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

Take some responsibility

I’m not necessarily in favor of the current Congressional action to make lawsuits against fast food outlets illegal; it seems that if there’s some new phenomenon sweeping the nation, they automatically want  [more...]

March 11, 2004

On the Board

Right = Wrong

The President is not a fact-checker

That quote from the White House press secretary is oh-so-true. And it often comes back to bite him in the ass–which is great fun for those of us who can’t stand this president. Here’s the latest  [more...]

March 11, 2004
General Annoyances

Career Profiling

Once again, Congress wants to penalize one visible group over all others. Just like in the practice of racial profiling, the powers-that-be figure that if you are a baseball player you are more likely to abuse illegal  [more...]

March 11, 2004
Fun Stuff

London calling

I’ve started up a new “boutique” blog — it deals only with my upcoming trip to London. It’s not linked over there on the side yet, but when I make that link it’ll go here. Feel free  [more...]

March 10, 2004
Right = Wrong

Talk about flip-flopping…

Dubya likes to spout rhetoric branding Kerry as a flip-flopper, touting himself as a decisive guy. Except, like any politician, when public opinion starts to shift. After being criticized for using September 11 imagery  [more...]

March 10, 2004
The War with the Customer

Media Consolidation: the effects

A lot of Dish Network customers are waking up to the new reality of the consolidated media marketplace: Dish is no longer carrying Viacom-owned channels. Viacom is the corporate giant that owns CBS, UPN, Paramount, MTV  [more...]

March 9, 2004