Rescue Me

I do not see many moments in TV that are of a high cinematic quality. I generally do not watch many shows on any sort of regular basis with the exception be some that are on FX (Nip/Tuck, the subject of this post, and Las Vegas (not on FX)). A little over a week ago I was watching Rescue Me, a show on FX that stars Dennis Leary as a fireman. I was never a real big fan of his (I suppose I still am not, but at least I don't dislike him) until I started watching Rescue Me. In a nutshell, the show is about a firehouse in New York and the lives of the people in the house. Leary (Tommy Gavin) plays an alcoholic (currently sober, at least in this season), separated fireman who loves his women but hates their habits. In the opening credits , they play Come On, Come On, by the Von Bondies. I didn't mind the song before but now when I hear the song I yearn for the show. A recent show ended while the extended family was having a party for the father at a Chinese restaurant. Leary's wife has been sleeping with his brother for some period of time. At the restaurant he noticed that the brother and wife were sitting fairly close. He stuck his head under the table (making it look like he was picking something up off the floor) and saw that they were holding hands under the table. He came back up for a second then went down again to verify. He came back up for a moment then jumped across the table and started pounding his brother senseless. The music (Bonnie Brae by the Twilight Singers with the former head of the Afghan Whigs) started as the scuffle was heading out of the restaurant. There was a lot of drama and people trying to pull them off each other until it ended up in the street. Leary always had the upper hand. Down the sidewalk they went and into the street. Leary was kicking his brother in the middle of the street until he had enough and started walking into the street light sunset. The remainder of the crowd tended to the brother as the music hit the crescendoed and Leary kept walking. There aren't many quality cinematic moments in TV but this was one of them.

I am in danger......

...of losing my current nickname at work. The story behind the current nickname (ERF) is that there are forms that users fill out when they have a computer problem. It is call an 'Ethan Request Form'. Employees being the way employees are, they didn't like saying the whole name so the form name got reduced to ERF. After that (apparently saying Ethan was too much) they started calling me ERF.

Back to present day. There is a case in our office where a defendent is saying that they don't owe a debt because they are operating under a new name. It was requested that I go to the location to get pictures of the exterior signage and anything on the inside that would indicate the name the business was operating under. Surprise, surprise, everything indicated that they were still using the old name. I even purchased something and the receipt had the old name as did the credit card slip. When I got back to the office one of the attorneys said, "Hey there Magnum. All you need now is the 1980 something Ferrari." I may now be referred to as Magnum or Magnum P.I.