Just As I Thought

Fun Stuff

Portrait of the Artist

Ah, that day when my friends Sara and Lance and I went to the Hirshhorn gallery to see the Laurie Anderson exhibit, and turned around to discover that we were being followed by… Laurie Anderson.

April 24, 2023

Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Another mystery solved: I was bewildered by the strange occurrence last week where my clock radio was set an hour AHEAD my some mysterious force; this morning I figured it out. Last night, the power went out for just a [more...]

December 20, 2004

On the Board

Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Facts about my neighborhood, #5

When I was a kid, I would sometimes spend the night at the firehouse where my dad worked — station 9, which is up a steep hill from my house.

December 20, 2004

Right = Wrong

Pay no attention to the weatherman behind the curtain

The TV stations are, as one might predict, making a mountain out of a molehill. They’re using terms like “winter blast” and “very dangerous.” They’re deploying “team [more...]

December 19, 2004

The War with the Customer

In HD… over the rainbow

Why is it still so difficult for television stations to communicate whether something is in high definition or not? I saw a promo for “The Wizard of Oz” a few days ago, and right at the end was a quick [more...]

December 19, 2004

Fun Stuff

Look out the window, moron

December 19, 2004

Life... Don't talk to me about life.

On the flip side

When you break up with somebody, it becomes all about you. What did you do wrong, what didn’t you do wrong. You concentrate on how badly you feel, how rotten it all is, how sad it is. But now I’m wondering [more...]

December 19, 2004

Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Facts about my neighborhood, #4

My dad went to high school up the hill from my current house.

December 19, 2004