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
Right = Wrong

Won’t somebody think of the children!

There’s a fascinating (and lengthy) article in today’s Washington Post profiling the Parent’s Television Council. It’s scary — and laughable — to read about the poor woman who sits  [more...]

December 9, 2004

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Bad time to be a minority

Well, Bush has now managed to reorient the Commission on Civil Rights — as of today, it’s made up of a 6 to 2 conservative majority. And we all know how concerned conservatives are about civil rights  [more...]

December 9, 2004
Right = Wrong

Fiscal Hijinks

Here are a couple things I meant to [complain] about earlier today when the blog went down. First off, can we talk about the totally bizarre hypocrisy that is the hallmark of today’s Republican party? These are  [more...]

December 8, 2004
General Annoyances

Calling all nerds

You may have noticed the daily disappearance of the blog — well, all the blogs on my server, including Kirk and Sara’s. It seems to be caused by too many connections to the SQL database. Often it appears  [more...]

December 8, 2004
General Annoyances

Ants in my Plants

Here’s the third bizarre occurrence that greeted me on my return home: ants. I found a line of them marching across the countertop in the kitchen. I tried desperately to trace where they were coming from —  [more...]

December 7, 2004
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Disappointment

My friend Sara spent this morning in anticipation and elation, with the expectation that her kid’s album “Big Kid” would be nominated for a Grammy today. It was a crushing disappointment when it  [more...]

December 7, 2004