Hillary Clinton probably anticipated a lot of travel as Secretary of State, but she sure wasn’t ready for this TRIP! Ha ha! Can I get a high five?

Thanks, James Van Der Beek. Seriously, though, I’m impressed with Fox News’s coverage. The reporter actually minimized his glee and used the word “unfortunate” to describe Clinton’s fall. Unfortunate… that she wasn’t hurt, amirite? Hit me again, Beek!

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Can your car run on Four Loko? Hey, anything to avoid drinking it. [Uproxx News]

The Ten Most Stylish Dictators. If you haven’t read this yet, give it a go. It’s written by my roommate. [UPROXX]

Wait, what? Cyberdyne is an actual robotics company, and they’ve made a thought-controlled exoskeleton named HAL. That’s terrifying. [Gamma Squad]

Charles Barkley on Tucker Carlson: “We fired him because he sucked.” [With Leather]

Armond White made Annette Bening cry. The New York Film Critics Circle Awards sounds an awful lot like the Playa Haters Ball. [FilmDrunk]

The Fight Club/Calvin and Hobbes mash-up. Equal parts adorable and badass. [GorillaMask]

Guy Fieri is the new spokesman for Ritz crackers. So, y’know, stop buying Ritz crackers. [Food Network Humor]

Oh no, the B-word! ABC has bought a project with the title “Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23.” [Inside TV]

(GIF via jamesvandermemes, of course.)

With the exception of Varsity Blues, James Van Der Beek and his towering, Exeter-like forehead slipped into obscurity following his role as Dawson on “Dawson’s Creek.” Now, the Internet only remembers him for his blubbering bitchface and “I don’t want. Your life.”

All of that has changed with the existence of James Van Der Memes, a single-serving Tumblr blog comprised entirely of animated GIFs of Van Der Beek emoting. It’s fantastic. It shows that he’s able to poke fun at his past while also displaying more range than he ever showed on “Dawson.” And something tells me I’ll be using that “Oh no you dih’n't!” GIF sometime in the very near future. Probably in regard to TLC programming.

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UPDATE: Here’s Van Der Beek’s Funny or Die video promoting the website:

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Mercy (NBC) — James Van Der Beek begins a guest starring role that will last through the end of the season. Wow, what a casting coup by NBC.

Leverage (TNT) — Luke Perry guest stars.  ”Leverage” sees your Dawson and raises you a Dylan.

Shear Genius (Bravo) — Season premiere. Hey, you idiots misspelled “sheer”! What’s that? It’s about cutting hair? Oh, I see. Very clever. Anyway, hot Latina Camila Alves has taken over hosting duties from Jaclyn Smith, so this could theoretically be more appealing to straight men if it weren’t a reality show about hair styling.

Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials (CBS) — If you watch this hour of television, clap your flippers and collect a fish from your handler. You’re such a good little network seal!

Steven Seagal: Lawman (A&E) — Season finale. Man, it’s depressing that I was so excited for this show and it turned out to be boring. I mean, it was funny because fat people who act serious are always funny, but it was still boring.

Modern Family (ABC) — Minnie Driver guest stars as Claire’s old friend. Speaking of Claire (Julie Bowen), here she is in her underwear in the most recent episode (watch on Hulu). Why no, I don’t have a girlfriend. Why do you ask?

Tom Kapinos, the writer and executive producer for “Californication” who cut his teeth as a show runner on “Dawson’s Creek” a decade ago, opened up about the horrible experience of working on the hit that propelled Joshua Jackson, Katie Holmes, and Michelle Williams to stardom and James Van Der Beek to one role in a movie by MTV Films.

“The experience was miserable,” he continued about Dawson’s. “But it was a four-year boot camp. It was like going to TV grad school and learning how to run a television show. Anybody on that show who could make a decision was allowed to run it at some point. I inherited the very awkward college years, and I almost ran the show into the ground. But I learned everything that I needed to know about how to run a show.”

When the panel moderator asked, “What was it specifically that made it such a challenge?” Tom dropped this bomb: “It was the four monstrous actors at the core of it.”  The audience erupted in laughter as Tom continued, saying: “They were very young, and they got very famous, and they made life miserable for any writer or producer on the show.” [E Online]

I’ll tell you what the real monster is.  Van Der Beek’s forehead.  ZING.  Or should I go with Katie’s husband?  What’s more likely to devour an American city?  Tom Cruise or that glacial cranium?  I can’t decide.