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.

On the Board

Vast Right-Wing Hyperlink Conspiracy

This article on the front page of the Washington Post website is headlined “FEC Moves to Regulate Groups Opposing Bush.” Now, that’s certainly provocative and worthy of a click and then a little rant  [more...]

It happens to every guy once in a while

Is this an example of peaking too early? From Voice of America: A new opinion poll says either of the two main Democratic presidential candidates would beat President Bush by at least 10 points if the election were held  [more...]

She’s soaking in it

Fark reports the sad news: Madge is dead. Janice Miner was known all over the world for her portrayal of Madge, the wisecracking manicurist in Palmolive commercials. For 27 years, the ads featured Miner praising the  [more...]

The Science of Marriage

A comment was posted on an entry from last August that — once you get around the bizarre grammar — seems to want to find a scientific basis for marriage, because same-sex couples can’t bear children  [more...]

Dreamy

Every day for the last two months, I’ve been entering to win the HGTV Dream Home. It’s a beautiful Victorian style house in southeastern Georgia, with a cupola and tower — I always wanted a tower. The  [more...]