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

A productive day

Well, today I fulfilled my quota for manliness, womanliness, and just plain old humanness. First, I replaced the battery in my original Prius (it’s for sale, by the way) all with my own two hands. I didn’t  [more...]

January 19, 2004

On the Board

Right = Wrong

You said it, pal

Hmm. There have been a lot of good letters to the editor in the Post recently, perhaps I should just post them here rather than come up with rambling complaints of my own? Example: President Bush participates in a drive  [more...]

January 19, 2004
The War with the Customer

Incredible but true

Sad to say, Mrs. Campbell was not, in the end, successful in her dream of educational television. WETA and other PBS stations are under assault by critics who say that their mission is now fulfilled by cable outlets  [more...]

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

A Grande Dame

There was a short but nice tribute to Mrs. Campbell in today’s Post editorials: Elizabeth P. Campbell Sunday, January 18, 2004; Page B06 BEFORE WETA first went airborne in the Washington area, public television  [more...]

January 18, 2004
Right = Wrong

The First Church of Bush, the Younger

Every day when I read the paper, I’m more and more incensed and bewildered. How in the world is President Bush able to pull the wool over so many eyes? Why don’t people see what he and his cronies are, and  [more...]

January 18, 2004
General Annoyances

What’s in a name?

There’s a letter to the editor that I wholly agree with and applaud this morning. It takes Metro, the Washington subway system, to task for it’s continual re-naming of subway stations to suit neighborhood  [more...]

January 17, 2004