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

Just funny

This is just amusing, via Fark: Google turns up third on it’s own search engine when searching for search engines.

May 27, 2003

On the Board

Fun Stuff

So far, so good. First, John called to tell me that our 48 Hour Film, which did not win a “best of screening” honor, has nevertheless been judged a winner! It’ll be awarded something tonight, but [more...]

May 27, 2003

General Annoyances

Another “oh, please” moment

USA Today reports that now there are suspicions that the American Idol voting was not completely fair. (My initial reaction to that – who cares? My second reaction – recent history shows that voting is not [more...]

May 27, 2003

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

Let’s just be friends

It’s somewhat telling that in two posts on his blog today, my ex referred to me as his “friend,” while I generally refer to him as “my ex.” So, one of us has moved on, and one of us [more...]

May 27, 2003

Fun Stuff

Damn that high credit limit

May 27, 2003

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

A Tale of Two Quakes

Earthquakes are perhaps the one natural disaster that take into account socioeconomic factors. Witness the two that have occurred recently. In Algeria, a 6.8 quake resulted in over 2,000 deaths and horrific destruction [more...]

May 26, 2003

The War with the Customer

Making the news scarier than necessary

I just saw an item on ABC News that really annoyed me. Surprising, eh? Carol Simpson introduced the piece by saying that cruise ship passengers in Miami had been herded off the ship after an explosion that killed three [more...]

May 25, 2003