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.

Damn it, the computer says you should love me

Dontcha just love those computerized personality tests? There’s a certain attraction to having some kind of concrete, scientific explanation for the reason you are who you are. But do they ever really jibe with [more...]

August 17, 2003

On the Board

Fun Stuff

Ooh, Idi

The former dictator Idi Amin has died in a Saudi Arabian hospital. Here is a man who killed up to 400,000 people, plunged Uganda into chaos, and “disgusted the entire civilized world.” And yet, I chuckle [more...]

August 16, 2003

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

Let’s have a positive weekend

I always set out to write something funny, nice, amusing, and just generally “smiley” on my blog; but then the news of the day always derails my plans. I’m fickle that way. But recently, I’ve [more...]

August 15, 2003

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

Bravo, New York

I’m amazed. Perhaps the ordeal of September 11 has had some lasting repercussions — I’m watching coverage of the massive northeast blackout, and it’s incredible to me how the people of much [more...]

August 14, 2003

Fun Stuff

In good company

August 14, 2003

Right = Wrong

Political Action Figures

This week’s Top Ten Conservative Idiots (no. 121) shines the spotlight on: Arnold Schwarzenegger, whom the media has crowned front-runner in California, presumably because… well… they just kinda [more...]

August 14, 2003

Fun Stuff

A Mighty Wind Blows This Way

If you liked the Christopher Guest movie “A Mighty Wind,” you’re in luck. All the cast members, performing as their folk-musician characters from the film, will play at the 9:30 club [in Washington [more...]

August 14, 2003