The Bleeding Edge of Reality

Ok. Yeah. Super Scrabble kicks ass?!? WTF?!?! Look, it only makes sense if you enjoy Scrabble in the first place. If you’re one of those grammatical giants who always interchange “lose” with “loose”, then this article isn’t for you and Scrabble kicking ass is about as likely as a raging case of herpes “kicking ass”.

Anyhow, if you like Scrabble and haven’t played Super Scrabble yet, you’ll love it. I mean, it’s not an Xbox, so there’s not a LOT here to say about it or to detail out for you. It’s just bigger, it has some triple and quad letter/word score squares, and the geometry is interesting, as you can now easily build a single word on multiple “word” score blocks. Makes for some damn high scores. It’s got 200 tiles now too, and comes with it’s own bag so you don’t have to use a Crown Royal bag for the tiles.

Very cool game. If you don’t like it, you’re probably retarded, undereducated, or just don’t have any friends.

Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! Be safe and enjoy life to it’s fullest!

I’m enjoying my Season 1 of The Kids in the Hall on DVD! Kick ass Christmas gift!

As I sit here and listen to Damageplan, I can hardly believe I’m writing this. Truly a sad day for metal and it’s diehard fans.

Dimebag Darrell Abbott is dead. Shot in the head by some fucking PSYCHO at a nightclub in Columbus Ohio. WHAT THE FUCK?!?! On the anniversary of the John Lennon assassination?? A sad day for music, a sadder day for humanity.

The gunman has been shot dead by an officer, unfortunately. We ALL would have liked to see him do life. To suffer until his last breath. To pay day by day by fucking DAY for his crime against someone who had no chance to defend himself. Gunman Asshole, you got off easy you piece of shit!!!

R.I.P. Darrell. You were an inspiration and a metal icon to us all. We will always remember your contribution to the world of metal, never to forget the legions of loyal fans your style spawned.

Peace,
K

I’m quite sure I’ll have plenty to say in the near future about the rampant idiocy the most commercialized holiday brings upon us.

This post, however, isn’t about that. I’m really feeling pretty fortunate right now. I’ve got the greatest family (my wife and kid own) ever,a fantastic career with stability, a great employer, I’m relatively healthy, I own the coolest house (it’s got a cool fireplace too!), nice cars, sweet furniture, awesome guitar gear, 2 of the coolest dogs on the planet, and lots of other stuff too numerous to mention and list here (maybe if I get bored later I’ll edit…). Knock on wood, but I am very grateful every day I wake up. Grateful for all that I have. I’m not rich, but I am doing great, and I’m proud of it. I worked my ass off to get where I am, and to provide for my family. I’m very lucky to have had the opportunities I’ve been given, many of which I created. Very lucky to have all that I have.

So, as you look around this holiday season, it’s a fine time to be aware of what you do have and be thankful for it. It’s also a fine time to show some compassion, sympathy, respect, and concern for those who don’t have much to be thankful for. Men, women, children…families…facing hardships with no job to go to, wondering about their income and how they’ll take care of their children. How they’ll provide shelter and food for their families. Uncertain about tomorrow, or the next day…and no bright outlook for anytime soon.

Think about that, and act. Whether it’s giving your time, your $$$, or simply your compassion for those who have less, it will make the season as joyous and festive as possible. Give a gift for a good cause! There are a LOT of drop areas to give a gift that will wind up going to a less fortunate child somewhere in your community.

Peace and Happiness all year long.

I’m driving in to work this a.m. coming in on 4th ave. 3 lanes, all one way, fog thick as pea soup. First off, some asshole on a bike (go figure…) is casually pedalling down the MIDDLE LANE, holding up traffic one second, blowing through red lights the next…no respect for any vehicles or letting traffic by. Total asshole who’s karma will cause him to be a red smear some day. Fine with me.

So, on to the minivan, which is the real focal point. I’m in the far right lane behind a few vehicles, and some dork with a pointy beard driving his grandma’s 199x gray Whatthefuckever brand Gaymobile is in the middle lane following BikeTard. This went on for about 10 blocks. The two vehicles in front of me turned right into a parking garage, at which point I speed up as my lane has just opened up, and there’s my opportunity to get in front of BikeTard and PointyBeard. You can guess what happens next. Pointy decides he’s going to floor it, jump into MY lane, and to top it off, he turns his blinker on 3/4 of the way through the manouver, like somehow that would ease my need to hammer on my fucking brakes!! I think to myself “Hey, he was behind BikeTard…ok…I can understand the frustration” so I just let it go.

So now in the right lane it’s me behind PointyBeard, and BikeTard is in the center lane. The far left lane freed itself up, so I get over in that lane, the light we were all approaching turned green, and I got ahead of Pointy and BikeTard free and clear, and moved back to the far right lane to make my right turn at the next light.

Get this!! PointyBeard whips his grandma’s Shitmobile into the middle lane, pulls up next to me and shoots ME a look!! Well, for a brief fraction of a second, because when I looked over at HIM he quickly looked down, pretending he wasn’t trying to give me the “toughguy” look, and tucked his tail between his legs lest he get his ass kicked by someone much stronger and larger than he. I couldn’t believe it!! Pointy cuts ME off, yet somehow, he figures since I wound up back in front of his Grandma’s minivan that he had some beef with me! I laughed and laughed when I made my right turn, and he sped off to pump some gas before he was marked late again and fired from his gas-pumping “career”.

BikeTard and Pointy, you two dumbfucks deserve each other. Hopefully someday I’ll drive in to see PointyBeard has run BikeTard over, and in the process of getting out to flash BikeTard a “toughguy” look, Pointy gets smeared by some dumb bitch driving a Yukon, yacking on her cellphone or applying makeup.

Karma is a bitch you dipshits.

The sidewalks in downtown Portland are of relatively normal size, pretty much like any other metro area. Why then, is there a trend for people walking three abreast to not move the fuck out of the way for anyone who’s oncoming or behind them?! Just shift slightly to allow the other people to use the sidewalk without ducking into an alcove to avoid a head on collision, dumbass.

This has happened to me TWICE in two days, and numerous times over the past months. One or more will look up from their “important conversation” to see someone walking toward them, someone’s got to move. They see it, make eye contact, and decide not to move!! At this point, there’s nothing left to do but flatten yourself against a wall.

Well, I had fun today when a nicotine-addicted COW decided not to move over and ended up shoulder-blocking herself with MY shoulder!! She fell rightover on her ass. Same scenario; dumbasses walking/blabbering/smoking/yacking three abreast, she looks up, makes eye contact, looks back at her companions, continues to walk in a straight line consuming most of the rest of the available sidewalk and doesn’t move out of the way, BLAM!! Shoulder check and she hits the ground flat on her ass. I looked down at her, made eye contact for an extended period of time, looked away and continued to walk. She fucking walked RIGHT INTO ME!! Stupid cow. Nobody said a thing. Not her, not her companions, not the two guys walking behind me, nobody. Know why?! BECAUSE SHE CAUSED IT HERSELF.

So, if you’re one of these self-important idiots who thinks you can consume an entire metro sidewalk…just because you can…think again. Maybe we’ll “pass” on the sidewalk too.

Jerkoffs.