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It’s been quite an eventful last few weeks, so let’s jump right in…

- Now, it’s one thing to be a single mom like Nadya Suleman, have 14 children under the age of 7, and be hustling and grinding to make it. But it’s another thing when you’re a single mom who used disability checks to be inseminated, and now have no money, 14 kids (three who are disabled) AND is on welfare! No wonder people are pissed.

- Chris Brown lost his freakin mind for “allegedly” beating up superhottie Rihanna, sure, but not nearly as much as this clown arrested last night in Cincinnati…

- Bud Selig, commissioner of baseball, is a freakin moron. He says A-Rod disgraced the game. I say he’s more guilty than A-Rod, because he turned a blind eye when he could have stood up and stopped steroid usage, and now is on his soapbox waving a finger like he wasn’t profiting off this situation?

- A-Rod … ah A-Rod. He used steroids. I was pissed. Then I did something unique. I got over it. Why? Because athletes are not heroes. Most heroes usually meet their ends horribly and live unfulfilled lives because of the singular nature of their tasks. A-Rod is a celebrity, who we evelated to a status he never should have attained. He’s human. So are Bonds, McGwire, Clemens and all the other “cheats.” I like A-Rod as a baseball player. Beyond that? Who cares? And besides … there’s significant data that suggests his numbers DECREASED during the years he says he juiced. How bout that?

The title is a bit misleading, because From the Edge is nearly ALWAYS rambling, but nonetheless, I’m going here anyway, with random thoughts …

- I wonder if kids watching Larry Fitzgerald will feel about him one day how I feel about Jerry Rice.

- I wanted a good game, the Super Bowl was a good game … and now, the season is over … and I’m already dreading baseball season.

I watched saw several movie trailers during the game… I’ll rank them on my I Might Watch Them in the Theatre Scale (0-5; zero to excellent chance):

The Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (5 out of 5)
Seeing Optimus Prime hanging on for dear life as some huge beast drags him along sold me …

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (5 out of 5)
It’s freakin Wolverine! I gotta see this one…

Fast and the Furious (4 out of 5)
Paul Walker and Vin Diesel are back together and the movie looks cool as hell. I liked the second one better, but the first one had a good feel as well. I hope I’m able to watch this one with my son, who I know will be all over this…

Star Trek (4 out of 5)
Nostalgia will push me toward this one, because the movie will likely stink. Zachary Quinto (Sylar from Heroes) is Spock, and Zoe Saldana is Uhura, and that’s about all I care about. Well, it does make me sad that Leonard Nimoy is like 76 years old … because when I think about Star Trek, he and Shatner are who I think about …

Push (3.5 out of 5)
Chris Evans (The Human Torch) and Dakota Fanning are in this one, and it looks kinda cool, but I’m sure they’ll find a way to mess up people having sweet ass powers like telekinesis, like Heroes does on a weekly basis … but still … it has promise.

Monsters Versus Aliens (2.5 out of 5)
Animated movies have been generally better than expected, and actually, the lamer the title (Kung Fu Panda?,) the better the movie … so one called Monsters Versus Aliens is probably fuckin awesome right? Right??? Well, I’d rather spend 18 on that than some big-budget explosion fest with breasts flowing and dialog flopping … I mean, if that’s all the movie is then Pay-Per-View can give me a 24-hour pass for less than that!

GI Joe (2 out of 5)
Sword play, guns, and destruction look good, but with all the movies about secret military agencies, do we really need one more, even if it IS GI JOE? I think this one makes money, but bombs with fans … and I’ll likely wait to see it on (bootleg?) video…

Terminator Salvation (1.5 out of 5)
The last one wasn’t great but for S.E.R. (Sexy Evil Robot aka Kristianna Loken) and this one doesn’t have her right? Sometimes it’s just that simple.

Year One (.5 out of 5)
Jack Black earned points for Kung Fu Panda, but um … that don’t carry me into the movies for this one …

Friday the 13th (0 out of 5)
Are you fuckin’ kidding here? Seriously? No thanks. The only reason this even gets a mention is because at this rate, Jason Voorhees might just show the fuck up at my place and demand I go see it … he’s every-damn-place else over his career. I just ain’t badass enough to chance that encounter…

Other movies … if I didn’t mention you, it’s cause you likely suck … Sorry, it’s the way of things, but don’t worry, some of these above mentioned films suck too, we just don’t know it yet.