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
General Annoyances

Get that man some Chap-Stik

For goodness’ sake, Senator Kerry, would you please keep your tongue in your mouth when you speak? You’re really grossing me out. And another note to his handlers: a little powder might help with that  [more...]

July 29, 2004

On the Board

Fun Stuff

I’m glad you’re happy

Silly me, I figured that the Science Fiction museum would marginalize the sci-fi I like, specifically Dr. Who. Surprise! An NPR photo gallery of artifacts from the museum actually includes in it’s selection of 6  [more...]

July 29, 2004
Right = Wrong

July surprise

It’s not much of a surprise if it was planned (or rumored) all along, is it? For quite some time, people have been expecting that there would be some kind of announcement — a terror alert, a capture of some  [more...]

July 29, 2004
Fun Stuff

Up their sleeve

Hmm. This interesting and compelling tidbit appeared this morning on MacMinute… A report in Time magazine, which named Apple’s fourth generation iPod “Gadget of the Week,” says that there is more  [more...]

July 29, 2004
The War with the Customer

TV Notes, Convention Style

A few zingers from Tom Shales this morning: You can’t have it both ways: drastically limit coverage because the conventions are now planned to be TV shows and then cry foul when something really affecting manages  [more...]

July 29, 2004