Jayman

Super Moderator

Lately I just haven't had the motivation at all to exercise. Now that I'm a homeowner, I find most of my free time is spent doing odd things around the house (which incidentally can include beating off).

I play softball two nights a week, pickup hockey sometimes, and basketball with my friends. That's the extent of my regimen these days. I'm going to be on vacation in two weeks, so I'll spend much time rollerblading around the park as well.

And now, here it is...your moment of Carlin (10/13/2008)


Anything but the Present

America has no now. We're reluctant to acknowledge the present. It's too embarrassing.

Instead, we reach into the past. Our culture is composed of sequels, reruns, remakes, revivals, reissues, rereleases, re-creations, reenactments, adaptations, anniversaries, memorabilia, oldies radio, and nostalgia record collections. World War II has been refought on television so many times, the Germans and Japanese are now drawing residuals.

Of course, being essentially out of shit, we sometiems feel the need to dress up this past preoccupation, as with pathetic references to reruns as "encore presentations".