I don’t really understand why people are making such a big deal of Ben Roethlisberger’s recovery from his mototcycle accident, particularly as it pertains to football.

I never for one second thought that this injury was going to affect him playing this year.  Most of his injuries were to his face, something which was corrected with surgery followed by rest in order to heal.  Why would he be expected to miss any playing time when the season starts? 

It’s not like he broke his legs or arms or anything.  You know, something that would affect his mobility.  It’s great that he has recovered well, but I wouldn’t call it miraculous.

I am however, impressed with Carson Palmer’s rehab progress with his knee.  I think he’s on schedule to be back in time for the 3rd preseason game, or so I’ve heard.  He really must have worked his ass off this offseason to get back this quick.  Good news for us Bengals fans in light of all the other dumbasses getting arrested and suspended.  As long as we have Palmer though, I think we’ll be alright.

WHO DEY!

Thanks Beantown for the movie review.

So, Miami Vice… Unlike everyone’s low expectations for the movie it actually delivered. Despite the loud f*ck sitting behind me talking as loudly as possible, chewing like a cow, and laughing at all the wrong parts, I enjoyed the movie. To start, after the opening you know the MGM or whateva screen, the movie gets right into it. No credits, no actor names, directors, none of dat.  At this point I was excited. I have to say the best part, were the action scenes. Now I love action flicks, but i have yet to see a movie where as someone is getting shot, it’s so explicit that you feel the pain. Micheal Mann spared no one with that. The love scenes yeah…I got horny, I’m sorry but DAMN!! All in all, the action was great, the story line worked perfectly well, Colin’s moustache was horrible, Jaime Fox was smoldering, that asian lady was very sexy. Man I cant get this one scene out of my head where (about to ruin it for you) Jamie Fox was so upset at this dude for kidnapping his girl, he kicked his ass to the ground and as the guy was crawling to safety(away from Jamie) he looks at him feeling sorry for him then just puts one right in his head! Man that was brutal! Sorry for ruining that scene but…you know. I’d recommend it, just dont stuff your stomach to much u might gag at some shooting scenes.

Angry Ken says: I still think it’s gonna suck without pastel suits.

This is an email I came across at work.

“I am curious about your policy on large dogs in your stores. I was at your store and I had two encounters with dogs in the store. There are individuals, including myself, who are very alergic to dogs. One dog was of large size and the other one was running in the store. There are children present!! When did stores start allowing dogs? Please comment on your current policy.”

Stupid lady, have you ever heard of a seeing eye dog? Or maybe just a general “helper” dog.  Who the hell is this person?   Probably some rich snooty old lady with nothing better to do than complain about dumb crap like this.  Is she going to have an allergic reaction if a dog walks by her? Better not let her near a park.

This is why I hate people.  Next she will complain that people shouldn’t be allowed to use a wheelchair because they might run over her foot.

And if a stray dog was loose in the store, oh well. Shit happens. Dogs wander into places. When I was a kid we had dogs come into school several times. 

God save us all from these horrid beasts!

“Pardon the Interruption” (PTI) on ESPN is just no good without at least one of it’s main hosts, Tony Kornheiser or Mike Wilbon.  All this week it’s been hosted by Dan Lebatard and Jason Whitlock.  Lebatard proves everyday that he just doesn’t have a clue when it comes to sports, and Jason Whitlock is about as lively as a stack of old dictionaries. 

Mike and Tony, please come back soon and make this show great again.

I’ve hit such a creative wall today.  Probably because the last few days have been pretty uneventful.  I really need something to get angry about.  Maybe I could rant about foreign people. They tend to piss me off.  So do democrats.

I was watching this show on National Geographic about elephants and how they are angrier than ever.  After what I saw, I don’t blame them.  People have been real assholes when it comes to elephants.  It really pissed me off.  They force elephants into small spaces because of logging, farming etc., and then wonder why the elephants come back and stomp on their asses and their homes.  Good for them, I say.  The things they were showing, like poachers shooting elephants from a helicopter for no reason.  I wouldn’t mind if the elephants stepped on all of those assholes.

Elephants are awesome animals that you need not f*** with.  I side with them on this.  Leave the elephants be, or else you deserve to get stamped thinner than a vinyl record.

*First person to correctly guess how many times I used the word elephant gets a no prize.

If I were a minority, I would be able to say anything and everything I wanted.  But no, I am white, which means I have to be extremely mindful of things I say and jokes I make when it comes to ethnicity. 

Why is this? I’ve never really gotten a good answer as to why white people are not allowed to make any comments, even if it’s a joke, about any race other than their own, yet anyone who is anything other than white can say whatever they want about whatever race they want.

Comedians like Dave Chappelle and Carlos Mencia have hilarious shows with skits based on racial stereotypes.  However, if a white person did the exact same show, it would be considered racist. 

Racial and ethnic stereotypes are funny.  I realize that there are definitely some things (derogatory terms) that should not be said by certain people at all, but everyone needs to just accept this and enjoy the fun that is poked at EVERY racial background.  In my opinion, something is only racist if it promotes negativity/violence toward a certain group of people.  This is why I feel that everyone, including white people, should be allowed to make similar jokes (as long as they make fun of themselves just as much).

I also don’t understand why Dave Chappelle got so upset about the “pixie sketch” he did.  I thought it was one of the funniest things he’s ever done.  Didn’t come off to me as being offensive.  People need to lighten the f*** up and get a sense of humor.

Racism is no laughing matter.  Stereotyping for the sake of comedy though is damn funny.

Well I had most of a rant on people who steal and how they are pathetic cowards, but this damn website erased the whole thing.  That’ll teach me not to hit save after every word typed.

So let’s do this.  People who break into cars to steal stuff flat out suck.  I know most of us have had this happen before.  It happened to me about 3 years ago and it pissed me off.  I only wish I knew who did it so I could hunt them down and ruin their life.  My advice is get a car alarm if you have something you want to protect.  After I got one on my previous car, it saved it from further break-ins numerous times. 

If you have a story about robbery, break-ins, car break-ins or theft, talk about it. 

Stay tuned. I’m open to topic suggestions also.

It seems that a couple months ago, somebody at Bloggyawards.com did a review of my site Angryken.com. Let’s just say the critic’s comments were less than flattering. But no matter, because now he/she gets to feel the wrath of Angry Ken.

First of all, based on the review I was given, it doesn’t seem like the critic read more than 1 post, because nothing they said made a whole lot of sense. You can read the actual page below.

http://www.bloggyaward.com/?p=248

Now I’ll add my own comments (in bold) to this “review”:

This blog is like a long hate letter which is probably what the author is going for but is honestly quite tedious. (Hate letter? Maybe. But most of the time I’m really just randomly ranting about things that anger me and piss me off, or just throwing things out there that I find interesting. I don’t know where he gets it as being tedious because it’s not like I talk about the same things all the time. My topics really don’t follow any pattern. I just write about what’s on my mind at that particular time.)
Visual Aesthetics � 3

The use of red against black is appropriate for the mood the blog wants to set. The complete absence of visuals though leaves a lot of empty black spaces on the right side of the page giving it a stilted look. (Did they even move their beady little eyes over to the right of the screen and see all the crap that’s there; blog lists, topics, ads, etc. Maybe he wants some purty little pictures to go along with the writing.)

User Friendliness � 2

The blog opens quickly but its dark theme combined with the profane language it uses on its posts hardly make the blog friendly. (Well no shit! I never set out to do a “friendly” blog. This guy should’ve realized that just from the title, ANGRY Ken. I kinda always thought “user friendliness had to do with the ease of navigating a site. With regard to that, my site is pretty simple. Click on something and you go there. The categories and links to other blogs are all layed out in front of you, and leaving comments is so easy, even a Bloggy Award Critic can do it. Well, maybe not.)

Reading Enjoyment � 2

As mentioned, the posts are mostly the author’s angry opinions about things and people. Misspellings abound as is the use of slang and cuss words. As expected, the writer gets equally abusive, hate comments. This blog and its angry theme is just an excuse to hit on anyone. (Duh again! That’s exactly what it is. As far as misspellings go, maybe early on when I just threw stuff up without proofreading, but I take some pride in making sure I use correct spelling and grammar, except of course when using slang, which is why it is called slang. And I know I use profanity, but I really don’t think I use four letter words all that often, and half the time I censor them. Of course I’m going to cuss sometimes though. That’s what I do when I’m angry, and it gets my point across.)

Useful Info � 1

I do not think this blog will be useful to anyone unless the reader is looking for a venue to write expletives. (We’re not buidling goddam ladders here! You want to find something useful, go to a cooking blog, or build your own canoe blog. If you want to read random, funny nonsense, then this is the place. When the hell did I ever say anything on here was useful? Is a comedy show on tv considered useful?

Overall Experience � 2

This is not a blog that merits recognition. It has too many cuss words to give it any degree of respectability. While it may get revisits from people who may be similarly inclined toward gutter language, I do not think it should be bookmarked. (Again, what was this guy reading? I don’t cuss that much, and even if I did, SO WHAT? It’s called Angry Ken. I even try to keep profanity at a minimum because I know you lose respectability if you can’t utter more than 4 letter words all the time. They do serve a purpose though. Would Dave Chappelle or Chris Rock be as funny if they didn’t ever cuss? I guess too, that all you readers are “similarly inclined toward gutter language”.

So based on the Bloggy rating system, it looks like I scored a whopping 10 out of a total 50. But considering this particular critic probably didn’t read more than 1 post, or maybe even the correct blog for that matter, I pretty much dismiss his comments altogether. If I were to review this review, I’d give it a 1 out of 10, because the critic clearly missed the whole point completely.

People should bookmark this page if they like what they read. When I stop coming up with stuff they find entertaining, they can stop visiting. Everyone else can go to the make your own ladder blog if they want something with instructions.