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
The War with the Customer

Maybe it’s Ralph calling

Nearly a year ago, I complained about fax machines calling me constantly. I couldn’t figure out who was calling, assuming that it was a broadcast fax. I finally sent a fax through to one of the numbers, begging  [more...]

June 17, 2004

On the Board

Right = Wrong

The meaning of is

I know, I’m harping on it, but so did Dubya: it’s that Clintonian method of bending words to fit what you mean. Bush used Clinton’s rather pathetic attempts to parse his way out of trouble as  [more...]

June 16, 2004
Right = Wrong

Tell me something I didn’t know

There is “no credible evidence” that Saddam Hussein’s government in Iraq collaborated with the al Qaeda terrorist network on any attacks on the United States, according to a new staff report released  [more...]

June 16, 2004
Right = Wrong

Schitzos

I don’t understand this one. The Senate voted yesterday to strengthen hate-crimes legislation as a response to attacks on gay people. The vote was 65 to 33, which is impressive. And get his quote from a  [more...]

June 16, 2004
Right = Wrong

They’ve got the power

Kirk forwarded a story to me about the Southern Baptists, who are leaving their “World Alliance” — they’re accusing the Alliance of being liberal, meaning that they are tolerant toward  [more...]

June 16, 2004