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.

Morbid

This morning, as I rounded a curve on Beach Drive, I was momentarily stunned to find a huge SUV in my lane and barreling toward me. The woman swerved back into her lane at what seemed like the last possible moment. It  [more...]

November 30, 2004

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Blue Consumerism

Mac points us to a site that lists corporate political donations. Choose the Blue lets you better decide which companies will get your business. Let’s see how the companies that I use end up sending my money:  [more...]

November 30, 2004
General Annoyances

I’ll take a green one

Speaking of people who have all the good jobs — are they the ones being targeted by luxury car manufacturers with their really annoying commercials at Christmas? Is anyone other than me really pissy about the  [more...]

November 29, 2004
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Assessments

Here’s another thing I don’t quite understand. My house was built in 1983. It was initially purchased for $103,000. 15 years later, it had increased in value by $28,000. In the last year, between 2003 and  [more...]

November 29, 2004
Fun Stuff

Connectivity

Well, I scoured the web this weekend searching for hints and tips for the Motorola V3 Razr and Cingular. There seemed to be a lot, but I couldn’t get the vast majority of them to work. But finally, I found a  [more...]

November 29, 2004
Right = Wrong

The tyranny of the minority

Frank Rich in the New York Times takes a wry look at the sudden rash of “indeceny” that’s going to send our entire nation straight to hell: Ever since 22 percent of the country’s voters said on  [more...]

November 28, 2004