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.

Too many

There have now been 700 American servicepeople killed in Iraq. I don’t think anyone even knows how many civilians have died, but I can only assume that it is in the thousands. All told, between Afghanistan and  [more...]

On the Board

Feelin’ hot hot hot

Wow — after such a chill, today’s near-90 degree weather in Washington was bizarre to say the least. It was so hot upstairs in my home office that my G5 started spinning it’s fans at high speed, even  [more...]

Rope to hang himself

This Democratic National Committee ad is plenty amusing — and it’s just footage from Bush’s press conference.

Nothing new here

The Washington Post this morning has a long feature about a new book that describes the planning for the Iraq war — which started months after September 11. Beginning in late December 2001, President Bush met  [more...]

… not with the pastry

On one of my favorite BBC series, “One Foot in the Grave,” the put-upon central character Victor seems to have a recurring nightmare. He’s often shown moaning in his sleep, speaking out loud  [more...]

Spring Cleaning

My blog has accumulated more than 1,500 entries, and it’s gotten slloooowww. Now, I’m not an expert at the whole behind the scenes scene of the blog, and it could well be that I’ve done something to  [more...]