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.

Customer Service

I usually post rants and complaints about poor customer service policies here, but today I came across a fairly unusual idea that is great for customers — and the company as well. Like a car dealer, Maytag is now  [more...]

On the Board

The L Word

The more the Bush campaign sticks the “liberal” label all over Kerry and Edwards, the more I am likely to vote for them. How in the world have they succeeded in making a wonderful word, with it’s root  [more...]

Legacy

There’s a show on the Discovery Times Channel right now called “Commander in Chief.” It’s a series profiling presidents, produced in 2000. The episode airing right now is about George Bush, and  [more...]

I report, you decide

I’m so flustered by this one — it can’t possibly be true, can it? — that I’m hoping that others (the finger points at you, Mac) will comment on it, as I’d just stammer and stumble  [more...]

Out of tone

I’m gonna evoke the whole “changing the tone” thing one more time — there are so many examples of how the Bush administration has changed it for the worse. But their nasty, mean, obnoxious  [more...]