i am the greetest

yes, i meant to spell "greatest" that way (bonus points if you get the reference). yesterday i posted the greatest movie scene of all time, today i bring you the greatest television scene ever: President Josiah Bartlet's showdown with God almighty. here's the latin translations for the end there:

gratias tibi ago, domine.
(Thank you, Lord.)
haec credam a deo pio, a deo justo, a deo scito?
(Am I to believe these things from a righteous god, a just god, a wise god?)
cruciatus in crucem
(To hell with your punishments!)
tuus in terra servus, nuntius fui; officium perfeci.
(I was your servant, your messenger on the earth; I did my duty.)
cruciatus in crucem -
(To hell with your punishments!)
eas in crucem
(And to hell with you!)

thanks to tv.com for the translations

hold the phone...

just to clarify: i didn't mean that the movie scene that i posted in my last blog entry was the greatest movie scene ever, because it's not. It's just an example of an early bromance scene (no homo).

if you want the GREATEST movie scene ever, you'll have to look a bit earlier in the film - to the excommunication scene, enjoy:

the original bromance

the "bromance" phenomenon is, of course, nothing new. This Wikipedia article mentions that Aristotle examined a similar concept as early as 300 BCE. What is new is the string of bromantic comedies that have come out of Hollywood in the past year - well guess what this isn't new either.

Anyone that's ever spent five minutes with me has heard me talk about the movie Becket. I love that movie - it's my all time fave. What i hardly mention is that the movie is actually one of the earliest bromance films...see for yourself...you'll have to fast forward to 3:38, but it's well worth it; it's an absolutely heart-wrenching scene.

update:

Update to my last post: i plan on spending as much time in mosh pits while i'm still young enough to not look like i don't belong there.

i don't love you anymore

The Rise Against show was effing awesome. They definitely did not disappoint. You know how you have a band that you listen to all the time, but when you go to se them live they suck? Yea, well that didn't happen. Those effers have a great stage presence (think authority zero). But there's one thing that bothers me. How can people sit on the sideline at a show like that? I've gotta be up near the stage screaming lyrics in unison (or at least what my tone-deaf ass thinks is in unison), getting konked on the head by crowd surfers feet, and enduring the occasional elbow, or two, to the face. That's the way I enjoy music - being part of the crowd and feeding off of the energy and giving that energy back. That's the way you enjoy a show.

damned if i don't...

The world lost a giant today. Robert S. McNamara died in his sleep at the age of 93. Although Secretary McNamara's name will forever be synonymous with the Vietnam war, it is not the failure of that war that he should be remembered for. He should be remembered for the lessons that the world learned from his mistakes. McNamara recognized the folly of war later in his life. Although he had been a key strategist in the Second World War, helped the world survive the Cuban Missile Crisis and, of course, was the architect of the escalation of Vietnam, it is his mea culpa that he should be remembered for. We lost a piece of history today. The world lost a giant today.

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
-T. S. Eliot

The Fog Has Lifted ... for one man

From the BBC:
Robert McNamara, who served as US defence secretary during the Vietnam war and the Cuban Missile Crisis, has died aged 93.

Mr McNamara, served under presidents John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson. He was also an architect of the US policy of nuclear deterrence.

He had suffered failing health for some time and died in his sleep at his home in Washington DC, his wife Diana said.

After retiring in 1981, he championed the cause of nuclear disarmament.
Before taking up the post of US Secretary of Defense in 1961, Mr McNamara was the president of Ford Motor Company, turning the company around the post World War II era.

He is most closely associated with overseeing the escalation of the US war in Vietnam from 1961 to 1968.

However, in his 1995 memoirs In Retrospect: The Tragedies and Lessons of Vietnam he wrote of his regret over his Vietnam role.

it's official

yea, it's official. blogging for a living does make me less inclined to spend time in front of the computer for pleasure. So that's what accounts for the slow-roll of posts lately.

The real estate gambit is not paying off. The Aston is full so I'm looking to get a "Luxury" apartment at The Columbia Plaza, which is just a few blocks from GW. I have to call them on Monday to see if they have a unit available...hey, for a Texas boy, it'll be kind of fancy living in a building with a doorman.

In other news...well there isn't really any other news...so MUSIC TIME!

Here's the new Reno Divorce video - the new album drops in the U.S. on July 21!!!! Can't wait 'til they tour the U.S.!!!!