The Sopranos Finale

Many will be disappointed by the Sopranos finale. I for one am not at all troubled by the ambiguous ending.
Did Tony get whacked from the guy going into the bathroom to retrieve a gun a la Godfather I? Or maybe he was just a regular guy who had a staring problem.
Did the gangstas get the whole family or were they just patrons?
Did something terrible happen as Meadow entered the door of the restaurant?

You can decide.

Update: Or maybe not? David Chase has hinted there are clues in the finale. Read here.

Another blogger's view: http://www.petersanchez.com/2007/06/11/sopranos-jip-or-genius/

A contest to write a better ending is here.

A debate on the final scene is here.

Interview with Steve Perry of Journey here.

Weird cameras are fun!

The M's are on Fire!

I am due for a long M's post and I will get to it soon.
I just thought I would throw up a picture of the best closer in baseball.
JJ Putz is a beast.

MySpace and Spin Smashing Pumpkins Tribute Album

This link lists all of the bands with the link to their Pumpkins song.

The Academy Is has a decent version of Mayonnaise, Gliss has a pretty good Rhinocerous cover, and Ben Kweller can't do anything wrong as far as I am concerned.

Colin Powell speaks up (finally).

Better late than never?

Hansa the elephant has passed away.

How bad is Vidro? Worse than Carl Everett.

From USS Mariner:

The really interesting thing, of course, is what happens if Hargrove, who seems somewhat bent on shoving Vidro, the team’s third-worst regular hitter (Sexson, Ibanez)(and it’s more like tied-for-second-worst, really), into the lineup, he may well do it at the expense of a lot of hitting and defense at third, less hitting and defense at second, or more or less a wash at first.

Which brings us to another point sometimes brought up in comments. Vidro’s 54 games into the year, he’s got 224 at-bats, 19 walks (11 GIDPs, 9 extra-base hits). At this point last year, Carl Everett had played in 54 games of 57, had 219 at-bats, 22 walks (5 GIDPs, 14 XBH).

Turbo: .290/.344/.357
Jurassic: .257/.338/.403

Carl Everett was, at this point in the season last year, having a better year than Jose Vidro is. You give up six points of OBP to get 43 points of SLG. At least Turbo isn’t quite as expens– ooooooh, right.

Dane's First Birthday with music by Sufjan Stevens.

Cold War Kids opening for the White Stripes in September

What is Ichiro worth?

Best alarm ever!!!

An insane wheelchair meets semi tuck story. You won't believe it.

Talk about bad luck, right?

Bush rejects plan to cut greenhouse emissions

Just when you thought he couldn't do anything to make us look worse.

Watch Black Rebel Motorcycle Club live in Portland.

The video and sound quality is excellent.

Will the Sonics end up in Auburn?

Is the Bar Closed finished 2nd yesterday and pulled in a cool two grand!

Coolest "Spoiler" T-Shirt Ever

The Red-Band trailer for Superbad.

This is an R-Rated trailer for the new comedy that arrives in theatres in a couple of months. It's for adults only. It's very funny.
Jonah Hill from Knocked Up and Michael Cera from Arrested Development star.

Knocked Up is best reviewed wide release of the year.

Seargent Pepper Turns 40