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
Fun Stuff

Just amusements

Two little amusing snippets: We’re under a severe thunderstorm warning here, and I’m watching WJLA’s DTV subchannel, which broadcasts a live radar feed. As I watched the hyponotic sweep of the radar go  [more...]

May 5, 2004

On the Board

Fun Stuff

Anticipation

Two weeks from today, I expect to be doing one or more of the following: Downing a pint in a pub somewhere on Old Compton Street Relaxing in the sun along the Serpentine in Hyde Park Taking tea at Fortnum & Mason  [more...]

May 5, 2004
Right = Wrong

Report on Iraqi prisoner abuses

The U.S. Army report on abuses of Iraqi prisoners is now available at The Smoking Gun. Prepared by Army Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba, the 53-page document details mistreatment of prisoners held in the section of the  [more...]

May 5, 2004
The War with the Customer

Better start saving up now

The eventual release of Microsoft’s “Longhorn” operating system is getting more and more amusing. Due to arrive in about two years (by which time Apple’s OS X will probably be OS XI), it’s  [more...]

May 5, 2004
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Requiem for the Chromakey

My favorite cute weatherman (and inducer of many a warm front) Steve Rudin is leaving the airwaves next month. Steve Rudin, the WTTG-TV (Channel 5) weekend weatherman who settled a discrimination lawsuit with his bosses  [more...]

May 5, 2004
General Annoyances

They know where you live

One year ago today, I wrote about Rosedale, the estate in upper northwest Washington, DC where I used to work. I still miss working there, where you could eat lunch out on the rolling lawn and watch all the privileged  [more...]

May 5, 2004