Some People Are Just Butt-Heads.

.....KAS has been wonderful for the most part. Everything that we wanted to have happen did happen as planned for the most part. And it all turned out to look pretty damned cool. I had the opportunity to geek out wonderfully when I was on a judging panel for a poem written in a Latin / French (Gaul / Merovingian) Style. And I got to geek out even more when Sir Richard and I talked in depth on the roots of poetry inspiration and muse. But more on that later.

.....There had to be one thing that marred the wonderfulness that was today. It 'harshed my mellow' because it totally upset TBT to the point where I wanted to go up to the cause of this problem and tell them what an ass-hat they were, in triplicate and in detail.

.....If you know TBT at all there are certain things that you can take for absolutes. She will be honest and straight forward with you. She is not vindictive. She is kind and generous with her time. She's smart as hell, and has the common sense that tempers it nicely. She's first in line to lend a hand as needed. I could go on and on and on....

.....So, she has this member of her judging team who has been a total pain-in-the-ass for months now. Who's been non-communicative, or when in the loop has been graceless at best and just plain snotty with e-mails. To the point that the frustration level has just driven everyone involved insane.

.....Today, this person was relatively polite at first, but became increasingly scathing as the day drug on to its conclusion. TBT wants to do the right thing and give this person the benefit of just having an off day. But this person's actions are starting to affect the feelings and emotional well being of the rest of the team. TBT is angsting hard over what to do and what the best course of action is going to be.

.....I wish that this person would really pull their head out of their ass and actually see what they are doing. If they just took thirty seconds to review the words they use and how they are treating people who are working hard to do the right thing, maybe they'd feel just a little ashamed of the hard feelings they are causing.

.....Argh! While I don't ever wish harm to come to someone. A good raging case of head lice might do the trick. And maybe a few warts judiciously applied as well.

.....Just sayin'...

.....O.K., I feel better now. :-)

.....Arontius / Aaron.