Having completed my binge of Mad Men on Sunday, Dear Reader, I decided to embark on another iconic and much praised TV series that I hadn’t gotten round to watching until now. X-Twitter is somewhat boring now that I can’t participate, so on Monday I embarked on season 1 of The Sopranos…

*Not depressed as such, Clicky, but, honestly, being called ‘inauthentic’ is quite insulting. How many other people have an interdimensional dolphin assistant helping them in their library?*

*And an artist? Yes, you are! I’m happy you managed to post some of your collage artwork today… /throws fish… Who’s a clever Clicky?*

*Funny. Tony’s actually talking with one of his crew called ‘Pussy’… /lights up and smokes…*

… This is only a semi-binge as I’m working all day but no doubt I’ll up the effort over the weekend. Currently I’m half way through season 2 and I am really enjoying the show. I immediately knew I would when I noticed that it takes 1.37 minutes of theme tune to get to the start of the episode. I always take note of when ‘137’ or a variation of it crosses my path – as you know, Dear Reader, I am fond of ‘pointless‘ 😉

*No, Andrea Bocelli’s not a soprano, Clicky, but it’s weird he was in the White House singing to Don Trumpleoni, just a week ago ‘cos he was heavily referenced in one of the episodes I watched this evening…*

And then it happened. I popped onto X to see if anything interesting had occurred and – SYNC! – the Mafia is suddenly big, breaking news…

🚨 BREAKING: In a bombshell move, FBI Director Kash Patel unveils MAJOR sports gambling bust – "a historic arrest" involving the NBA and La Cosa Nostra.

This is MASSIVE.

"Individuals such as Chauncey Billups, Damon Jones, and Terry Rozier were taken into custody today – former… pic.twitter.com/MrVNVuo7OI

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 23, 2025

This NBA/Mafia gambling bust is insane.

La Cosa Nostra, the Italian Mafia, were working with current and former NBA players to rig unders on prop bets and had a poker operation with x-ray tables, rigged shuffling machines, and more.

The movie about this is gonna be wild. pic.twitter.com/XABEN8BHCd

— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) October 23, 2025

*Oh, did you have to, Clicky?! Spoilers!!*

That’s me for tonight: I’m working tomorrow and I still have to iron before bed, Dear Reader. I shall bid you adieu and leave on a high note…