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.

Oh, Spacewoman

Laurie Anderson, a woman who can only be described as “avant garde”, has been tapped by NASA as their artist-in-residence. NASA began its art program in 1963 but never before had it tapped a resident artist  [more...]

On the Board

Oh, remember the deficit?

We’ve all been preoccupied with the dismal Bush foreign policy lately, so it’s wise to take a look at his dismal financial skills as well: the budget, or lack thereof. Bent on cutting taxes on the rich  [more...]

Maximum Height

The other day I was over at my local McDonalds. They had one of those poles next to the drive-thru lane — you know, those things that are designed to keep a guy with a big, tall truck from driving through and  [more...]

Whither Metro?

Let’s talk about public transportation for a moment, shall we? Metro, the public transport here in Washington, is lovely — at least, the subway part. But it’s expensive and poorly designed. I’ve  [more...]

I can see clearly now

On the advice of fashionistas, I got narrow, wide ones… and lo and behold, they DO make my face look thinner! Who knew? All those years wearing round glasses and I never realized…