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
General Annoyances

Reach out and charge someone

Not only am I getting calls for an electric company on my new 800 number; today I got a call for Commonwealth Telephone. I found their number, and while it’s close, the guy definitely mis-dialed. Love paying a per  [more...]

May 1, 2004

On the Board

The War with the Customer

More D’oh

Our long national nightmare is over: the voice talent for The Simpsons has negotiated a raise for themselves. The cast of the Simpsons held out for more money than the $125,000 an episode they were getting paid, shot  [more...]

May 1, 2004
Right = Wrong

That explains it

A great line in Ellen Goodman’s column today about the flap over Karen Hughes’ comparison of pro-choice marchers to terrorists. I’m definitely gonna use this line in the future… but hopefully I  [more...]

May 1, 2004
Right = Wrong

Pass the collection plate

Wow — this story has more importance now, in the midst of our new theocracy, than ever before: The Internal Revenue Service has warned churches and other religious groups that they risk losing their tax-exempt  [more...]

May 1, 2004
The War with the Customer

Bye, Bob

It was a typically understated farewell from Bob Edwards this morning, with grace and class… but a twinge of annoyance in his voice when he mentioned several times that he’d been with Morning Edition 24  [more...]

April 30, 2004