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

Once Giant, now not

The venerable DC supermarket chain Giant, which has been a fixture here for nearly 70 years, is just not what it used to be. I expounded on this last fall, after a series of annoying visits. And yesterday when I shopped  [more...]

February 6, 2004

On the Board

General Annoyances

In Brief

Here are a few articles that have been taking up space in my dock for a little while — I keep meaning to blog about them, but don’t find the time. So, without further ado… Texas Pharmacist Refuses Pill  [more...]

February 5, 2004
The War with the Customer

Time to come up with a fake persona

I think that even the most casual of readers here will notice that I often parrot the Washington Post. That’s because I read the paper each morning on the web as I lay in bed debating whether I will get up and go  [more...]

February 5, 2004
Right = Wrong

The liberal media

Remember the story a week or two ago about the congressional Republicans stealing confidential computer files from the Democrats?
How come that story disappeared immediately without being picked up by big media outlets?

February 5, 2004
General Annoyances

It’s almost like regular tv

I think that HDTV has finally come of age: as I was just watching “Judging Amy” in high definition, CBS scrunched the picture up to update viewers on the Super Tuesday primary results — in HD! as far  [more...]

February 3, 2004
Fun Stuff

The sound of silence

Ah… it’s so calm here in my home studio now. The G5 arrived. So far, I haven’t really put it through any tests of raw speed, although I’m certain that it won’t perform the way it does in  [more...]

February 3, 2004