Ida Rosenthal and her Singer sewing machine revolutionized the bra industry by offering women different cup sizes.

This week has been a very sad week for me. The world has just lost a very important muse. This is someone I considered a friend, colleague and teacher, however I will never be as good as this gentlemen.

He was born in May 1937 to a single mom in a small suburb of New York called Manhattan. Raised a Roman Catholic, he denounced the idea of God. He also joked that he worshiped the Sun, because he could actually see it, but prayed to Joe Pesci (a good friend of his in real life) because “he’s a good actor”, and “looks like a guy who can get things done!”

Those who know, remember Mr. George Carlin as irreverent, satirical, observational… and always confrontational. He will be sadly missed by this insignificant muse.

On June 22, 2008, Carlin was admitted to St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, California after complaining of chest pain. He died later that day at 5:55 p.m. PDT of heart failure at the age of 71.

Rest easy George. It’s now up to us to see what you used to show us in your diatribes. Some of which I list here…

“By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.”

“I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me – they’re cramming for their final exam.”

“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.”

“The status quo sucks.”

“The reason I talk to myself is that I’m the only one whose answers I accept.”

“There’s no present. There’s only the immediate future and the recent past.”

I will miss his humor. I will miss his comic anger. I will miss his lengthy educational diatribes. I will also just miss him.

“Why is brassiere singular and panties plural?”

George Carlin May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008 – author, actor, friend.

Until next week…