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.

Elizabeth Campbell

Mrs. Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell, one of the influences in my life, has died just 5 days after her 101st birthday. Mrs. Campbell was a member of the first elected school board here in Arlington, Virginia; she worked  [more...]

January 9, 2004

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Let’s send him in the first rocket

I guess he thinks it’s not enough to be remembered for making our country into a police state; or to have introduced the “pre-emptive war.” It’s not enough that he’s trying to get the  [more...]

January 9, 2004
The War with the Customer

Stop, you counterfeiter

Isn’t this an interesting example of making criminals of us all: the new version of Adobe Photoshop will not allow you to scan, open, or manipulate images of U.S. banknotes. Using Photoshop CS to open this  [more...]

January 8, 2004
Right = Wrong

A new class of non-citizen

I was going to write a bit of a rant here, in my rabid ultra-left liberal style, about today’s campaign fodder by President Bush — you know, the plan to allow illegal aliens to work in the U.S. But I figured  [more...]

January 7, 2004
Fun Stuff

In the air, on the air

A new recommendation for a reality show: Airline, a new series on A&E gives a behind the scenes look at Southwest Airlines and what those poor employees have to deal with every day. It really makes you want to be  [more...]

January 6, 2004
General Annoyances

It’s always something

Well, as mentioned many times before, I recently finished my first professional DVD project. Today, I received a copy in the mail, all silkscreened and shrinkwrapped. I put it in the player and… horror! A data  [more...]

January 6, 2004