Monday Mashup

I passed out last night before I could blog but I have regrets, and tonight was busy so it's all mashed up, a real jambalaya of sorts:

- The Simpsons was great, a real ode to living without fear. Springfield blows!

- West Wing: Yes!!!! Finally! CJ for World Dominator! Leo. Next week's will be sad.

- God bless the Sopranos for chuffing off the fad jumpers and phoney baloney fans with it's densest season yet.

- Sopranos thoughts doodled this morning at work:

Last night's Sopranos offered an interesting critique of organized religion by placing Tony between the contrasting poles of fundamentalist religion (as epitomized by Pastor Bob) and pure scientific inquiry and theoretical physics (as epitomized by "the wizard" Hal Holbrook). The gist: that we are buffeted by the winds of the universe (the Ojibwe saying) because we are part of the singular event that is the universe, and that external modes of morality and Manichean dualities inherent in organized religion are ultimately concepts because we what have and what we need is within us becauase we are ultimately part of the universe.

- Hooray. We're in the playoffs. And we won in the shootout against the hated Leafs. Hey, it's a start.

- 24 notes: Goddamn beaureaucrats! Jack is still the shit. Ray Wise is a great, great actor. It's the best season yet. It was cool watching it on TiVo and having real time almost synchronize up perfectly with 24 time because we watched it after the game.