Moving Day!!!

Yes, Just as quickly as I've staked down the hearts of several villains here, I'm pulling up said stakes and relocating my evil. I will soon be consolidating both my Podcast shows and my text-based blogging at my new site:

www.savethevillain.com

So come on over and enjoy the Fresh, new Evil!

It's like Wal-Mart for Supervillains!

I usually don’t endorse commercial industries, but I wouldn’t be a Supervillain if I didn’t break rules, including my own, would I?

I was recently re-visiting older sites in my bookmarks, and I was reminded of the utter coolness of ThinkGeek as a source of fun, equipment, and general villainous warm-fuzzies. Just look at the advertising for this spinning globe. They specifically market to supervillains! How cool is that?!?

They cater to vampires, Sith in training, DIY Destroyers, and even villains who like a deadly wake-up call! All evil walks of life can find some sort of fun item in their voluminous stores.

So if you’re finding yourself likely to probe their inventory, or even if you don’t give a flying F*ck, just remember I tried to steer you towards ThinkGeek, or I might have to break out the shockball and some duct tape.

Thank you, Now give me my 2 hours back!

Finally thousands of people's gripes are vindicated. JD Shapiro has published a public apology for writing Battlefield Earth. Villains, heroes, and victims all can agree that Battlefield earth was one of the worst movies ever, if not the worst. I've seen Ishtar, so I consider myself pretty versed in bad film, and B. E. struck me as stupid in several places. I won't go over it, because it will make me have to remember the movie.
(Aargh, Flashback! Learning to fly a jet fighter in a week! Aaargh!)
Okay, I'm better now. And I'm happy for the apology, but I want a time machine so I can go back in time and stop myself from watching that. And maybe to kick L. Ron Hubbard in the nuts.

From the Makers of the Underwater Plane...

Now, if you don't want to be inconspicuous under the water, you can hover above it, sort of, in the new Flying Boat!

The new Hydroptere floats at high speeds on wing-like foils, so much like the Underwater Plane, the Flying Boat does not actually Fly! Perfect for the Supervillain with a love of speed and little sense of self-preservation!

Inventor, and possible villain Alain Thebault says, "Many years ago when I said I wanted to make a boat fly people said I was crazy." That puts him well on the way to being a Mad Scientist!

So order yours today!

(Makers of Flying Boat are not liable for personal injury, collateral damage, or acts of superhero)

Making Light of Not Getting it Right...

Schadenfreude. Hard to spell, difficult to pronounce, Awesome to experience. As a Supervillain I live to see others screw up (when they are NOT my own Henchmen) and several of my most fond childhood memories involve watching Bloopers shows hosted by Dick Clark. (Anyone else remember this, or am I once again the old man on the Internet?)

But sitting down to watch other people mess up isn't always convenient. So I present to you a list of several sites to see others' faux pas, errors, flubs, and downright fails.

Failblog - Fails of all sorts, captured forever in picture and video.
Failbooking - Ever wonder what Facebook is for? It's for finding hilarious Status messages!
There, I Fixed it - If I were ever to undertake a fix-it project, these would be the results.
Engrish Funny - Some things are lost in translation, These translations gain Hilarity!
Monday Thru Friday - Fails in the workplace!
Learn from My Fail - People kind enough to give you advice based on their own screwups!
Probably Bad News - Funny news failures. (No, It's not all FOX news)


So go out there and derive joy from others' misfortune. It's just Human Nature!

Law & Order: Magical Intent?

Supervillains with Magical powers should take care in their travels. And specifically stay away from Saudi Arabia. Apparently their religious police have ways of finding you, and you could end up on the wrong end of a Death Sentence.

I'm sure they employ Spell-sniffing dogs and conduct cavity searches to find bags of holding. So keep your wits about you, those guys mean business, and I'm sure the other denizens of their prisons will perform the magical disappearing sausage trick on you if you fail to defend yourself.

And they will be happy to do repeat performances for as long as it takes you to appeal, have the appeal overturned, and beg the king to stay your execution...

Oh, this warning doesn't just concern magical Supervillains, but anyone who "predicts the future" on television, like TV Psychics, weathermen, really good guessers, etc. And I bet Harry Potter fans might warrant a cavity search or two there...

Meet the new Evil book, same as the old Evil Book...

As I peruse a recent article about a book called The 48 Laws of Power, The first thing that comes to mind is, “Gee, that would be an excellent resource for Supervillains.” Then I wonder if there could be anything in it that can’t be boiled down to one of 3 excellent resources for Supervillains that already exist. These 3 are what I believer should be the cornerstone of any Supervillain’s personal education, and exemplifies all the things you need to consider when climbing through the ranks of villainy.

The first of these resources is The Prince by Machiavelli. Although the rules, anecdotes and lessons within are most useful to an actual Prince or Leader of Nations, it still has valuable information that you can use as soon as you get to a situation where you find yourself in charge of something(s) or someone(s). Although a tad bit draconian, it can easily be tamed to avoid overpowering one's underlings too much.

The second is The Art of War by Sun Tzu. There is a version of this book for just about everyone (I personally have one that includes flash cards of all of the lessons, with brief explanations on the back). It will help you to attack your problems head on, or flank them effectively. It will tell you how to strike down adversity, and defend your vulnerable points. If ever there was a book that was literally full of win, this is it (especially the part about thinking about failure being the precursor to failure). The lessons are like Fortune cookies on the surface, but an all-you-can-eat buffet of knowledge underneath. Bon appetit!

The third source I swear by is all over the Internet, and comes in more forms than you can shake a stick at. It is known as the Evil Overlord List, and it includes a fix for just about every problem a supervillain (Especially one bent on global domination) can run into when they lose perspective and forget the little things. From ways to keep your plan from being derailed to helpful hints on dealing with your Henchmen, The List has just about everything, considering how many different versions there are.

So, I might take a peek at "The 48 Laws of Power", but I'm probably going to stick to the big 3 fountains of Evil knowledge I already have.