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
The War with the Customer

Foresight

I wish Metro had had the foresight to imitate New York, with it’s dual tracks. I’ve written about our subway several times lately, as I’ve been using it more. And every time, I find something else  [more...]

August 11, 2004

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Not intelligent

First, I though Bush said he would wait until after the election to name a CIA chief? Second, this guy Goss is a big Bush booster (of course), and as such, he’s got his nose way up there — it seems to me  [more...]

August 11, 2004
Right = Wrong

Work it in, baby

The sometimes subtle, sometimes overt dividing continues. The right wing orders seem to have gone out: keep driving home hatred toward gay Americans. Here are two examples from yesterday. I was listening to an All  [more...]

August 11, 2004
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Relief

Dad just called from the car following a doctor appointment — he insists that he’s better, and he sounds it. But my dad is sort of like me in health matters, he’s kind of unlikely to see the true  [more...]

August 10, 2004
Right = Wrong

Step by step

Lawrence Lessig brings up an interesting and potentially very important point about copyrights: The US president owns neither his words nor his image – at least not when he speaks in public on important matters  [more...]

August 10, 2004
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Take a breath

Yesterday morning, my brother called me. Toward the end of our conversation, he noted that my Dad–who’s had some kind of respiratory virus lately–was not bouncing back like he used to. “Well, he  [more...]

August 10, 2004