http://www.badassoftheweek.com The ultimate list of badasses, past and present. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:00:00 PST http://www.amazingben.com/bfg.gif http://www.badassoftheweek.com http://ty.rannosaur.us/7-badass-vikings/ An article I did on badass Vikings for ty.rannosaur.us. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:45:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/baldwin.html The Leper King of Jerusalem led the charge that destroyed Saladin's invading armies. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:45:00 PST http://www.fangoria.com/features/4536-badasses-of-horror-part-two.html Part 2 of the piece I did for FANGORIA. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:00:00 PST http://www.cracked.com/article/197_the-7-most-badass-last-stands-in-history-battle/ An article I did on Last Stands for Cracked.com. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/paige.html One Marine on Guadalcanal takes on 2,500 Japanese and wins. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:46:00 PST http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=10121 Part 5 of a five-part series I wrote for the Powells.com author blog. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:45:00 PST http://www.fangoria.com/features/4499-badasses-of-horror-part-one.html An article I wrote for Fangoria.com. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:45:00 PST http://www.mademan.com/best-badasses-history An interview I did for mademan.com. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=10121 Part 4 of a five-part series I wrote for the Powells.com author blog. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:45:00 PST http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=10096 Part 3 of a five-part series I wrote for the Powells.com author blog. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:15:00 PST http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=10010 Part 2 of a five-part series I wrote for the Powells.com author blog. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:00:00 PST http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=9951 Part 1 of a five-part series I wrote for the Powells.com author blog. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/aki-ra.html Aki Ra is a Cambodian guy who disarms land mines with a pocketknife. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:30:00 PST http://www.bscreview.com/2009/10/badass-moments-in-sci-fi-history-by-ben-thompson/ I wrote a history of sci-fi for the website bscreview.com. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/colbert.html I shamelessly plug my book by writing about the TV's most badass talk show host. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:00:00 PST http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocYk1aBj3t4 The official trailer for BADASS, in stores next Tuesday. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/crandall.html Gutsy helicopter pilot repeatedly flew into a hot LZ to save his men. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:45:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/darius.html Bloody ruler of the powerful Achaemenid Persian Empire. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:15:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/kauser.html 18 year-old Indian farmgirl takes on six terrorists armed with AK-47s. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/bookfaq.html Tons of information about the soon-to-be-released Badass of the Week book. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/mccool.html Legendary Irish warrior and world-reknowned asskicker. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/edwardlow.html The Caribbean's bloodiest and most brutal pirate. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/email-ryancooper.html A cool email from last week's badass. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/cooper.html Off-duty firefighter charged into a burning building to save two people. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/curie.html Invented the science behind chemotherapy and nuclear warfare. Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/zeus.html King of the Gods. Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/knievel.html The crazy daredevil whose insanity has become the stuff of legend. Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/knut.html King of All England, and of the Danes, and of Norway, and Some of the Swedes. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/koepcke.html 17 year old German girl survives a horrific plane crash and escapes the Amazon rain forest. Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/fanmail.html Added 10 new fan mails. Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/fazaldin.html Indian soldier won the VC for killing a Japanese officer with his own sword... after being impaled with it. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:15:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/aldrin.html Fighter pilot, astronaut, moonwalker, face-puncher. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/davinci.html Utterly brilliant inventor, scientist, artist, and crazy person. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/earhart.html America's most famous aviatrix. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/reusser.html The most decorated aviator in Marine Corps history. Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/piye.html The Nubian king who installed himself as Pharaoh. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/blenda.html A young Swedish girl slaughters an entire army of marauding Vikings. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/wanyandie.html 78 year-old man saves his son from a bear by beating it with a stick. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/albertjohnson.html The Mad Trapper of Rat River. Fri, 5 Jun 2009 14:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/jubei.html Wandering samurai/ninja/pirate of Feudal Japan. Fri, 29 May 2009 12:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/speirs.html The cold-blooded Captain of Easy Company. Fri, 22 May 2009 14:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/isabella.html The British Queen who deposed and executed the King. Fri, 15 May 2009 08:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/email-groves.html A real-life hero shares his thoughts on his article. Fri, 15 May 2009 08:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/lighthorse.html The story of the last great cavalry charge in military history. Fri, 8 May 2009 08:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/che.html Revolutionary, guerilla fighter, and bloody executioner -- the man behind the t-shirt. Fri, 1 May 2009 11:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/solo.html The badass gunslinger from a galaxy far, far away. Fri, 1 May 2009 11:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/duston.html Frontierswoman escapes from her captors by killing them all with an axe. Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:30:00 PST http://www.twitter.com/BadassoftheWeek Now you can follow me on Twitter (if you're into that sort of thing). Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/nyaumbe.html Man battles a giant, thirteen-foot, man-eating python for over three hours. Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/rusesabagina.html The hero of the Rwandan Genocide saved over a thousand people from crazy machete-toting maniacs. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/doc.html The infamous half-insane, alcoholic, gunfighting dentist. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/barbarossa.html The peasant who became a pirate, and then became the Grand Admiral of the Turkish Navy. Fri, 3 Apr 2009 08:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/sethhoward.html Green Beret fought off terrorist ambush with a sniper rifle and a rocket launcher. Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/maibhago.html Sikh warrior-saint led a group of deserters to bloody redemption. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/stmoses.html The Patron Saint of Asskicking. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/winstonchurchill.html The greatest British ruler since the days of King Arthur. Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/churchillvsboa.html A Sci-Fi Channel original movie screenplay. Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/paleokostas.html The Greek Robin Hood escaped from prison in a helicopter. Twice. Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:00:00 PST http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amazing-Ben-Ben-Thompson/51765799654 I set up a Facebook page for those of you who are into that sort of thing. Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/tubman.html Fearless conductor of the Underground Railroad. Thu, 20 Feb 2009 17:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/fanmail.html Added 14 new fan mails. Thu, 20 Feb 2009 17:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/voorhees.html Happy Friday the 13th. Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/titanoboa.html A 43 foot-long, 2,500-pound prehistoric kill-snake from Hell. Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/rasputin.html Infamous "Mad Monk" of Imperial Russia. Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:45:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/sully.html Last of the great bare-knuckle boxers. Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/geronimo.html Apache warrior fought a twenty-five year war against both the U.S. and Mexico. Thu, 16 Jan 2009 22:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/tesla.html King of the mad scientists. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/livereating.html It's not just a clever name. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/kingdavid.html Poor shepherd killed a giant and became Israel's greatest King. Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:30:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/cloelia.html Heroine of the Roman Republic led a group of captive women to freedom. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/ernestsmith.html Canadian hero of World War II took on an entire company of Panzers... and won. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:00:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/edwinhill.html Navy Boatswain saved his ship from destruction during the raid on Pearl Harbor. Thu, 4 Dec 2008 20:15:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/groves.html One man fought off a dozen Somali pirates with a fire hose. Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:10:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/kittinger.html USAF test pilot skydived from lower orbit. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:10:00 PST http://www.badassoftheweek.com/beowulf.html Mythical monster-killing hero pulled a demon's arm off with his bare hands. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:11:01 EST