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

Fun Stuff

Thank goodness for freeze frame

One of my favorite things about Futurama are the subtle backgrounds – and the great signs. In tonight’s episode: “The Beast With Two Bucks: $1.99 Sex Shoppe” “Duraflame National [more...]

July 13, 2003

On the Board

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

Through the good graces of Turner Classic Movies and TiVo, I’ve been catching up on my Katharine Hepburn films. Today: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. It’s astonishing that I have never seen this movie [more...]

July 13, 2003

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

Of letting sleeping dogs lie

My dog is so cute when he sleeps. He either curls up into a little lump with his nose under his hind legs; or he falls over onto his side with his legs stretched out beside him. When he starts dreaming, those little [more...]

July 13, 2003

The War with the Customer

AOL ruins a good thing again

I’m one of those anti-AOL people: the ones who are snobby about the vaunted service after having escaped long, long ago. I had AOL once (screenname GeneC – that should tell you how long ago) – more [more...]

July 13, 2003

Fun Stuff

Sweet, sweet death

July 12, 2003

Fun Stuff

Web Link Roundup

Every so often, I take a few moments to clear out my cluttered dock. Here are some of the websites that have been accumulating there this month. Chilling Effects: this site serves as a clearinghouse for those webmasters [more...]

July 12, 2003

Right = Wrong

Bush Considers Iraq Uranium Issue Closed

Well, of course he does. The curtain has dropped on his little play, ending just as predicted: WASHINGTON – President Bush said Saturday he had confidence in CIA Director George Tenet despite his agency’s [more...]

July 12, 2003