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.

On the Board

Get a job

I seem to recall that just a little while ago, some Bush administration official insisted that the administration would “make up” the lost jobs during their watch. I immediately thought “my, what a low  [more...]

Abhoration

There’s an op ed in the Post today that starts out: Anyone who hobnobs with progressives knows by now that a fair proportion of these bright and articulate Americans hate George W. Bush. They abhor him. The  [more...]

According to plan

The Washington Post today gives a “sneak preview” of the Republican Convention. Very helpful for me, because I certainly don’t intend to watch their propaganda-fest. A draft of the Republican  [more...]

Divide and conquer

Doesn’t anyone else see what I see? The right wing, rallying around their poster boy Dubya, are engaged in a divisive battle. Since they’re done such a crappy job, they’re trying to tell you who is to  [more...]

We can’t have nice things

I sometimes wonder if it’s worth the bother having three pets around the house. Yeah, through one reason or another, that’s how many I’ve ended up with. Sometimes, like today, it seems like a losing  [more...]