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
Fun Stuff

My girls in Texas

All week I’ve been receiving little hand-drawn happy birthday greetings from my Texas pals, with cryptic clues. Today, the mystery was solved with this gift “from your girls in Texas!” That’s  [more...]

August 12, 2004

On the Board

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

Sick

I just despise being sick. Don’t you? It started on Saturday night. I started to totally fall apart hanging out over at Ian’s after a long day, just kind of passing out on the couch. The next day I woke up  [more...]

August 11, 2004
Right = Wrong

The most qualified

I just think this is funny. I won’t pass any judgement — after all, it is from Michael Moore, who I think is as far left wacko as the wackos on the far right — but it sure is amusing that Bush once  [more...]

August 11, 2004
Right = Wrong

That Liberal Post

Right wingers love to label The Washington Post with the “L” label, and in some ways they’re correct. But I was not alone last year in questioning why the Post was so seemingly gung-ho for war. They  [more...]

August 11, 2004
Right = Wrong

Ignore the small print

This is the loyalty “form” that attendees to a Cheney appearance had to sign recently. Note the excellent use of grammar: someone named Herby is endorsing the reelection of the United States, whatever that  [more...]

August 11, 2004
The War with the Customer

Paying for privacy

Another pet peeve of mine is the huge number of fees we’re all subjected to, from ATMs to telephone companies. Today in the Washington Post, a story tells about the “accidental” publishing of thousands  [more...]

August 11, 2004