Steve McQueen

I'm currently watching Bullitt. Great movie (really its all about the end car chase, but the rest has its place) and I got to thinking about how cool that dude really was. Its really too bad he died as early as he did, I think he'd have just gotten better and better with age. As I sat here looking up random stuff on him, I'm reading off little bits that I thought were particularly awesome, like how he'd race under fake names to keep the studios at bay, would donate huge amounts of stuff to the boys academy he spent time in, and how he was a trouble maker in the Marines and kept getting demoted because he would disappear with his girl friend (only to then work on self discipline and improvement which moved him up in ranks). Jake then simply said "He is the most interesting man in the world." And you know what? She's right.

Though you died before my time, you're still an inspiration to me and many. Long live the King of Cool.