“He has a bizarre sense of humor.” – a schoolmate of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.

In the last several weeks I was recently robbed, my cousin was murdered in his own home during a break-in, several friends were recently victims of theft. And the “Dexter” season premiere is this Sunday. The Killing Moon is on the rise.

This past week I’ve had a peaked interest in weaponry. Pistol shopping was much more pleasurable that I ever imagined it could be. I hit the bull’s eye at Eagle Gun Range. Now that I’m packing heat I was eager to try out my new piece. Saturday’s “family day” was spent at the firing range putting The Judge on trial. It was a hung jury. My wife is scared to have a gun in the house and my daughter is scared her brother is going to shoot her with it. And me…I’m waiting to try it out on some thug who thinks my house is a Target.

LIGHTS! CAMERA! ARTILLERY!

DEXTER Season Premiere is Sunday. My partner in crime, Priscilla Esser, & I thought we’d celebrate the serial killer’s return to TV with a little plastic sheeting, our killing tools, a willing sacrifice (Ned Esser), lots of blood, some wine and a photographer to document the murder. Maryann Bates brought her killer lense & interrogation lights into the kill room and the cutting crew went to work.

Catch the DEXTER Season Premiere on Showtime. Sunday, September 26th @ 9pm.

FUTURE LOVE PARADISE

Macon Film Festival & College Hill Alliance present: Big Screen Movie Night: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” Sept. 24th @ 8pm. Tattnall Square Park. FREE.

Midtown Festival of the Arts. Atlanta. Sept. 25th & 26th.

Joseph Guay exhibit @ Jackson Fine Art in Atlanta

Coach Vince Dooley & artist Steve Penley’s Book Signing @ Georgia Music. 2107 Eisenhower Pkwy. September 30th. 3:30-6:30pm.

Rick Hutto’s Book Launch. “A Peculiar Tribe of People: Murder and Madness in the Heart of Georgia”. Friday, October 1st. 6-8pm @ Market City Café.

“OIL & INK” Macon Arts’ October Opening. Comic art by Craig Hamilton, Steve Scott & Ray Snyder. Ceramics by Michael Schmidt. Macon Arts Gallery. First Friday, Oct. 1st. 5p – 8p.

The Social Network movie in theatres Oct. 1st. “You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.”

Underworld F.E.A.R. Haunted House opens Oct. 1st and goes through the month of October.

Levee Fest. Oct. 2nd. Central City Park.

Brett Butler @ CCT. Oct. 27th. 7:30pm. Tix: $40 Reserved Seating, $35 Gen Admission.

Some Killer Fun: On Target Paintball Try the Shooter’s Special.

COMMENTS ARE AMUSING & WELCOME!

While on a recent trip to Atlanta I thought a Bang was in order and Chai Sapi was just the person to give it to me. It was raining and Piedmont Avenue was flooding. I steered the Mini Cooper to the right & hydroplaned into Ansley Square, coming to a stop in front of an old take-out fave: Bangkok Thai Restaurant.

Bangkok Thai is the oldest Thai restaurant in Atlanta – and possibly the first in the state of Georgia. It opened in 1977. One thing I remembered about this joint was they serve it up spicy!

Upon entering the restaurant, Chai greeted me with an enthusiastic smile and seated me at a table in the front window. Chai is a lovely Thai woman who is proud that her restaurant is considered an Atlanta institution and that her husband, Supat Sapi, is one of the best Thai chef’s in the state. I got right down to the business of getting my Thai on…I knew exactly what I wanted. Beginning with Num Tok. Num Tok is a spicy beef salad which is a traditional Thai dish consisting of grilled beef, mint leaves, green onion, lime juice and hot Thai chili. Theirs is sublime.

My second course was Seafood Curry which is a combo of scallops, shrimp & mussels in a hot & spicy red curry with bamboo shoots & fresh basil. Order it “Thai Spicy” – you’ll be glad you did.

The decor is nothing to look at but with all the dining-in gay boys & bejeweled Midtown housewives rushing in for take-out you’ll have plenty to gawk at.

Bottom line….The food is good, spicy & authentically Thai! They only have beer & wine …and all the water you can consume which you’ll need to tame your flaming palette.

Bangkok Thai is located at 1492-A Piedmont Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30309. Reservations: 404-874-2514. http://www.bangkokatl.com