Did you know then New Jersey, on this day in 1999...

...a new show debuted on HBO that had a certain local flavor. Has it really been since 1999 that The Sopranos debuted?

A parody born from hilarity and love:

So the question at hand is does New Jersey need 'integrity monitors' to help oversee Sandy reconstruction money?

Please watch this short documentary and meet us back afterwards for a short discussion:


OK, so the question again is if 'integrity monitors' should be hired to help oversee the distribution of some $30 billion dollars in Sandy reconstruction money as the Democrats in Trenton suggest. Thus far nobody has been tone deaf enough to say they have not been needed so we won't begin linking to all the state, county and city officials and contractors who have been busted for cheating the system and the law. Let's help our fellow citizens not feel tempted. Sure some will try and some will probably put some ill-gotten coin in their pockets but count us here as a big yes on as much oversight as possible.

Anybody lose a naked man in or around the greater Mahwah area?

He's now covered in mud (or was) and doesn't know who he is. Mahwah police are asking if anyone knows of a missing person as this guy was found wandering around Route 202. He is uninjured police said, they'd just like to know who he is. You can see a picture of the man here.

Johnny looked an it is not the Russian that Christopher and Paulie may or may not have killed in the Pine Barrens episode on the Sopranos years ago made his way north. So that's good.