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Yesterday the world lost a great actor in James Gandolfini. The actor who made being a mob boss from New Jersey cool and almost human is gone now. Jeff and millions of others tuned in every Sunday Night to find out what kind of trouble Tony Soprano was in and who would get whacked this week. People flocked to all the places and spots that were in the show and paid respects to Mr. Gandolfini. Jeff thinks they should do a mob style funeral for him and not as a joke but as a tribute. He got people interested in NJ no as a joke but a real place. Thanks to this show other shows came and used NJ to film in doing great things for the economy and making NJ a film destination. There will be a lot said about Mr. Gandolfini all good I hope he was a nice man by all accounts and a great actor. I don’t know how he felt being best known for playing Tony Soprano but he was in good company. Marlin Brando was an unbelievable actor who is best remembered by this generation as Vito Corleone. So that’s not too shabby company to be in is Jim. I could keep writing and saying nice things and talk about favorite scenes in the show but it’s time for me to leave one last thing we send our deepest and most heartfelt condolences to Mr. Gandolfini’s Family. This is Flounder say CIAO from Colombia.

Today Jeff has decided to post some quotes from his favorite Comedian and one of the most intelligent people he knows George Carlin. Mr. Carlin passed away a few years ago but his quotes are and always will be appropriate for the times. Meant to be funny they are but also they are sarcastic comments on the human condition. Here we go; how is possible to be seated on a standing committee?
I have come up with a single sentence that includes all of the seven deadly sins: greed, anger, pride, lust, gluttony, sloth, and envy. Here is Mr. Carlin’s sentence. “It enrages me that I, a clearly superior person, should have less money than my neighbor, whose wife I would love to fuck if I weren’t so busy eating pork chops and sleeping all day.”
Recent polls reveal that some people have never been polled. Until recently.
Did you ever run over somebody with your car? And then you panic? So
Did you ever run over somebody with your car? And then you panic? So you back up and run over them again? Did you notice the second crunch was not quite as loud?
If I had just one wish it would be to write the letter z in longhand. These are from the book Brain droppings by my hero George Carlin I don’t have permission to reprint these so I might get in trouble but if it get people who never heard of him interested in him it will be worth it this is Flounder saying CIAO from Medellin

I guess first here are a couple of photos from the weekend hope you like them. Now onto today’s post I will assume everybody know about the US intelligence agency NSA requesting and getting phone and internet info on ordinary American citizens. The NSA has been monitoring voice communication as well as published writing for about 50 years. Jeff first learned of this from; get this, a TV-guide interview with the head of the agency. Now they look at everything and that wouldn’t really bother Jeff except these agencies don’t communicate with each other. So of course his next question is if they’re going to keep the info to themselves WHY unless of course there’s a power play going on inside the government. That sounds a little like a conspiracy theory to me, but you know I’m just a cat. I don’t think the guy who told everyone about this is a traitor I think he’s more of an opportunist who hopes after it all blows over he’ll clean up a book and movie rights. This isn’t to say that we shouldn’t be upset about who know we watch porn or what we right to our lovers. But Jeff told me the story where he dated a girl who worked at the UN and she said her phone was tapped. Well they had a lot of fun talking dirty to each other for the benefit of the listeners. I don’t recommend doing this now times have changed and governments have lost their since of humor and seem to have gone over to the religious right. Whew that was a lot of typing I’m bushed this is Flounder saying CIAO from Medellin.

Today is Fathers Day just about everywhere in the world. Jeff’s and my father all passed away a long time ago, so we celebrate everyone else father. We hope everyone who reads this has a good father one they can respect and look to for advice as they grow older. Jeff’s father worked too hard and partied too hard but that didn’t mean he didn’t love his family he just came from a different generation. My old man was a typical cat got my mom pregnant and took off never to be seen again but that’s what cats do. Jeff has been my friend and father figure for a longtime. If you have a father or grandfather in your life and he’s there for you make sure you let him know how much you love him every chance you get no just today because he’s not going to be there forever and they like to know they did a good job. Well that’s it for now Jeff and Ruby and the guys are headed to Nachos where they’ll celebrate the day with family El Jefe will be there and Jeff loves that man so this is Flounder saying CIAO from Colombia. OH by the way HAPPY FATHERS DAY.

Jeff and I just finished going over the news and thought let’s do one of our headline posts where try to find ones that nobody cares about. First on the list is Splenda not so Splendid when it first came out is was lauded as the best because it contained no cancer causing ingredients and tasted great. Now a study from Italy says an ingredient cause cancer in mice. Sander Bulloch doesn’t perform her own stunts anymore. Did you know she did do you care? John Oliver finished talking about the NSA who’s John Oliver? Two Faced Kitten, I guess this is news but with so many two faced politicians I don’t see how. Talking to your car is a lot more dangerous than you think, I would suppose so. How to make money doing what you love isn’t that what hookers do? Well that’s it for now this is Flounder saying CIAO from Medellin.

Jeff and I were reading the Rolling Stone news letter this morning and they did a thing about Rocks greatest rebels. They had Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, Keith Richards, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Jim Morrison, John Lennon and Axl Rose. There were others but you all probably know these guys but I think there are a couple missing like Bob Marley and Janis Ian. I don’t in any way dispute that these people were Rock Rebels and that they also helped wake up the American conscious to things that were wrong. Now a day’s rock musicians are more concerned with making money or making fools of themselves (see Britney Spears and Justin Bieber to name a couple). Jeff’s concern is what happens when these guy are all gone some are already and rock music doesn’t have an up and coming Rebel to help America listen to its conscious and I agree. That doesn’t mean there isn’t good music out there it just means no matter what good they do (see Bono, Shakira, Junes, Mellancamp and others) it just means their careers come first then they look for tax deductions. Time for me to split this Flounder saying Ciao from Colombia.

Colombia played Peru in World Cup qualifying yesterday and won 2-0. They pretty much have secured a place in the world cup next year in Brazil. Speaking of Brazil once one of the most feared teams in the world, if they weren’t hosting the World Cup they wouldn’t have a team in it. They are currently ranked 22, the lowest in something like 40 years and wouldn’t have qualified. Argentina, which tied with Colombia on Friday, is in first only three points ahead of Colombia. Colombian league play resumes this weekend and the Cup qualifiers will begin again in two months. In related soccer news Lionel Messi, considered to be the best player in the world, and his father have been charged with tax fraud in Spain. I don’t have all the information yet but it will be an interesting story to follow. This is Flounder saying Ciao from Medellin

At what time did things like common courtesy and good manners go out the window? Jeff recently watched Top Chef and was amazed that these well educated gourmets didn’t know the proper way to hold a knife and fork. Jeff’s mom would have had him reading Emily Post’s book of etiquette and then writing 100 times I won’t use bad manners. Jeff’s wife Ruby has good manners so you can’t say it culture differences. I guess with so many parents working and kids eating fast food or sitting in front of the TV the kids never get to learn, but you would think the Chefs on TV would. Then there’s the little manner of saying things like saying excuse me or giving your seat on the train to women. The older people will do this the kids and younger folks just sit there and stare up at you and smile. I think if people learned common courtesy maybe the world wouldn’t be so screwed up. That’s the end of today’s lecture this is Flounder saying thanks for reading and CIAO from Colombia.