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

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...]

December 8, 2003

On the Board

Fun Stuff

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...]

December 8, 2003

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

Just another migraine Sunday

Have you ever had a migraine? A lot of people think that it’s just a bad headache. I’m here to tell you that it is much more, and much worse. It’s a complete brain fritz and cerebral horror show. I [more...]

December 7, 2003

Fun Stuff

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...]

December 7, 2003

Right = Wrong

Goulish “Good Hair” Perry

December 7, 2003

Fun Stuff

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...]

December 7, 2003

The War with the Customer

There is a $4.50 fee for reading this blog

Remember all those rantings about extra tacked-on fees I’ve done in the past? (You don’t?! Well, look here and here and here and here. And here.) Well, The New York Times’ David Pogue exposes yet [more...]

December 7, 2003