dual personalities

Today we remember Steve McQueen who died on November 7 in 1980. (I’m a day late.)

We miss Steve.

This poster was on the door of the Senior Room at my school in the late sixties.

It represented all things cool to me in the middle school. Indeed, this is still as cool as it gets. I am not wrong.

Although there are many posers out there, no one these days comes close to Steve. The actor who reminds me the most of Steve is Charlie Hunnum.

He can even ride a motorcycle. And wait a minute, he is, in fact, starring in the remake of Papillon. Clearly I am not the only one who sees the similarity. However, I am sure this attempt to remake this movie will end badly.

There is only one Steve.

Tonight we will toast old Steve and watch one of the classics:

The Magnificent Seven

Bullitt

The Sand Pebbles

…or any of these you can get your hands on. I have to admit, I’m kind of in the mood for The Blob.

And, okay, this made me smile/LOL. I mean, I could certainly relate to the two Irish women in their late 60s – one with a “walking aid” – who were able to make off with a 6 ft portrait of Steve McQueen from a Belfast hotel. They were only foiled in their attempt when they couldn’t fit it into their car. How great is that?

No update on whether they caught the “not-so-magnificent-two”.

BTW, the little dude got his first haircut the other day.

I think we know how he felt about that.