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My thoughts on how Lost end. 4:14 PM

Well here we are, the Lost finale.  I remeber when I first watched Lost.  ABC had been promoting the premier and showing clips pretty hot and heavy for the pilot.  I didn't know it was going to be a series, but thought that it was a two night movie about a plane crash on a tropical island.  I didn't know there was going to any kind of sci-fi or supernatural element to the story.

I made no plans to watch it and just happened to be sitting in front of the TV and saw.  "Stay tuned, the world premier of Lost is next" (Or something like that).  I thought, "okay I'll give it a shot".  I still remember the opening scene of the close up on Jack's eye.  It definitely caught my attention.  I watched the first episode, still not knowing it was anything more than  a disaster movie meets castaway.  I believe it was when they found the pilot and the "monster" got him.  (It would take a whole year before we saw black smoke), that I did a double take and knew we had some different stuff going on here.  By the way the pilot was the same actor who played Matt Parkman from Heroes (boy they really stunk it up on that show after the first season).

At the end of the first episode when the "monster" was making that ominous sound (I want the ring tone) and swaying the trees back and forth as the passengers stared from the beach, I was hooked and knew we had something special.

Now the end is tonight and I still have so many questions.  The writers have done pretty good (B+) getting us answers, but I know I'll be left with wanting more.  I really want a happy ending.  Smokey gets taken out and Jack is the new Jacob and all is well, but something tells me it won't be as tidy as that.  One thing Lost does is show that people make mistakes and are flawed.  Somebody will make a mistake tonight and the consequences will be dire.

I think a good closing scene would be for Jack to be sitting on the beach in a white T-shirt watching the sunset and Sawyer ambles up wearing black and says "Mind if I join you doc?"  Jack smiles and says "Be my guest."  Sawyer stares out into the ocean and says.."Do you know how bad I want to kill you right now?"  Fade to black and Lost graphic rolls with trademark creepy music.  I can't wait!

Mall Cop 4:23 PM

Had a nice visit to the mall the other day.  It was a weekday just before lunch.  Crowds were down and enjoyed strolling around.  Really enjoyed Cindy' Cinnamon Rolls, but I digress.  All and all my brief visit was productive (Mother's Day Cards), but had a few observations:

1. Kiosk attendants are very aggressive and annoying.
2. Saw a white guy wearing FUBU tennis shoes.
3. Chik Fil-A line was a mess.  They have three registers open and people were forming one main line and going to whichever register was available first, but some folks didn't understand the system and just walked right up to the register, bypassing the queuing line.  Come on!

Get Back To Work! 3:21 PM

I was just at the Post Office and there were nine people in front of me and two people working.  One of the workers had to go in the back and do something and the other postal worker was answering some questions from a patron that appeared more to do with a State Department issue than a mail issue.  I know that do passports there, but it sounded more like some free trade agreement negotiation.

Anyway, me and the rest of the package weary postal patrons are waiting in line and I feel like I'm at the DMV in a third world country. So postal guy, get off the TV and get back to work.

Keurig - Caribou Coffee 6:27 AM

I mentioned a few post back that I bought a Keurig single cup coffee maker. Actually, I am enjoying it right at this moment. (It is morning).

So where to get coffee? Currently I'm buying my coffee at Bed Bath & Beyond. They have a good selection, it's convenient to where I live and my wife always seems to have a 20% off coupon. They never expire (is that even possible?). Also, I buy some coffee from Amazon , and even Publix (grocery store in Alabama) had some on sale the other day.

Bed Bath Beyond usually has the 18 packs for $9.95 less: the 20% coupon comes to about $8.00 which means I'm paying 44 cents a cup*. Ouch, didn't realize it was that pricey! Okay now I hate my Keruig. Just kidding, I still like it. I go to Starbucks less so at the end of the day (Sorry SB) , the overall coffee budget is about what is was before Keurig. At least that is my story and I'm sticking to it. Why are you judging me? No, I'm not being defensive.

As I was saying. I like the Caribou Blend. Not too strong, but does has some kick. Kind of like the Goldilocks of coffee blends.

*Almost forgot. I do have one of the filters that allows you to use regular ground coffee. Now I feel better knowing that I'm not actually paying more for coffee. I lied about my coffee budget staying the same. Also, I've only used the filter once.