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.

An embarrassment of idiocy

There’s so much amusing fodder in this week’s Top Ten Conservative Idiots, that I don’t know where to begin. Oh, of course I do — with number 1! Massive props to George W. Bush this week for  [more...]

On the Board

I wonder if the aliens hate him, too?

Do you think that a few years ago Bryant Gumbel thought he’d be the king of the media world by now? Gumbel has anchored and reported from all corners of the globe, including Europe, China, Australia, Russia, Cuba  [more...]

A cosmic threesome

Hmm. In reading a story about the orbit of Saturn, which is now closer than it’s been since 1973, I came across this blurb: With a simple sky map, Saturn is easy to find right now. It is currently in the  [more...]

Inspired cynicism

Today’s Style Invitational was simple, yet amusing: entrants were asked to take an inspirational statement, and express it with cynicism. Some of my favorites: Never underestimate your ability to overestimate your  [more...]