Chase(ing) His Own Tail

As a final thought on this issue...I have read other's comments, re-watched the final episode with those comments in mind and I have come to a conclusion regarding the final Sopranos...Meadow Soprano cannot parallel park.

That's it, that's what the whole series was about. Think about it, in the first season she was about 16 and learning to drive. We watched her go off to school and then become a woman. Finally in the last episode we see her trying to parallel park a Lexus (a car that is supposed to parallel park itself) but she can't. It was all there the whole time.

Thank You, Come Again

India's top chef is actually making doughnuts.

If you are a recurrent reader of this blog you know that I know what's going on in the world of Dunkin Donuts. (Jabba the Goodman; Dunagrees are Neat). I am not exactly sure why I have such an obsession with the purveyor of adequate coffee and donuts, but I do. Nonetheless, as a connoisseur of this franchise, I have intimate knowledge of the inner working of the company and its employees. In this regard I have an answer to the age old question, "why do so many Indians (that's hindu/sihk indians, not native american indians) own/work at dunkin donuts." Well, after thousands of dollars of research and hundreds of hours spent in the lab, the scientific answer to this question is....are you ready...Indians love adequate coffee and donuts. That's it, pretty simple. Really, it seems like a waste of money and lab time. However, and this needs to be investigated further, it is also believed that Indians love to microwave eggs.

I Can't Hear You

I recently purchased a new set of headphones, my original Ipod pair (why do we call it a pair when it is only one?) predicatbly breaking after one year of use. Unfortunately i have been unable to open the package yet. The plastic packaging is so strong that no man can open said packaging without a scissor. The problem is that the scissor i purchased to open the headphone box is also in that super strong plastic packaging. I really can't figure out why they have to use plastic that has been reinforced by the Bessemer process. Whatever happened to the cardboard back packaging? (think he-man figure) that always seemed to work well. Further, what happens after you get the package open and then decide you want to return the product. you can't because you destroyed the packaging...I smell another scam, similar to the canned air. I am starting an investigative committee.

Also, i am pleased to say that i completely do not know what the cut to black was supposed to represent, though i read a recent quote by david chase that said, "it was all right there." therefore, i believe tony soprano is dead, which is why, for the first time ever, the credits lacked music.

Fade to Black

I generally hate to bring sense into this blog and i have never allowed another's thoughts to be published on this page; however, a member of my fantasy league posted a very informative "essay" on the Sopranos. It is filled with great information...

"Wasn't sure if you guys picked up on this but the guy at the bar wa sNikki Leotardo. (this is in the credits) The same actor played him in the first part of season 6 during a brief sit down concerning the future of Vito. He is the nephew of Phil. Phil's brother Nikki Senior was killed in 1976 in a car accident.Also, the trucker was the brother of the guy who was robbed by Christopher in Season 2. Remember the DVD players? The trucker had to identify the body. The boy scouts were in the train store where Bobby got shot, and the last crew to walk in (the blackguys) were the ones who tried to kill Tony and only clipped him in the ear (I think season 2)So there were three people in the restaurant who had reason to kill Tony and then it just ends. It's the situation Tony has created for himself. At any moment it could be family or an enemy walking threw the door. The hard cut to black was the end of Tony. In the beginning of the season when he was talking to Bobby about getting whacked he said, "They say, you never hear it coming, and then it all goes black." And that's exactly what happened. But who did it?"Meadow was spared also, and I guess we are supposed to be happy about that, because she would have been sitting between the shooter and tonyIN retrospect, very well done.