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

Questionable results

The news is littered with stories about electronic voting machines these days, so much so that I wonder why any state or jurisdiction would even consider using them. More in today’s Washington Post: Four years  [more...]

August 22, 2004

On the Board

Right = Wrong

God must be crying

What in hell is happening to our world? Every day there is more barbaric news, stemming from religion. On Sunday, August 15, a 16-year-old girl in the town of Neka, northern Iran, was executed. Ateqeh Sahaleh was hanged  [more...]

August 22, 2004
Right = Wrong

Next he’ll blow up statues of Buddha

My God — if you’ll pardon the pun — these nutcases are sounding more and more like the Taliban every day. Read about what the delightfully insane Alan Keyes had to say: At the same time that he laid  [more...]

August 21, 2004
Fun Stuff

Tease

Hmm.
What is this, do you suppose? And how long before the Hollywood corporations have their lapdogs ban it?

August 21, 2004
Right = Wrong

Sweet and sour pork

There’s a longish op ed in tomorrow’s Washington Post where in the author takes Congress to task for an astonishing $8.9 billion in pork disguised as “defense.” The article is heavy reading and  [more...]

August 21, 2004
Fun Stuff

What’s up, doc?

I’m watching a Doris Day movie that’s been on TiVo for a week or so, waiting patiently: “My Dream is Yours,” from 1949. It’s about a New York girl who goes to L.A. hoping to become a  [more...]

August 21, 2004