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
Right = Wrong

We’re getting fatter

I love this metaphor from a Washington Post editorial this morning denouncing the Bush administration’s record deficits: Having presided over record deficits, the administration now wants to claim credit if it  [more...]

February 3, 2004

On the Board

Fun Stuff

My night

OK, as usual, I’ve been fuming about things all day. So, let’s end this on a happy note before tomorrow’s next winter storm hype drives me batty. There’s nothing quite so domestic and comfortable  [more...]

February 2, 2004
Right = Wrong

Where’s the evidence?

I just read an obnoxious letter to the editor in USA Today. The writer was upset that gay marriage was compared to interracial marriage, and thumped the bible repeatedly, saying that marriage was a concept designed by  [more...]

February 2, 2004
The War with the Customer

Take Mondays off

I just don’t understand. I have the worst luck possible when it comes to delivery companies, and my bad luck continues unabated. I ordered a custom-built, tricked-out Powermac G5 a few weeks ago, and it finally  [more...]

February 2, 2004
Fun Stuff

Cool, but…

The coming revolution of paper-thin (well, three times thicker than paper, so almost cardboard-thin), foldable displays is neat, but replacing such items as newspapers and maps with the technology doesn’t make a  [more...]

February 2, 2004
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Last year

I just took a few minutes to look at what I blogged a year ago in this space, and was struck by two things: first, there was some big stuff happening in February 2003: the Columbia disaster, the death of Mr. Rogers, a  [more...]

February 1, 2004