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
The War with the Customer

Strike in Springfield

This is why most television series never run more than 7 years: escalating costs for the stars. From Reuters: D’oh! Homer Simpson and the rest of the mustard-colored citizens of Springfield are on strike. The  [more...]

April 1, 2004

On the Board

Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Horror in the mirror

As I was driving home today in the rain, surrounded by drivers flying down the slick roads with their lights off, I looked up into the rear-view mirror. There was a large van or SUV behind me. It took me a moment to  [more...]

April 1, 2004
Fun Stuff

Is it or isn’t it?

Is the Google Gmail thing an April Fools joke?
Or is this their contribution to today’s festivities?
Reading the Gmail press release pretty much clinches it for me.
“Heck, Yeah,” Say Google Founders

April 1, 2004
Fun Stuff

I have a good excuse

There are worse reasons to be late to work than watching one of those 1940s cruise-to-Rio movies with Jane Powell.
I love Turner Classic Movies.

April 1, 2004
Right = Wrong

A blast from her past

Our nation’s self-appointed guardian of “traditional values” has a skeleton in her book closet. “Sisters,” Lynne Cheney’s 1981 novel about feminism in the Old West — complete  [more...]

April 1, 2004