Just the Good Ol' Boys

Never meanin' no harm,
Beats all you've ever saw

Been in trouble with the law

Since the day they was born

we played Ninteeeeendoooooooo

For some reason this song has been stuck in my head the last couple days. Helms-a-Lee is taking it back to 1990.

It cracks me up that Another Bad Creation, Bel Biv Devo's protégés, were basically BBD, but 20 years younger. BBD dressed ABC up the exact same, did their hair the exact same, taught them the same sweet-ass danced moves, and so on.

Boys II Men, ABC, BBD, the east coast family. Never skipped a beat while coolin on South Street.

little gestures

My mom sent me this picture of a glass full of cherries in our backyard that my dad surprised her with this weekend. Her 'first cherries of Spring 2010'. They've been married for 45 years.

Speaking of the Ace..

Word on the street is that this picture I took of Ryan and Chad playing ping pong at the Ace last summer has been reposted all over the blogosphere. I've run across it on one blog. Funny how once you add something to the internet ether, it becomes everybody's.

Hey, if you're listening, I'm flattered.

Ace Hotel, here I come

I booked my room last night. The twins are turning 30. God help us.

oh la la!! regardez ça! regardez ça!!!

Last night, the Lakers' Shannon Brown came painfully close to making one of the most impressive dunks in recent memory. His hops are almost supernatural.

..which made me think of Vince Carter's dunk when he was on Team USA and he...jumped...over....a seven foot man and dunked . I love the French announcers... oh la la! regardez ça! regardez ça!

Something Else

Op-ed for NYT by Rick Moranis.

And now this is basically the only thing above the fold on Helms-a-Lee.

where cursors come from

Hank Jones 1918-2010

Reaching for superlatives, critics often wrote that Mr. Jones had an exceptional touch. He himself was not so sure.

"I never tried consciously to develop a 'touch,'" he told the Detroit Free Press in 1997. "What I tried to do was make whatever lines I played flow evenly and fully and as smoothly as possible.

"I think the way you practice has a lot to do with it," he explained. "If you practice scales religiously and practice each note firmly with equal strength, certainly you'll develop a certain smoothness. I used to practice a lot. I still do when I'm at home." Mr. Jones was 78 years old at the time.

From NYT

bless weekends like this

Friday

+ made dinner

++ ricotta and mint stuffed squash blossoms

++ rosemary and thyme rubbed filet

++ swiss chard and negi onion sauté

+++ thank you slake farms

+ out and dancing

Saturday

+ four hours of stand up paddle boarding

+ ping pong at the jack spade opening, Abbot Kinney

+ dinner in the hills

+ early to bed

Sunday

+ not so early to rise

+ NBA playoffs in bed

++ baked kale chips [toss in oil - i did sesame this time, salt, 350 for 13 minutes]

++ french pressed coffee

++ baked collard green chips [figured why not]

+++ thx slake farms, again

+ an IPA at LA Mill with ryan

+ walk around the reservoir

+ dinner on the west side with the crew at Paco's

+ early to bed

Monday

+ early to rise

no sailing this time, but here's to the weekend

cutting edge

only 15 lbs!

Knot Throwing

a quick way to tie a knot.

via Reference Library.