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

I wonder how much it would cost with ice?

Here’s something I don’t understand. Soda–for example, Coke–is water with sugar and flavoring added. A regular soda at KFC costs $1.19, which is pretty much highway robbery. A bottle of [more...]

January 22, 2004

On the Board

General Annoyances

Why are we all so impatient? Why do people hit the button to call the elevator over and over and over, even when it’s already been pressed? Tonight I set out to get a little something to eat. As I was standing by [more...]

January 22, 2004

General Annoyances

Maybe it hit a bad cell

NASA has lost contact with the Spirit rover, and I’m pretty disappointed about it. Of course, with all the bad luck we’ve had getting to and around Mars lately, you don’t suppose that some secretive [more...]

January 22, 2004

Fun Stuff

Ways to spend money

Well, I sold my original Prius today — I’ll miss her terribly. But with a bit of cash in my pocket, I could be dangerous. For instance, BoingBoing points out some things I could buy: An original Disneyland [more...]

January 22, 2004

Right = Wrong

At least they weren’t sharing music

January 22, 2004

Life... Don't talk to me about life.

I guess they didn’t need the bathroom

I was just going though my caller ID logs and noticed something interesting: people only call me during television commercial breaks. All the calls are at times like :24, :59, :33, :57, and :14. No one ever calls at :06 [more...]

January 22, 2004

General Annoyances

A Spam Bomb

This morning my blog was the lucky recipient of 109 spam comments. Um… I’ve turned commenting off for the time being. Sorry, gang. [Update: after spending a couple of hours cleaning out all the spam, I [more...]

January 22, 2004