The Endurance to Persevere

Great article on the Korean Forrest Gump, Park Ji-sung, his influence on football, Korea, and on underdogs everywhere:

From the NYTimes:
The Endurance to Persevere
Park Ji-sung, Manchester United’s tireless South Korean midfielder, is expected to become the first Asian player to participate in the European Champions League final. Read

Match time is 2:45pm EST, Wednesday.

Speaking of Van Damme...

What made the biggest impressions were the prices at the cinema ($12.50 admission, $6 small popcorn, $4 bottled water, then followed by – I swear to God — pleas for charity donations). However, it had bright spots, ie. the casting of Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy and his eventual performance. But in the end, they were dimmed by such things as Eric Bana’s dimensionless dimension-traveler, and John Cho’s Kumarless Harold in space.

JJ Abrams claimed that this movie would change everything you knew about the Star Trek universe, and that “The Future Begins”, but speaking of Van Damme, checkout JCVD (on Netflix). It actually will change what you know about ol’ Jean-Claude. But before this newfound respect for him is born within, let’s take a journey back to put into perspective how incredible his recent accomplishment truly is...