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

Life... Don't talk to me about life.

The serendipity of advertising

While reading a pretty bad review of “Oklahoma!” this morning on the Washington Post website, I was amused to see that right next to the review saying Forget dust-ups between cowmen and farmers and the [more...]

June 26, 2004

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Resistance is futile

Let’s talk a bit about the whole Jack Ryan thing. Now, I’m not one to knock a sex scandal involving a Republican, as they’re generally a little too “do as I say, not as I do” for my taste [more...]

June 26, 2004

Right = Wrong

I have no strong enough word to describe these people

This is why I hate religion — not faith, but religion. The f*cking s**teating donkeyr*ping c*ckmaster fundamentalist nutcases like Jerry Falwell and Donald Wildmon, who are basically the leaders of cults, are [more...]

June 26, 2004

Right = Wrong

Un-American

The upcoming vote on amending the constitution has me flummoxed. I’m horrified that this is happening. All the comments against the amendment so far seen to be leaning more toward how unfair it is, etc. I take the [more...]

June 25, 2004

Fun Stuff

What’s in a word

June 25, 2004

Right = Wrong

What’s not in a name

Why, I wonder, does the media use the term “insurgents” in covering Iraq, when the correct term is almost certainly “terrorists?” in·sur·gent (n-sûrjnt) adj. 1. Rising in [more...]

June 25, 2004

The War with the Customer

Get permission before exfoliating

You won’t believe this one. Microsoft has reportedly succeeded in patenting human skin as a new kind of network. InSourced claims recently awarded US Patent No. 6,754, 472 is a ‘method and apparatus for [more...]

June 24, 2004