Azathoth's Abode on the Plateau of Leng

George Carlin has passed away at age 71 of heart failure. He was one of the funniest comics ever. He was capable of simultaneously saying stuff that not only could offend pretty much anyone, but also make you think critically, and be side-splittingly funny all at the same time. That is the mark of a true comedian. A lot of so called comics nowadays are really expert at the being offensive part (usually just for the sake of offending in and of itself - not really clever these sorts), they occasionally but not often get the being funny part, but not many make you think - if they do they probably fail miserably to be funny about it. Carlin was a comedy genius and will be missed. You can read all about it in this article over at the International Herald Tribune.

I was intending to put up some audio I had from some of his live shows but I looked and looked and it seems to be gone, probably another casualty to one of my hard drive failures over the past year. So here are some pics of George Carlin to remember him by and look down in the Plateau of Leng's Dungeon where I'll be posting some videos of him in action doing what he did better than almost anyone - making people laugh.

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