Several of us were having a conversation the other day about stand up comedians who had died. I was saddened by the previous days passing of Greg Giraldo, and had also mentioned Bill Hicks and George Carlin, all my personal heroes. I admire the qualities of such great, freethinking minds. One particularly dull member of the conversation, only recognized Carlin's name. He immediately went into a rant regarding Carlin being "allright", but really lost his audience when he went into the…

I had a wonderful observation at Storybook Island. It's a place where all the nursery rhymes and children's stories stand as statues and slides and cool playground toys are sure to keep the young ones busy. Humpty Dumpty and the three little pigs and all the other fairy tales fill the park. I was most amused when we got to Noah's Arc. First off, yes, it was in the middle of all the other fairy tales! That may be the most amusing thing to many. But, for me, it was the fact that they had a…