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

Wokka wokka wokka

I’m not quite sure how to take the news that Disney has swallowed up the Muppets. Back in the 90s, I remember that Disney tried to acquire them. Jim Henson died during that period, and I gather that there was some  [more...]

February 18, 2004

On the Board

Fun Stuff

Lights! Camera! Action!

Last night I attended the first meeting of the DC Film Salon, a group that’s being put together by my friend Jon as a resource for independent filmmakers in Washington, DC. It was amazing — we didn’t  [more...]

February 18, 2004
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

The end of the story.

I got home late from a meeting of a new independent filmmaker’s group. I immediately went out in the backyard to check on the squirrel. There she laid, in the same spot where she was 8 hours ago. She was dead. She  [more...]

February 18, 2004
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Goodbye, squirrel

The denouement of the squirrel saga this afternoon: I decided this morning to close the damper and prevent the squirrel from coming down into the fireplace. I had a plan: she would most likely be sitting on the damper  [more...]

February 17, 2004
General Annoyances

Better than bats in the belfy

The squirrel stand-off continues, with a twist. It’s been in residence just inside the damper of my fireplace for 3 or 4 days now, venturing out when I’m not around. I’ve been enabling this behavior  [more...]

February 16, 2004