Mel's on the Edge of Darkness. Wasn't he always?

Mel Gibson's my favorite actor. You wouldn't know it if you searched my blog (it's not like you'll find 300+ posts like you do with Brett Favre). MG's public relations miscues in recent years...he's sort of a sacred cow to me and I just let him be. I think that's what MG would want.

However, MG's got a new flick out, "Edge of Darkness", that I saw last week and thoroughly enjoyed. And he's got this interview in the February issue of Men's Journal.

You know, you can rip on Mel for divorcing his wife after almost 30 years of marriage, fathering a child with his new Russian girlfriend, yelling racial epithets to Malibu cops and his otherwise questionable bad-boy behavior throughout his career, but you can't question his charity work. Now I know for a fact Mel helps out numerous charities (some anonymously), including Mending Kids International, a charity he and his ex-wife founded that helps pay medical expenses for underprivledged children.

And I'd be hardpressed for anyone to question his talents as a director. He's a helluv an actor (I truly think he's one of the most underrated actors around). But the four movies he's directed - "The Man Without A Face", "Braveheart", "The Passion of the Christ" and "Apocalypto" - prove he's passionate about the stories he tells and it comes through on the movie screen.

He ain't perfect. Neither are we.

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Separated at Birth? Mel Gibson and Jason Ircink.

It's the eyes. My brother's eyes definitely look like Mel Gibson's. Not all the time, but at certain moments. Jas has got that Braveheart look here, that's for sure.

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I'm keeping my eyes on NY Times/Village Voice columnist Alex Barra. He's a known douche bag.

I've blogged about Alex Bare-ass before. Search the topics list on the right panel, bottom. His latest is here - on why it's Brett Favre's fault - and only Brett's fault - that the New York Jets went downhill the last 5 games of the season.

Read it. It's as if Brett was (were?) the only guy playing for the Jets those last 5 games. But boy, oh, boy...don't say that Brett was the only one who helped get the Jets to 8-3. Nope. THAT was a team effort. Winning is (ask RB Thomas Jones). Losing is all Brett's fault.

So I comment on douche bag's article (hit the "publish" button one too many times and it printed 4x). Here's an excerpt, go to the article and read everyone's comments (most disagree with the lunatic).

So, lo and behold, Bare-ass actually makes a comment on his own article - and mentions me (like I care).

Listen you arrogant prick...Jeffrey Ircink is my real name, asshole! You couldn't make up that last name if you tried. And if I wanted to use a "handle" I would've used "belairjeff" or a nickname like "monkeyboy" or "bareassisadouche"...you know, something that sounds made up. Bare-ass easily dismisses stats and facts that don't back up his argument, and he doesn't pay attention to what others write because he doesn't even see that my name IS at the end of my posts - all 5 of them!

So then I respond back:

I have yet to hear back. He's a busy man - being a douche-pig and all. If we were living in 14th century Scotland right now, I would get my 4-foot Scottish claymore and cleave Bare-ass' head from his fat body so fast...well, I would just do it really fast. Then I'd eat some haggis (using Bare-ass' stomach, of course), play the pipes and have sex with a Scottish lass while singing tunes from "Brigadoon".

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