Just As I Thought

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.

Stop them before they can be happy

Cripes — it’s not really surprising, but still disappointing to see so many anti-gay ballot measures out there today: Utah, Oregon, Oklahoma, Ohio, North Dakota, Montana, Mississippi, MIchigan, Kentucky  [more...]

On the Board

CNN.com Election 2004

Just for the political junkies out there, who think of election night the same way some think of Oscar night: CNN has a kick-ass live election results webpage at … Meanwhile, Zogby optimistically projects that  [more...]

The autumn leaves came falling in

It’s been a long time since I posted a link to cool software here, so it’s about time: Autumn Leaves is a cute little app (for Mac OS X) that does what it says. Autumn leaves gently fall down your desktop  [more...]

Is your refrigerator running?

In West Virginia’s eastern panhandle, Democratic activists were working the phones to undo what they suspected was a Republican-led effort to suppress the vote. On Sept. 1, several registered voters called the  [more...]

Dish with cojones

I feel better today about my choice of Dish Network service. 8 years ago when I chose Dish over DirecTV, it was because I saw a company run by an entreprenuer, not a conglomerate. I’ve stuck with them as they grew  [more...]