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.

My first Kerry bash

Never let it be said that I am solely devoted to bashing Republicans. Let’s explore my knee-jerk reaction to Kerry’s tax proposal. He’s indicated that he would cut taxes on business in order to stem  [more...]

On the Board

The worst kind of story

This is the kind of story that, more than politics, makes me cry and tremble with sadness: Five ducklings for a new National Zoo exhibit have died after being shipped from California this week and arriving at a Prince  [more...]

Be careful what you wish for

In the continuing barrage of personal character attacks on Richard Clarke, the GOP is now calling for the release of classified testimony by Clarke from 2002. They say that testimony was at odds with what he has said  [more...]

I’m not normal

I was perusing some personals ads this morning — laying in bed alone tends to make one’s mind wander toward what might have been, you know — and finally came to a realization. A sad, pathetic one. I  [more...]

Settle in with some popcorn

Via DCRTV: a dream come true for you junkies–the C-SPAN DVD Box Set! The first season of C-SPAN premiered in 1979 with then-Rep. Al Gore, D-Tenn., a leading proponent of TV coverage, giving one of the first  [more...]

Another Microsoft thing

Bravo to the E.U. for having the guts to do what the U.S. wouldn’t: punish Microsoft for it’s practices. Now Microsoft is making more claims about doom and destruction to come if Windows isn’t kept a  [more...]