So? (Pranos)

The Sopranos aren't going out with a bang. I don't know what it is about this season, but I can't really get into it like in the past. In this most recent of episodes, Tony has a gambling problem and wants to put Carmela's $6,000 real estate gain on a Jets game. She obviously thinks he's nuts. Not surprisingly, the Jets won the game and Tony is pissed beyond belief.

But how does he find out about the Jets victory? In the newspaper! You're telling me he didn't WATCH the game like most adult males in a 100-mile radius? Can't Tony afford the internet?

OK...I'm nitpicking....but I need someone to get knocked off. My vote...Chris is gone within the next 2 episodes.

For those of you who are huge fans, you have to check out Alan Sepinwall's column on the show. It's tremendous.

While we're on the topic of the largest paper in the state, I have sucken even lower and put myself in the Munchmobile mix. For those who aren't aware of this, the Munchmobile visits various food establishments throughout the state and rate them. I sent the author a shtick-laden email and he said he will be in touch.

My dream of trying borscht in Phillipsburg may finally become a reality!

Nice job by former Roselle product Jesse Holley getting a 3 year contract with the Bengals. He's part of a truly classy family and a really nice guy. I felt bad for him in high school because he had no quarterback to throw him the ball (Holley actually lined up at QB for some reps for the Rams). The problem didn't go away in college, where QB was not a strong spot. Now, he's in a good position with Bengals needing a WR with Chris Henry out for half the season and Cincy not drafting a single WR this season. Good luck.

I started watching ER about 6 years ago. I didn't watch during the George Clooney years because I as my kids would say, "Yo no homo."

The show has gone from interesting to a complete waste of my time. I can't even follow the ridiculous storylines anymore. A doctor getting his arm chopped off by a helicopter? And this week, they CLOSED the ER. OK...that might happen.

You'd have a better chance of having Sunjay lock up the 7-11 for one night.

Breaking Fools

As I sit home from work due to a nagging head cold, I can't help but notice the overuse of the phrase "Breaking News." It seems like every 5 minutes something SUPER important breaks.....like there's still flooding in Manville.....or commercials are coming up.....or Bush is dropping a deuce somewhere in the Green Room.

News programs used to attach this phrase with something that was TRULY fresh news and had meaning, but now the most insignificant thing gets this label. Entertainment Tonight lists things that pop up on its CBS Evening News and The Insider as "breaking."

It's almost like American Idol when Ryan Seacrest throws one of those, "We'll find out who made the Top 7......RIGHT after the break." Don't tease me with this crap. Viewers have enough problems already (like the fact they're watching Entertainment Tonight in the first place), we don't need more stress in our lives.

The only thing that's breaking is my garbage can with all of the used tissues I'm throwing in there today.

Wait....I think I just saw that reported on MSNBC.

The 1990s had Kevin Bacon. I'm starting to think Ben Stiller has taken his torch. The guy seems to be in EVERY comedy that's made. I popped in School for Scoundrels and guess who showed up?

Reason #234 why a time machine would be a bad invention: Ben Stiller replaces Chevy Chase in Fletch. Professor Carino is up in arms......Dr. Rosenpenis is never created.

Mass hysteria.

Tonight marks the final night of my graduate studies. I'm finally handing in the thesis and joining the ranks of the Masters. (Where's my green jacket?)

It's funny.....I don't feel no smarter. And I can't wait until the institution of higher learning that I attend calls to tell me I'm missing 0.5 of a credit and I can't walk.

More mass hysteria.

Hokies Horror

Is there ANY pleasant news anymore?

Following a meeting at work, I logged on to cnn.com and saw the horrors at Virginia Tech. Over 30 people dead. Mass hysteria on campus. That school, like other schools where lives were taken (Columbine, Seton Hall, Kent Place), have never been completely the same.

While I was in Colorado, I went to Columbine in November. I was very impressed with the school and the surrounding area. Kids were playing soccer in an adjacent park and families were together in what seemed like a peaceful setting. But when I drove up to the front of the school, the thoughts of the killings lingered in my mind. I'm sure that will be the case for those students at Virginia Tech. What could drive someone to such measures? In addition to all of the lives lost, the question of security on campuses will definitely come to the foreground. More freedoms will be sacrificed and people will be forever scarred as a result of the mind of a psychotic man.

My condolences to those families who lost loved ones today.

I know it's difficult to transition to this next topic but this was my birthday weekend. I spent it at one of the best birthday parties I have ever had. So what that I knew about 3 % of the people there. So what that it was labeled "The Mosher Wedding?" It was MY BDay dammit! And I'll devour all of the crab legs I wanted. I had an amazing time with E, Sandman, Carino, Dunz and Caitling and various other clowns at the Cescaphe.

I may have to put that wedding in the top 5. Mr. Henn's is up next this weekend. That's going to be a clown show....and THEN some.

I Mess

I couldn't believe the top story on cnn.com earlier today.





Awaiting the BIG news of the day (that's right....the news that the words "Lawrence Birkhead" were the answer to the world famous question "Who's Your Daddy?"), I was fairly shocked to see how this Don Imus/Rutgers story has taken steam.





My impressions of this story:





I realize it's a very controversial issue, but the fact of the matter is it's growing bigger than it should. At this point, Imus' listenership rival David Lee Roth's (and does it matter if it's the David Lee Roth who was on 92.3 FM a year ago or the David Lee Roth now who might be calling his friend on a prepaid cell phone somewhere in Oxnard, California?). The guy is pretty much irrelevant.





Don Imus is a clown.....always was and always will be. I would turn him on the radio and almost vomit with that annoying voice and boring one-liners. The only funny thing on that show was the immitations that were thrown out there. Don Imus could put an ADHD kid to sleep.

But the big question....should he be fired? My response: absolutely not. The guy made a comment that was completely irresponsible. Yes, we've all made inappropriate comments (granted it wasn't in front of a microphone with tens and tens of listeners tuning in)....Michael Richards did it....the Rev. Jesse Jackson did it. Imus apologized for his actions, and I believe he's sincere. He's doing everything possible to atone for his actions. For those people who have a problem with his radio show....just turn the dial. I've walked the streets (because you know I'm deep in the hood, yo.....oh shoot, I think I hear the Rev. Al knocking on my door...I smell a blue jumpsuit) and heard comments as bad if not worse than Imus used last week.

Bonehead move....visiting Rev. Al's radio show to apologize. That's akin to wearing an "F the Yankees" shirt during a Boston/NY(A) playoff game in the middle of the Bronx.

One final thought....who knew Rev. Al even HAD a radio show? Can this even be heard anywhere in the tri-state area? Or was he given a microphone and told to speak even though there's no radio signal. Kinda like when you were 5 years old and given a camera with no film and told to take pictures.

Yes, I had a tough childhood.

Another effect from this story could be a higher asking price for C. Vivian Stringer. She conducted herself with such professionalism and class on a national stage at the press conference today. I'm sure other universities are watching what happens with this very carefully and the phone calls will be going out to Bobby Mulcahy very shortly. Should Rutgers pay her $1,000,000 a year? On one side, she's the top coach at the school but on another, it's STILL women's basketball and she has yet to win a national title in a dozen years. If I were Mulcahy, I'd probably open the wallet.

I tried to watch Thank God You're Here on NBC last night. It felt like I was getting kicked in the groin...over and over again. After all the build up, I felt like Fox was bringing back Joe Millionaire starring Ted McGinley or something. And is it me, or does that one chick have the "Stifler's Mom" label stuck to her for the rest of her life or not?


Just when 24 seemed like it would have a subpar season, that show just proves why it's the best program on TV. If you haven't started watching it....get season 1 on DVD and start the viewing. It's only going to take you 5 months to catch up.

So the thesis is done....I just have to get it bound. But now wedding season starts. 3 weddings in about 6 weeks. Anyone know if bodily fluids can be sold for cash? Because I know someone wants to get their hands on MY genetics.