I write this blog with a semi-heavy heart...I ate McDonalds this morning (zing). However, next time you eat McDonalds see if you can listen for your heart working overtime to pump that weasel meat through your body. I would like to honor a visionary, Mr. George Carlin. There was a man with insight few possess and the ability to relate it to listeners in a way that was entertaining. A personal hero of mine right up there with the likes of James Bond, The Rock, Batman, Michael Jordan, and Eminem pre 2002. He just had a brilliant way of relating the stupidities of human systems and language that always made me chuckle. I always loved his take on driving, "Anyone driving slower than you is an idiot...'look at this idiot, hes driving 55!' and anyone faster than you is a maniac...'Jesus did you see that maniac!'" He said it was a wonder anything got done on this planet seeing as you are the only smart one! His comparison of football to baseball was hilarious as well. "In football there are penalties and in baseball there are errors 'whoopsies.' In football the quarterback, also known as the field general, marches his troops up field with short bullet passes and long bombs designed to find holes in the enemy's defense, in baseball everyone is just trying to go home 'Yay I got home!" Anyways I thought he was brilliant and will be sorely missed by many. My new motto is what would George Carlin do, I think if we all live like that this world will be a better place.
ty + our interviews with the other Experience interns. In walking around the city we saw that Paul Revere's memorial cemetery was open and we popped in to honor some patriots. I consider that an aspect of working in Boston, in fact the rest of the nation is in a debt of gratitude to Boston. It was these wise old men from the late 18th century that started freedom as we know it today. Now I am not here to say America has the perfect system or that we have the perfect government and all that jazz, all I am saying as that this group of men stood up for what they believed in, came up with a plan and like the athletes they were, saw it to completion. They were huge underdogs in the war against the British Redcoats but that did not stop them. Through precision, planning, and determination few men possess they were able to defeat the mighty British empire and for the first time in a long time in history, the sun was setting on the British empire in America. I love those patriots just like I love George Carlin. It was quite an honor to stand on that sacred ground and pay my respects. It is through them that we enjoy the freedoms that few other countries have. Another thing you have to appreciate about them is this, they risked everything. These were not
poor people who had nothing to lose, in fact they had everything to lose. Had the colonies lost the war those people that signed the Declaration of Independence would have been the first to be publicly beheaded, but as it has been written; you have to take big risks for big rewards. Is there a lesson to take out of all of this? I hope so. I do not wish to spell it out for you, but rather have you come to your own conclusions about what that story means to you. Maybe it means nothing, but if you search hard enough and think clearly about it you should be able to make the connections between that story and your college experience. Now again this wasn't meant to be a political statement but just a human interest story. Put yourself in their shoes and think about it. Also on a complete side note, there is a hilarious video about George Washington on http://www.youtube.com/. If you go to YouTube and search George Washington and click on the Cox + Combes cartoon you ought to have a good chuckle and at the same time see just what kind of man the real GW was. Until next time reflect on the two great Georges, Peace! Also feel free to drop me a line at interns@experience.com. 
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