Yesterday, the Toddler of Action and I had our first telephone conversation. Steph had called to inform me that the TOA didn’t want to go to his water tots class.
Steph: You talk to him
TOA: I don’t want to go to water tots.
Me: Why not?
TOA: I don’t want my head to go under water.
Me: What if Mommy holds your head above the water so you don’t get wet?
TOA: My head will go under the water and I will cry.
Me [chuckling]: Let me talk to mommy, please.
Not only could my son hold his own on the phone, but, for those of you who know me, that was a pretty extensive conversation.
I just wanted to share the joy.
I’ve never seen The Sopranos. The people I work with never bring it up at the proverbial water cooler. My family, if they see it, never mention it. My school chums never mention it, either. I also don’t watch or read news stories about the show. I’m just not interested.
But I know a lot about it’s ending–which I thought stunk, but now I think may be pretty cool.
If I don’t talk to anyone who talks about the show, I don’t watch the show, and I don’t follow stories about the show, how do I know about it? Sports. I follow sports. And, unbeknownst to me until yesterday, the show seems pretty popular amongst sports commentators. I happened to see a bit of Mike and Mike, the sports-talk radio program they show on TV. (Yes, they put radio shows on TV.) And they disagreed on the quality of the ending. Then I read the paper, and a columnist mentioned the show. Then I read Peter King’s column and he discusses the ending. There’s even a link on the Sports Illustrated web site talking about the connection between sports and The Sopranos. (I don’t know what it says because, like I say, I don’t follow the show.) By the way, the Tuesday Edition of King’s Monday Morning Quarterback (yes, they have Tuesday editions of Monday columns, which you can read while watching radio on TV) gives a great explanation of why the ending of The Sopranos is good: Peter King column. I won’t talk about it here because the writer explains it well enough.
I just find this all interesting. First off, no one really mentions the show until it’s over. (Okay, King talked about it a lot. I think. I don’t know.) Then it’s all they can talk about for a day or two. Third, everything I need to know about The Sopranos I learned from sports talk. It’s all surreal.
Anyway, I’m off to watch the weather channel to find out how the Detroit Lions will do this year.