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.

On the Board

Under the radar: no more overtime

Thanks to The Go Fish for this: evidently there is a plan afoot by the Bushies to re-write the rules governing overtime pay. More than 8 million workers in the United States will be ineligible for overtime pay under a  [more...]

I’m speechless

From the AP: Supreme Court strikes down gay sex ban WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court struck down a ban on gay sex Thursday, ruling that the law was an unconstitutional violation of privacy. The 6-3 ruling  [more...]

The great American medical system

With so many doctors, HMOs, and other interests squarely in opposition to a national health care system, claiming that it would lower the quality of health care in this country, it’s interesting to read an article  [more...]

Turn your head and cough

Pay-per-view is rapidly reaching the same realm as the Coliseum did with the lions. Brit footballer and fashionista David Beckham will soon undergo a physical for his new gig in Spain, and it’ll be televised. From  [more...]

A voyeur’s paradise

My iSight was waiting patiently for me when I got home, and I spent the next few hours in videoconference with my ex in California, who I haven’t laid eyes on in 5 years. I was pretty nervous about it – all  [more...]