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

Lily Tomlin has been named the winner of the 2003 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor! I’ve loved Lily Tomlin since I was a kid, and grew into her comedy as I got older – as a young kid, her comedy was funny [more...]

May 20, 2003

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Hypocrisy and morality, continued

From Morons.org: When the holier-than-thou come crashing down, that’s amore’! Real estate agent Nicholas Lee Lovitt, well known in Fountain, Colorado for leading a campaign against “smut” has [more...]

May 20, 2003

Fun Stuff

Somebody stop me

I want an Aibo. I know, I already have a little dog and two cats, but wouldn’t it be fun to watch them interact with a robot? Plus, Aibo has this cool thing where you can send him a e-mail and he’ll send [more...]

May 20, 2003

Right = Wrong

Warren Buffett on the tax cut

The Washington Post this morning features an oped by Warren Buffett, playing out in simple terms why the Bush tax cut helps the rich by shifting the burden to you and me: The taxes I pay to the federal government [more...]

May 20, 2003

The War with the Customer

Floppy Windows

May 19, 2003

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

Polly Wants Out of the Kitchen

I bought a new stove back at the start of the year, and with it, new pots and pans. They all held warning labels about the danger of non-stick surfaces when heated. They give off fumes that will kill birds. I once went [more...]

May 19, 2003

Right = Wrong

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Ari Fleischer, the one person in the Bush administration who actually appears on camera, has announced that he is leaving in July, another of the rats fleeing the Bush ship. Adam Felber provides an amusing spin on [more...]

May 19, 2003