Man, under-destruction?

 I honestly don't know why I dog on Jean-Claude Van Damme. As far as diversity goes, he's practically a Renaissance man. The man's Belgian, speaks fluent french, has studied both Shotokan Karate and Kickboxing & was a bodybuilder (who still looks remarkable at age 52). And if that wasn't enough, he studied ballet. Some might scoff at this, but as the man himself once said, "Ballet is an art, but it's also one of the most difficult sports. If you can survive a ballet workout, you can survive a workout in any other sport," (having seen virtually every episode of "So you think you can dance", which displayed more than its fair share of ballet, I'm inclined to believe the man).  For his entire career in action films, he only has 2 pieces of work that I haven't outgrown. The first being his contribution to the "Street Fighter" soundtrack, when he was in the video for the song "Straight to my feet" (by M.C. Hammer and D

 Picture this......a young boy sitting next to his younger sister at a playground, both of them staring off into space and having meaningless conversations about the inanities and absurdities of life. No, we're not talking about 2 pot heads who got baked in a public area. We're talking about 2 small children just doing their thing. The younger sister produces a pack of skittles from her pocket and offers to share them with her brother (yes, quite a Kodak moment, right?). Now, the brother, being somewhat of an oddball, graciously accepts, but has difficulty deciding on which skittle he likes the best. The red had a potency that he found delectable, the orange felt natural and nutritious (did I mention he was an oddball?), the yellow had the same direct zest of lemons, the green was unique, the blue was a disappointment despite it being his favorite color and the purple was......well, who doesn't like purple? After trying each one and not being able to reach a decision, he pr