Just As I Thought

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.

A whopper that can be seen from space

I was just watching a show on Travel Channel about — what else — Las Vegas. They just stated that the light on top of the Luxor hotel is one of only two man-made objects visible from space, the other being  [more...]

On the Board

Bad hair day

My friend Jaime sent me a book that made me guffaw loudly, continuously — and painfully, as I still have a somewhat sore throat from the flu. “Bad Hair” is a collection of images from old hairstyle  [more...]

Arlington is on the fat map

My hometown, Arlington, Virginia, made it’s way for the first time on to the Men’s Fitness “fattest city” list at number EIGHT! This is, frankly, astonishing. As I look around me, I see far fewer  [more...]

Finally, my money’s worth

A month or so ago, I upgraded my satellite tv service to get a high definition package, including a channel called HDNet Movies. Tonight, they’re showing “The Music Man” in high definition. Money well  [more...]

While you were out

Having a fever is pretty awful. But when the fever is over, the world seems a bit dull. Yeah, maybe it’s ’cause I’m still dizzy and all that, but I still think the world has too many of it’s  [more...]

Serves me right

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been quietly complaining to myself — a singularly unusual occurrence — about the flu. It’s been the top story on the news, the lack of vaccine has thrown people  [more...]