be sure that we don't let special moments pass us by. That our friends and family know that we care. That our children feel that we will always be there. That our doctors don't belittle our symptoms when we need a solution. That we do have intelligent opinions, creative ideas, and insights that needs to be verbalized(chatterboxes).
As I have long come to believe, you can have a take on someone or something, but it is how you say it...your careful choice of words.....that makes all the difference.