brahma beer...

From Rio de Janiero, Brazil. I first had it in New York City a few years ago. I have yet to see it in the Bay Area. It's good beer on hot day. I love it!

in the heights...

Saw the 2008 Tony Award winner for Best Musical this afternoon. It was simply phenomenal! One of the best musicals I've ever seen in my life. Best one of recent note and I'm a big JERSEY BOYS and MAMMA MIA fan.

The above pic was taken just before todays matinee. Apparently, one is not supposed to take photos in the theater. And my camera is set to Cali time. The afternoon show starts @ 2pm.

The majority of the cast is from the Off-Broadway production which debuted in 2007. Carlos Gomez, who I recognized as Chuy in FOOLS RUSH IN is a replacement for the Broadway version.

A great, great musical...

moma...

Took this shot yesterday of "Girl with Ball" 1961 by one of my favorite artists Roy Lichtenstein. I like how MoMA visitors are allowed to take photos without a flash. This particular painting is on the cover of a guide book for MoMA. Lichtenstein's son Mitchell directed a very interesting film called TEETH that was featured @ the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. And I remember Mitchell Lichtenstein as an actor in Ang Lee's second film WEDDING BANQUET...

nba draft...

I waited in line for over 4 hours trying to get a ticket to see it live @ the WaMu Theater in Madsion Square Garden. Was it worth it? No! Let's see, tickets sales started @ 11am, I got there before 8am and left @ 12:15pm, with no ticket, a sore back, swollen feet, and a horrible attitude...

For a moment there, I vowed not to watch the draft on television. I changed my mind by 6:30 in the evening, 30 minutes before the broadcast on ESPN. I was sitting @ my niece's pad twenty blocks away- so close, but yet so far...

I'm not a Nets fan, but I believe they made out well by drafting Stanford's Brook Lopez, CAL's Ryan Anderson, and Memphis' Chris Douglas-Robert, in addition to trading for Yi Jianlian who be a marketing cash cow for the New Jersey Nets who will morph into the Brooklyn Nets in the 2010-2011 season.

buena vista @ sfo in the united terminal...

I was thinking about partaking in an irish coffee, but I'll just take a pic of the joint. I have had an irish coffee @ this branch and it was damn good...

espresso roma cafe...

On Fillmore and Pixley in Cow Hollow. They have free wifi and decent coffee. People just camp out @ this joint. It's great people watching! I don't come here enough. I write that quite a bit...

boon...

Word of the day... BOON- blessing, godsend, bonus, plus, benefit, advantage, help, aid, asset; stroke of luck, windfall. It's such a BOON to live in the City and be able to take the cable car home everyday...

cutters in pike place market...

I just read a review on yelp by one of my 45 quasi friends... I'm down from 46 after dropping a quasi friend just a few moments ago because I couldn't stand his reviews. Anyway, Cutters is a place where I have many nice memories. One that sticks out is an evening when I was standing near the bar and this very attractive woman came up to me and said, "you're very handsome." What tripped me up out is that she was with her husband who was using the facilities when she gave me that compliment. Now, many years later, those situations are just a long distant memory...

the best salespeople in the world...

I believe they're strippers... On friday night, I had an "entertainer" come up to me say, "you look familiar, I remember you from the last time you were here." I said, "really, when was the last time I was here?" She said, "about six months ago." I said, "actually, that was the last time I was here, but I don't remember you and I definitely would have remembered you." Once she got me in the VIP section to get more than a few lapdances, she admitted that she was using a line that works quite a bit. It worked on me only because I thought she was hot...

Then I had another dancer use the price comparison close with me. She said, "I also work in the City and I charge $100 a lapdance, but here, you can have me for $20 a dance." What bargain? It worked on me, but only because I also was attracted to her. I just needed a little nudge.

Many dancers ask you what's your favorite position and the price comparison closer told me she liked reverse cowgirl. I said, "bullshit!" I didn't believe her. That's a position that caters to the porn viewer.

Now days, any position is my favorite position...

george carlin...

I was shocked to see he passed away on sunday @ the age of 71. I knew he had heart problems, but it still was upsetting. He last performed @ the Orleans in Vegas where I stay quite often because they comp me. Thank you George for all the laughs, because laughter is a true joy in life...

fruition...

Word of the day... FRUITION- the point @ which a plan or project is realized. Last friday, I was amazed to see Chris La Lanne's gym come into FRUITION in such a short time period.

gwen knapp is an idiot...

I've never respected her as a sports writer and up until today, I hadn't read one of her columns in @ least three years. She doesn't know jack shit about sports. Knapp is a sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle.

Her column calling Tiger Woods an idiot was one of the worst examples of sports writing I've ever read in my life! Knapp wrote that Woods was an idiot for playing/winning the US Open severely injured...

We all know that Woods will miss the rest of the golf season because of injuries to his knee and tibia. Getting quotes from Jerry Rice was idiotic. The guy played football. You can't compare the rigors of the brutal sport of football compared to golf. Rice is the greatest NFL receiver of all-time, but he has never come across as an intelligent person. A hard worker yes, but someone who isn't articulate...

I'm sure Tiger would rather have that 14th major knowing he may jeopardize the rest of his season and missing the PGA and the British Open. Even he never wins another major, which is highly unlikely, he'll go down as one of the best golfers of all-time.

I hurt my knee playing football many, many moons ago and I now suffer from arthritis in both knees. Only people with bad knees can understand what Woods was going through. That South African Goosen questioning the severity of Woods' pain and pain threshold is idiotic. Then again, South Africa is such a fucked up country that they have to label chinese black. No pain is fun, but knee pain can go to another dimension...

Gwen Knapp like Janny Hu are just horrible, horrible sports writers and have no business writing for a so-called major newspaper. Then again, who really respects the Chron in this day and age. The name Comicle is appropriate...

saw sex and the city one more time...

The ugly chick who lives next door to me was making too much fucking noise on a tuesday night and I just had to get out of my apartment. For christ sakes, sometimes my apartment building seems like a dormitory. Kids now days have no respect for the privacy of others... I'm getting too old for this shit!

Therefore, I got some grub @ Chutney and ventured to San Francisco Centre to watch SEX AND THE CITY again. I thoroughly enjoyed it the second time around. Then again, I've probably seen every episode of the HBO series @ least five times.

Hell, I'm heading to NYC next week, so seeing the film again got me excited about my trip...

Some of my observations of the film: there was a scene in a Duane Reade store. I must go to a Duane Reade everyday when I'm in Manhattan. FYI, it's like Walgreens, but I like DR better...

As a loyal macuser, I noticed "Carrie Bradshaw" using a Powerbook and not a Mac Book Pro. I can tell by the power cord...

Next time I see a beautiful lady I'm going to ask her "would you like to color?" If you don't understand the reference- go see the movie. I'll probably get slapped...

Mr Big = John James Preston.

Cynthia Nixon is a fabulous actress, but when I watch her on screen, I think about her lesbian girlfriend with a mug that only a mother can love... In addition to needing to go to a gym- big time!

I think the Aidan character should have made a cameo because he co-owns the bar that Steve runs.

If I had to choose between the pad the Samantha was living in which I believe was Malibu and the penthouse apartment in Manhattan that Big bought for Carrie- I'd opt for New York City Baby!

The kid actors they used in the film were horrible!

That's it for now...

celtics win the nba championship...

One of the classiest moves by the organization was letting players on the injured list like Scott Pollard, Gabe Pruitt, and Brian Scalabrine wear their uniforms to truly feel like they are part of a championship.

Pouring gatorade on Doc Rivers could have turned out to be disasterous. Hopefully, they cleaned it up before play was resumed...

I'm happy for Garnett, "Jesus Shuttlesworth" Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce who truly showed the world he's one of the best basketball players on the planet...

I love how the crowd in Boston booed David Stern! Twice!!

Less than a year ago, me and my friend Allen Nakamura were sitting in the stands about ten feet from Danny Ainge @ Cox Pavilion in Vegas watching the NBA Summer League and saying how lousy a GM he is and that he's lucky to still have a job. Now, he's on the top of the world. What a difference a year makes...

Ex-Boston legend Kevin McHale who traded Garnett to the Celtics deserves a part of the championship and in turn, he should be fired by the T-Wolves for that...

And final props to Bay Area product- Leon Powe... And to Eddie House of Hayward.

javon walker...

I wasn't going to write a post about him, but what the fuck was he thinking? Who goes to two different clubs on consecutive nights and buys 15 bottles of Dom @ each club and sprays a good portion of it into the crowd. He probably spent a minimum of $10K on champagne alone. Then I hear he is robbed of $100K in cash and jewelry. I know he was found unconscious on Koval Lane a couple blocks from Westin Casuarina. One of my favorite dive casinos in Vegas- Ellis Island is on Koval and about three blocks from where Walker was found.

Koval is basically one block off of the Strip, but it houses many low rent apartments where undesirables live... I know, I've spent extensive time in Las Vegas the past ten years.

Walker needs to stay his ass out of Vegas and focus on getting in shape for next season. That's if he's still in the League...

sf examiner...

It's free, therefore I can't complain too much, but I read two articles regarding the two major exhibits opening in the City this month and there was misinformation or lack of information in both articles.

The article about the Frida Kahlo exhibit misstated that the exhibit costs $7-$12. It didn't mention there is a $5 surcharge for Kahlo's exhibit.

The other one on Women Impressionists @ the Legion of Honor didn't even mention when the exhibit opens which is June 21st. Some people might venture down to the LOH and see that the exhibit hasn't opened yet- that's irresponsible journalism... And I don't believe the stated price written in the piece.

I e-mailed the author of the Kahlo article, but other writer seems like such an idiot that I'm not going to bother...

Leslie Katz who wrote the article on the Kahlo exhibit, just e-mailed me to thank me for noticing the error and she said she'll make a change online. I'm impressed with her prompt reply. Many of these writers get pissed off when I notice their errors...

deleting quasi-friends on yelp...

As of now, I have 46 friends on yelp- which isn't a whole lot. I've seen someone with over 13K. I think I've deleted three. My first deletion was a dude who kept referring to himself in the third person- NY doesn't like that... My second deletion was a guy who wrote horrible reviews like a street thug and dissed Giants fans. Yelp is based in the City- what the fuck was he thinking? My third deletion was a guy who just kept writing review after review to add to his total on stupid fucking places and places that haven't even opened yet. How in the fuck can you write a review on a business that isn't open? To be perfectly honest, I could have well over one thousand reviews @ this time if I wrote about all the fucking places I've been to. 2K easy...

Approximately 25% of my friends on yelp are actually friends in real life.

And yes, I've been deleted by some chick in Seattle. C'est la vie...

Oh, I'm zeroing in another deletion and that'll leave me @ 45 friends. I just try to keep a one friend to ten reviews ratio. I'm a little over 400 in reviews.

gm of evvia panos...

I've known Panos Gogonos for about eight or nine years and he's just a wonderful person. He was a server @ their sister store Kokkari, then progressed to running Evvia. He was the best server and now he's a great manager. I stopped by Evvia in Palo Alto the other day to say hello and he was very happy to see me. You see, I no longer frequent Kokkari because of a hassle I got into with another customer who's a married idiot who keeps a girlfriend on the side-who I had a fling with. Let me just add, meeting that head case chick was my low light of 2007. A newly minted manager who I fucking can't stand took the married idiot/coward's side in the incident. Let me make it perfectly clear- that married idiot/coward approached me spouting off profanity and didn't have the balls to back it up. And that moron newly minted manager has always been a thorn on my side...

Anyway, Panos offered to talk to Paul the GM/Regional manager of both Evvia and Kokkari for me. I declined, because I don't really miss the joint. I just appreciate Panos being a stand up guy. Mahalo Panos!

willie randolph...

After the Mets beat the Angels on monday night and the team is one game under .500- Willie Randolph gets fired as the manager. What a shame? Willie's managerial record with the Mets ends @ 302-253. He's the second winningest manager in Mets history behind Davey Johnson. Plus, Randolph was the first African-American manager in New York baseball history.

It's a gutless move by Mets management. I think of brunt of the blame should go to GM Omar Minaya. His signings of Carlos Delgado, Moises Alou, and Carlos Beltran haven't paid off. Ex-Giant Alou is a fixture on the DL. Delgado's best years seem like a lifetime ago in Toronto. He's a shell of his former self and he'll be 36 next week- which isn't really old in baseball in this day and age. Beltran looked like a superstar coming from Houston via Kansas City, but he's turned out to be a waste of money.

The Mets don't have a legitimate starting catcher and when I saw the Mets play the Giants a couple weeks ago, they were starting journeyman Ryan Church(who was suffering from a concussion) and Fernando Tatis(who wasn't even in the majors last season) in the outfield. I don't know enough about the pitching to make a comment. I do know that also fired pitching coach Rick Peterson has always been overrated...

Minaya must go and so should his flunky Tony Bernazard.

Jerry Manual deserved another shot to manage in the big leagues. But they stuck him with the "interim" tag, which means he'll be gone next year when Minaya is sent out the door.

My prediction: Randolph will be managing the Yankees in the next year or so after Girardi wears out his welcome...

frida kahlo exhibit @ sfmoma...

While waiting in line to view the exhibit, I started talking to a very attractive lady who was by herself. I complimented her on her custom made Nike Shox with camouflage material. She's attending the Academy of Arts for a Associates in Film. She lives both in the City and in Henderson, NV, an affluent suburb of Las Vegas. She really enjoyed FRIDA, the film starring and produced by the beautiful Salma Hayek. She's a virgo like me. She recommended one of her friends who's a hair stylist @ Salon 801. We both saw MAMMA MIA @ Mandalay Bay and agree that Meryl Streep is miscast as the mother. I feel like we really connected.
Unfortunately, she's married...

BTW, I enjoyed the Frida Kahlo exhibit...

free throws...

Kevin Garnett missed three crucial free throws in the fourth quarter. And he missed, which looked like an easy tip-in. Garnett should have dunked the ball back into the basket.

I don't need to mention that I'm writing about the NBA Finals...

The series will resume in Boston and if Garnett doesn't step it up, the Lakers may be the first team in NBA history to come back from a 3-1 deficit in the Finals...

I can't wait until tuesday...

facebook...

I'm not into it... I used the site to locate a hair stylist who I may try in the future. She had one positive review on yelp.com, but I wanted to know whether she's competent @ cutting Asian mens hair and how much she charges- the power of the internet...

I really fucked up my hair by attempting to cut it myself. I need to find some new options in hair stylists. Location is very important- I'm not going to Noe Valley to get my haircut.

I definitely will not spend much time on facebook...

the giants vs the a's...

I went to the game last night and sat in the Club Level nearly directly behind home plate. I love Club Level seats! I just can't afford them on a consistent basis. On a cold evening, Club Level is the only way to go...

The A's have had the Giants # for several seasons. It's bordering on the ridiculous! I'm almost becoming more of an A's fan after the post Bonds era. I was really pissed after Billy Beane traded away Haren and Swisher, but Oakland really doesn't miss either player.

Signing Aaron Rowand was a good addition to the Giants, but Rowand isn't a kind of player you build a team around, he's more of complimentary player- which he was with the White Sox when they won the World Series and with the Phillies. Watching the G-Men can be very boring, because they have no pop in their lineup. Molina has hit fairly well, but his defense is a liability and he's a double play waiting to happen.

As my friend Allen Nakamura states, "Vizquel is through." I now believe him. He's still great defensively, but he's hitting under the Mendoza Line. FYI- that's a batting average under .200.

On a positive note, the Giants had a great amateur draft according to many experts.

Tim Lincecum should be an All-Star and closer Brian Wilson has really come into his own... I think it's time the Giants trade Cain when he has value and before he gets fat like Joe Blanton. Actually, he may be as fat as Joe Blanton @ this moment in time... Cain has a live arm and he threw 11Ks last night, but he's 10-21 the past two seasons and his career record is only 25-34. It's hard to believe, but Zito has a better record than Cain the past two seasons and Zito is 2-10 thus far this year.

And one last note, it's time to get rid of Vinnie Chulk- when he's in the game, he makes matters worse and you know the Giants are going to lose...

derek fisher...

We all know the plight of his daughter and I feel for him. However, I'm not really happy what transpired last summer when the Jazz released him from his contract and he subsequently signs with the Lakers. Yes, it was for less money, but it would have made more sense for Fisher to sign with the Knicks or the Nets, close to where eye specialist Dr. David Abramson practices @ Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan. Every other month Abramson treats Fisher's daughter- that's still a cross country flight six times a year. She gets treated in LA every month by a colleague of Abramson. SLC to LAX isn't a long flight. I can understand why Jazz fans aren't too happy with Fisher. The Lakers reacquired their third leading scorer from their three championship seasons and Utah lost depth in the backcourt which really hurt them in the playoffs. Jazz owner Larry Miller showed compassion, but he received nothing in return. I'm going to give props to DFish for helping parents around the world become aware of retinoblastoma, but I'm still not happy with the ex-Warrior...

david stern...

The munchkin needs to be forced out of the League. Not only am I pissed off about the Donaghy situation, I think I'm even more pissed off of his handling of the Seattle Supersonics proposed move to Oklahoma City. I just wonder how much Stern got paid off by those fucking Okie crooks. Fuck David Stern!!!

becky hammon...

Up until today, I had no idea who Becky Hammon is? She's a point guard on the San Antonio WNBA team. And she'll be playing for Russia in the Beijing Olympics. Hammon isn't Russian, she's an American, originally from South Dakota who went to Colorado State. Becky has been in the WNBA for ten seasons.

I have no problem with Hammon playing for Russia, because her chances of making Team USA weren't good and she's been a star in Russia for several seasons. Hammon even became a Russian citizen this year. FYI, she doesn't have Russian roots.

Reading about her made me change my mind about attending a WNBA game. I want to see the inside of Madison Square Garden and the New York Liberty will be playing @ home during my visit to Manhattan in less than two weeks.

And it doesn't hurt that Becky Hammon is quite photogenic...

drinking coffee...

Recently, I was watching KQED and the one of the docs from the YOU book series suggested that drinking 8 cups of coffee can be beneficial to ones health. That's 64 ounces of java a day. I don't think I've ever drank that much coffee in one day in my life...

what a comeback by the celtics...

For anyone who reads this blog, you'll probably think I'm full of shit, but I really wasn't that worried when the Lakers had a 24 point lead in the second quarter and led by 18 @ halftime...

Doc Rivers did a great coaching job. Boston was basically two players down during the game- Rajon Rondo has a bum ankle and Kendrick Perkins hurt his shoulder. The bench led by James Posey and Eddie House contributed to the comeback and the victory.

Defense wins championships and I'm going to say this one more time- Paul Pierce has proven to me, he's a great defensive player.

Hopefully, the Celtics closes the series out on Father's Day...

word of the day...

SNUB- rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully. There's a person who works @ the health club that I frequent who was so nice and friendly when she first started working there. Now, the job has gotten to her head and she SNUBS me. Beware of people who are too good to be true in the beginning- usually their true colors come out in the wash...

tim donaghy...

I'm going to start off this post by saying it's time for David Stern to step down as commissioner of the NBA. He's living in a fantasy world. Donaghy was a crooked ref, but he wasn't the only one...

Officiating in the Association has always been horrible. Really, you could call traveling and a foul in every possession.

Sacramento was reamed by the refs in that 2002 series against LA. Only time has lessened the impact. Jeff Van Gundy was fined 100K complaining about a conspiracy about calling moving screens on Yao Ming in a 2005 playoff series.

This wasn't mentioned in Donaghy's lawyer's letter, but everybody knows that Phoenix was screwed last year against San Antonio and I believe Donaghy worked in that series...

The NBA is dirty, just like MLB, and the NFL...

One more note: Bob Delaney who officiated game 6 in the above mentioned 2002 Kings-Lakers series and according to Ailene Voisin of the Sacramento Bee was especially horrible, used to live a couple miles away from Donaghy in Florida. Delaney wrote a book about his years as a New Jersey state trooper infiltrating the mob. I have no facts to substantiate this, but it wouldn't surprise me if Delaney was one of the dirty refs in that game.

yankees in oaktown...

I went to the game on tuesday night. Wang won his seventh game of the year. The Yankees are now one game over .500. The Bronx Bombers are a star studded hitting lineup with a mediocre pitching staff.

I was expecting a bigger crowd @ the Coliseum. I was expecting 30K and the official tally was 26K. It looked more like 22K. Like always, there was a bunch of Yankee fans. I was disappointed that Hideki Matsui wasn't in the lineup.

I was in section 124 row 18 which are good seats with free parking. It was a stellar evening in the East Bay...

ken griffey jr....

Congrats for hitting home run 600! There was a time when Griffey seemed to be a shoo-in to break Hank Aaron's home run record. Injuries really hurt his career. And I'm not sold that Jr. was steroid free for all those years. Steroid use also = injuries. Look @ Mark McGuire, he was always hurt. Nomar Garciaparra, Canseco, Jeff Bagwell, Brett Boone- the list goes on and on...

Griffey needs to go back to the Mariners and revitalize the franchise...

anderson valley brewing company boont amber ale...

That's the beer that fried my MacBook the last time I frequented the Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant. The shit is potent. That beer cost me over a grand...

Beer is quite reasonable @ FPWM. Then again, the beer I'm partaking in @ this moment in time is costing me about $800, that's if I'm factoring in the cost of a new MacBook...

lululemon athletica...

When I first walked into the store on Union Street- I said to myself, "this shit is expensive and has no pizzazz to it." I wrote the place off.

Then when I was in Honolulu in March, I went to their grand opening @ Ala Moana Center and bought a pair of chief shorts. I got caught up in the hype. This was after three or four Heineken Lights. Man, those shorts have been the best shorts I've ever owned.

Today, I just had to buy another pair. Now, I'm a confirmed believer in Lululemon Athletica. I just wish they weren't so fucking pricey...

new iphone 8gb for $199...

What the fuck! Man, I wouldn't have stayed with Verizon and bought a Voyager if I knew this was coming... Fuck! 3G and GPS are the new features. The 16GB model will be $299. A bit thinner on the edges and the headphone jack is flush, therefore no need for a headphone adapter. And the back panel is glossy black plastic. July 11th is the day...

rex walters...

The new coach of USF. This blog is based out of San Francisco, so it's University of San Francisco and not the now more prominent University of South Florida in Tampa. I was skeptical about the hire, but after seeing him on KGO 7 after game two of the NBA Finals, I think Rex will do okay.

His head coaching record @ Florida Atlantic was a dismal 31-33.

Rex is half Japanese and he played high school basketball @ Piedmont Hills in San Jose. And of course he played for Northwestern and Kansas. He had an undistinguished NBA career, but he lasted seven seasons and I heard he invested well.

I remember my nephew telling me how cocky Rex was shooting baskets before an Asian league game. This was when he was between Northwestern and Kansas.

I hope he does well...

patrick swayze...

I want to commend A & E for green lighting a series starring Swayze. It gives people hope that pancreatic cancer can be beat. Swayze's doctors @ Stanford seem to be miracle workers.

Several years ago I saw Swayze walking down Main Street in Park City during Sundance and my first impression was how short he is.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing "The Beast." I've always respected Swayze's talent.

congratulations to da'tara...

Well, I'm disappointed, but that's the way it goes. The Belmont Stakes is definitely the race of champions. A wire to wire win by Da'Tara. A 38-1 long shot. So much for a Triple Crown Winner.

UPS lost a lot of business after Big Brown's last place finish...

belmont stakes...

It's minutes before post time and I'm getting extremely excited about the possibility of a Triple Crown Winner. The longer distance is a concern, but Big Brown had a lot left over in the Preakness. I haven't been this pumped up for a Belmont since Secretariat annihilated a small field in 1973.

jim mckay...

He passed away today @ 86. Jim McKay was the Wide World of Sports on ABC. His coverage of the Munich Olympics will be forever etched in my memory. His classic statement was. "they're all gone." A part of my youth is now gone...

It's somewhat fitting that the great McKay died on the day where millions of horse racing fans around the country are pulling for Big Brown to win the first Triple Crown since 1978. Jim McKay was a big horse racing fan.

mamma mia

I saw this musical featuring the music of ABBA @ Mandalay Bay last summer and I really enjoyed it! I saw a preview of a MAMMA MIA film opening this summer and I was disappointed to see that Meryl Streep is cast as the mother. Streep is a great actress, but she is definitely miscast in this role.

For those who haven't seen the muscial MAMMA MIA- go see it in Vegas or New York and you'll realize why I know Streep had no business being in the film version. Most of the time, Hollywood fucks up musicals turned into film...

boston celtics...

I was wrong to predict that the Celtics wouldn't make it to the NBA Finals with Rajon Rondo as the starting point guard.

Having the home court advantage is a plus for Boston and they now have a one game advantage against the Lakers. I'm a bit concerned about the 2-3-2 format in the Finals, meaning the Celtics play the first two games @ home and the Lakers are @ home for three games and if necessary Boston finishes the last two games @ home. This somewhat diminishes the home court advantage. I prefer the 2-2-1-1-1 format.

I won't forecast a Boston championship, but I definitely don't want the Lakers to win...

One more comment, Paul Pierce has really impressed me in the playoffs. Not only is he an offensive force, but his defensive has been stellar..

sex and the city...

I've been waiting to see this movie for nearly a year... I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was somewhat surprised that the Fabulous Four still look good after a four year hiatus.

I've mentioned this before, but I met Mr. Big(Chris Noth) @ Sundance about six years ago. I told him my father was a big fan of his from "Law and Order" and he said, "say hey to your dad for me."

I'm also happy to hear 50 something Kim Cattrell is getting her own show in HBO. I was thinking about canceling my subscription because of the cancelation of INSIDE THE NFL and the endings of SEX AND THE CITY and THE SOPRANOS...

I may have to see the movie version of SEX AND THE CITY one more time...

chaperoning a senior prom...

I'm not going to be specific what high school it is to protect the innocent. The venue was the old Federal Reserve Building on Battery and Sacramento. BTW, it's a great place to have a party!

Let me put it this way, it was quite an experience. The kids were generally well behaved. The interesting part of the evening was watching the kids dance. To my generation, it was a moderation of Dirty Dancing without any dance skills. To put it bluntly, it was like watching lapdances in a vertical position.

Anyway, it was quite an experience...