I Want to Live Life in Reverse

George Carlin Was a Genius

Nov 20, 2024

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Hello Wednesday and today we go from Memento, to poets, to artists, with a nice dose of George Carlin at the heart of it all.

It’s because the writing class I am taking at The College of Marin has started bearing fruit. No, my prose isn’t any better; instead, the quasi-famous poet and course instructor Thomas Centolella opened Monday night’s class with something worth sharing here.

And a Fun Fact: Both Centolella and my cousin, the artist Charles Clough, are Guggenheim Fellows.

I had not seen this before. If you have, my apologies, but otherwise: You’re welcome - and thank you, Tom.

Life in Reverse, By George Carlin

In my next life, I want to live my life backwards.
You start out dead and get that out of the way.
Then you wake up in an old people’s home
feeling better every day.
You get kicked out for being too healthy,
go collect your pension,
and then when you start work,
you get a gold watch and a party on your first day.
You have worked 40 years
until you’re young enough to enjoy your retirement.
You party, drink alcohol, and are generally promiscuous,
then you are ready for high school.
You then go to primary school,
you become a kid, you play.
You have no responsibilities,
you become a baby until you are born.
And then you spend your last 9 months
floating in luxurious spa-like conditions
with central heating and room service on tap,
larger quarters every day, and then Voila!
You finish off as an orgasm.
I rest my case.

Why not? Let’s keep the art going with the fancy Guggenheim guys.

View #45 by Thomas Centolella

Clufffalo 364 by Charles Clough

FROM THE UNWASHED MASSES

And I thought the intellectual Sam Harris had the last word on the election debacle. Or at least Byron Browne IV. But no, because here’s Hunter Deuce.

Read this online and it kind of sums up how I feel about the election:
"As we continue to argue about why Kamala Harris lost, I want to remind everyone that only about 3% of the electorate switched from D to R this year—less in swing states.
So regardless of whether you think the culprit was cultural issues or the economy or misogyny or Latino defections or a bad campaign—no matter which it is, it only had to influence 2-3% of the voting public.
You can make a plausible argument for practically anything doing that.”

Thank you for reading this newsletter.

KLUF

Here is a great one for today and a great one from this band.