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

The War with the Customer

Take your medicine, drug companies

The House has passed legislation allowing Americans to buy prescription drugs internationally. I’m not entirely sure how truly useful this will be if it’s signed into law; the drug industry is right up there [more...]

July 26, 2003

On the Board

The War with the Customer

Microsoft warns of critical Windows security flaw

I couldn’t resist.
Just one week later, here we go again.

July 25, 2003

Right = Wrong

No comment necessary

From Sammy’s Digital Flotsam: Reporter: I’m asking the question, is responsibility for what was in the President’s own State of the Union ultimately with the President, or with somebody else? White [more...]

July 25, 2003

Right = Wrong

A new meaning for “gay households”

In the midst of the right-ward lurch our government has taken in the last few years, news like the Supreme Court’s affirmation of privacy in the bedroom and Canada’s initiation of same-sex marriage are [more...]

July 25, 2003

The War with the Customer

Why not just use “password” as your password?

July 25, 2003

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

People are stupid all over

While I’ve been preoccupied with American stupidity (a huge percentage of Americans evidently think that the 9/11 hijackers were Iraqi when in reality they were Saudi Arabians), the stupidity of young Germans [more...]

July 24, 2003

Right = Wrong

At least they’re not calling from the White House

Remember all the flap about fundraising in the Clinton White House – those links to foreign countries? Well, the Republicans are calling to raise funds from India. The US Republican Party now has a band of young [more...]

July 24, 2003