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.

Maybe they need a dictionary

Isn’t it funny how the names of conservative and fundamentalist right-wing organizations evoke this image of freedom? The Florida-based group “Liberty Counsel” took their bigoted opinions to the U.S  [more...]

On the Board

Beyond the pale

I certainly never listen to or watch the various yakking asses on radio or television these days, especially the right wing nut cases. And here’s a good reason why. Evidently Sean Hannity aired the audio from Nick  [more...]

Make way

Roused from the couch by a din, sirens, thunderous motorcycles, I went to my front door to discover an incredible motorcade making it’s way up my street just a few moments ago. Numerous police motorcycles, state  [more...]

A verb on my butt

An author is publishing a short story by tattooing one word each on 2,000 people: Shelley Jones has already roped more than 1,000 volunteers to help her realise her dream of publishing her next work on human hide  [more...]

Twisting the facts

I just love the way the rabid right-wingers trot out the same tired old stories, using semantics and, sometimes, outright lies to make a point. For example, Charles Krauthammer today complains about the calls for  [more...]

Quote of the day

“I have no problem with gay people, I’ve always been in the world of the theatre and interior design.” Heard on “Morning Edition” this morning, from a Massachusetts justice of the peace who  [more...]