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.

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...]

On the Board

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 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...]

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...]

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...]