Random Acts Of Violence

I found out today that on Saturday night my step-brother was brutally assaulted within an inch of his life in Dallas. Apparently, he was attacked from behind by four guys. They got him to the ground and proceeded to stomp and kick his face and head, leaving not even a bruise on any other part of his body, but pretty much taking his face off and fracturing his skull. It looks like he will require some surgeries, but will, thankfully, be all right, and may even get to go home from the hospital later this week. The authorities suspect that this was some sort of gang initiation, as they've had similar reports recently. He wasn't in a bad part of town. He wasn't involved in anything he shouldn't have been. He was just taking his fiance out for dinner. This is the kind of thing you think only happens in movies. You never suspect it could happen to someone you know. What a crazy, crazy world we live in!

It was Professor Plum, In The Kitchen, With The Blender

Tonight we watched a movie (Firewall) in which I learned that a blender pitcher can be used as a murder weapon. I had never considered this before, and it really opened up a whole new world of violence for me. I mean, it's just good to know that if a bad guy gets in the house, you don't have to rely on your shotgun or even your baseball bat. But Jeff and I did decide that it would definitely need to be a glass blender. A plastic one would just be too flimsy to get the job done.

Seriously, it was a good movie, as most Harrison Ford movies are. He's just so tough. I mean, a blender. Wow.