K-weeks (Weeks 19-20)

K is for KICK-IT!

 

It's the kick-off for K-weeks, a day late won't kill anyone.  Afterall, yesterday was a holiday that celebrated people who got killed, so Monday did its part.  If it doesn't kill you it's supposed to make you stronger, but neither is proving to be the case with this blogging endeavor.  Is there a third option I should know about?  Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger...or gives you cancer, oops, sorry, liver.  That's okay though because I never go to the doctor so I'll never know, and if I never know I'll never die.  Read it again, it's logic. 

 

Since knowing is half the battle, give or take 50% depending on the nature of the battle: Jeopardy - 100%, Surprises - 0%, here are some things you should know about the letter K.

 

1. We don't need it, we've got C.  Or the other way around, depending which you favor.  But since C comes first alphabetically, we can say, thanks to K and kick it to the curb...not the kurb or kerb, because we're keeping C.....ceeping.  Crap.  Okay, K,  you can stay.

2. The capital and lowercase versions are eerily similar.  

Capital: K

Lowercase: k.  

The smaller version just looks like its arms are retreating from a rejected hug initiation.  Hugs?! [K].  No?  Okay...[k].   

3.  It's not a word, unless you consider 'kay a word, which it's not really, it's move of an abbreviation of a word that isn't even a word either (OK?) but it got turned into a word because people started using it so often in speech and text, but initially and essentially it's just two letters, but K is a name (Kay), though it may also be short for something and thus not a real name.  OK, K!  Not a word.  Not a name. 

4. It can represent a degree on a thermodynamic temperature scale (Kelvin) or a strikeout in baseball, even though there are plenty of other letters in the word 'strikeout' to use like, I don't know, the first one?!  Supposedly, S was taken so some genius journalist decided 'k' was a suitable pinch-letter since 'struck' ends with a 'k' and that's a term so often used in baseball...'hey man, you totally just got struck'd out there.  Better luck next time ::ass slap::'  I think struck is only used when a player gets hit by a ball but I wouldn't know, I'm not a baseball player or even a baseball fan.  So K is kind of all over the place.  It's a lost letter, just trying to find it's way.  It had a tough time in the '20s when it got together with a couple other Ks who shared some bad blood and some bad ideas, mostly fashion-wise.  It's tough to bounce back from orchestrating lynchings, it just kinda hangs on to your reputation, especially when you do it again 30 years later.  Come on, K, get a...klu.    

 

OK, K, Kick-it, just try not to Kill anyone.