The Onion gets it right

http://www.theonion.com/onion3930/former_president.html

Let's stop the peacemakers in their tracks, dammit!

(link courtesy of mactavish)

Busy day

We're heading to Elayna's school for her registration, after which I have two hours of training, so I won't be online much today.

SO, to keep you entertained, here's my list of top five Jean-Claude Van Damme movies. Because I know you wanna know (and one of these was on this morning):

Timecop -- The only really good movie he's done. Still a b-movie, but a lot of fun, and it's got Mia Sara, and time paradoxes.

Sudden Death -- The one that was on this morning. A fun and surprisingly well-done riff on the Die Hard concept ("It's Die Hard in a Hockey Arena"). Formula to the core, but well worth watching at least once.

Knock Off -- Not a good movie, but remember who we're talking about here. Lots of borderline slashy interaction between Van Damme and Rob Schneider, and as someone who grew up near the Garment District in NYC (and whose mom made a living there), the plot itself was appealing.

Hard Target -- Van Damme's attempt to go "legit." It failed, and almost killed John Woo's career (insert your own Windtalkers joke here). In fact, Surviving the Game, made at the same time from the same short story, was a much better film. But this is still worth a viewing, if only to see Jean-Claude punch out a snake.

Universal Soldier -- yes, this really is the fifth best Van Damme film. Which should tell you how bad his career has been. Co-starring Dolph Lundgren (who, believe it or not, has done more good movies than Jean Claude, and actually made a better movie with John Woo, even).

Wake the ^%@* up.

vidicon's post over here is required reading.

Free book by Chuck!

Bookslut is giving away a free signed copy or two of the new Chuck Palahniuk book! Since I write for 'em, I'm pretty sure I'm not eligible, so I figured I'd pass the joy on.