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

Lies and the Presidents who tell them

A book report in today’s Post reviews The Lies of George Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception. George Washington, at least according to Parson Weems, never told a lie. Subsequent presidents, as David Corn  [more...]

December 18, 2003

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Revisionist history, redux

Today’s Washington Post reports on the continued re-writing of history, internet-style, of the Bush administration. I know I’ve written about this before, but I just don’t have the energy to search for  [more...]

December 18, 2003
The War with the Customer

Paper clips? Huh? What are those?

Is there anyone who knows less about office supplies than the employees of an office supply chain? Ask if they have computer backup tapes, and they scratch their head. Then, ask for a DLT tape cartridge, and the blank  [more...]

December 17, 2003
Fun Stuff

Now that’s global warming

I say it every summer, and now the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration agrees: the Earth is getting too damned close to the sun. Posted today on their website (and subsequently removed): NON  [more...]

December 17, 2003
General Annoyances

In the dark

For hours this morning, starting at, oh, 3am or so, the power has been fluctuating at my house. I know this because every time it goes out then comes back on, there’s a sound which makes it seem like more than an  [more...]

December 16, 2003
Right = Wrong

For this I missed Sting?

While watching “The Ellen Degeneres Show” just now, I discovered that TiVo had recorded today’s Presidential news conference. The first few minutes were taken up by Mr. Bush rambling on, mumbling  [more...]

December 15, 2003