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
Right = Wrong

History repeating

Am I the only one who sees the parallels between the current atmosphere for gay people in twenty first century America and the beginnings of 1930s Nazi persecution of such groups as Jews, gays, Gypsies, and other  [more...]

July 15, 2004

On the Board

General Annoyances

The opening salvo

The procedural defeat of that horrible constitutional amendment is just the beginning. The religious whack jobs that have been pushing it are digging in for a long fight. I swear to you, reading about the fundamentalist  [more...]

July 15, 2004
Right = Wrong

Look in the mirror

President Bush said of terrorists: “These are people who hate freedom. You can’t reason with them, you can’t negotiate with them.” For a moment, I thought he was talking about his own  [more...]

July 15, 2004
The War with the Customer

You guys need to have a meeting

NBC is actively promoting the upcoming high definition coverage of the Olympics. They’re directing viewers to nbcolympics.com/hd for more information. Said webpage simply says “coming soon.” I think  [more...]

July 14, 2004
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

My kind of reality

Maybe this makes me weird: I’ve never seen, nor do I have any desire to see, shows such as American Idol, Fear Factor, Big Brother, Survivor, The Bachelor, The Apprentice, or any other reality show. But I will sit  [more...]

July 14, 2004
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Tarnation

You know, I found myself having one of those discussions about the weather and it’s effects on the body today. That kind of discussion that old men have when they’re sitting around outside the barber shop or  [more...]

July 14, 2004