The Sopranos - Season 1 Finale

We finished up watching season 1 of The Sopranos this morning. (It would've been last night but Hawk was falling asleep so we paused the finale.) We plowed through the 13 episodes in less than a week— faster than the one-a-day I estimated when we started. Are we bingeing? Enh, not really. My one-a-day estimate was long term. There will be days when we watch no TV, such as when we're traveling. I think over a few months it will even out toward 1/day. But anyway: the finale! Here are Five Things.

Spoilers for Season 1 throughout, so keep reading after the jump if you're good.

( The Sopranos season 1 spoilers )

Pants?!

I've written before that one of the unofficial signs of the changing of the seasons is when it's cool enough that I choose to wear pants— not for fashion's sake but for warmth. That milestone arrived Saturday night when we went out to eat at a favorite local restaurant with a large outdoor dining area. It was getting cool outside as the sun went down so I changed into long pants. I also wore a sweater— and I'm glad I did! It felt downright chilly after dark.

Weather patterns being what they are, this was part of a brief cool snap. It was cooler than normal from Thursday through Saturday. Today it was warmer again— surprisingly so. Based on the forecast in the morning calling for a high of barely 70° I dressed in long pants to meet friends for lunch today. By the time noon rolled around it was already several degrees warmer than predicted. Tuesday's forecast calls for highs over 90.

The next milestone is it turning cool enough that I switch on the heater in the house. With warmer weather on tap for the coming week  it'll be a while yet before that happens.