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

You can’t prove it didn’t happen

That Dick Cheney — he reminds me of a kid who’s told a lie, and when confronted by his parents he blusters and lies some more, creating a string of untruths that just wanders off into the bizarre. Now  [more...]

July 7, 2004

On the Board

Fun Stuff

Wonkified Shirlington

I never realized that my little neighborhood — Shirlington, a little area in South Arlington just outside Washington, DC — was a hip, happening spot for politicos, but Wonkette points out: Dick Gephardt was  [more...]

July 6, 2004
Right = Wrong

Hail to the Facts

Via Fark comes a list of facts about our presidents. Being a liberal partisan, I figured I’d just pick out the facts that I found about our current president. Just for grins, you understand. Such as this: when  [more...]

July 6, 2004
The War with the Customer

Bothered and bewildered

Can someone please tell me what the deal is with the (poorly made-up) creepy old man dancing around like a weirdo in the Six Flags commercials? Am I so completely out of it that these bizarre commercials — like  [more...]

July 6, 2004
The War with the Customer

My new target

Drug companies. Pharmaceutical behemoths. The corporations with the highest profit margins in the world. I think it’s time they became the target of wrath. These companies — which seem to have government  [more...]

July 6, 2004
Right = Wrong

I suggest an apparel amendment

Just in time for our celebration of American freedom, comes this story courtesy of the lovely and talented Mac: OK, so if you live in the U.S., you know Independence Day was yesterday.  It’s the day  [more...]

July 5, 2004