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

Woke Up, It Was a Texas Morning

As I’m only one generation removed Texan — my mother is from El Paso and I have a chunk of family in the Lone Star State — I hope I won’t feel too out of place marching today with the Texas  [more...]

April 25, 2004

On the Board

General Annoyances

Identity theft

I just noticed on the list of referrers that there is some strange LiveJournal syndication of my blog, listed under the username genecowan. Who did this? And why? I’ve never seen something like this before, and  [more...]

April 24, 2004
Fun Stuff

Lemurs are cool

Snapshots from a fun day at the zoo and the Smithsonian… Lily & me. I wish someone would explain how I become 40 pounds fatter when a camera is around. Sara and Jen, Metro Girls. When it’s flamingo  [more...]

April 24, 2004
Right = Wrong

Can’t have it both ways

You know how I am about hypocrites, so let me just point out one tiny little fact before I bounce off to the zoo. The administration’s (and the military’s) rule against showing the return of fallen soldiers  [more...]

April 24, 2004
Fun Stuff

And we’ll have fun, fun, fun

My sassy pal Sara is a-comin’ today! I’ve cleaned the house, taken some time off work, and washed the car. What I really should do is make a big pot of coffee. Sara is what you might call irrepressible  [more...]

April 23, 2004
The War with the Customer

Delivered today… or not

Here’s how long it’s been since I ordered a pizza from Dominos–didn’t they used to guarantee delivery in 30 minutes or it’s free? When did they stop that? The guy was realistic, at least:  [more...]

April 22, 2004