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

Right = Wrong

Speaking of entertaining Texans and things missing in action, here’s what Molly Ivins has to say about the mysterious lack of Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction: Boy, are we not being served well by American [more...]

May 12, 2003

On the Board

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

HIV is older than you think

Researchers have discovered that HIV appears to have been infecting humans in west Africa as far back as 1940, and spread as the result of war. From Reuters: By analyzing HIV-2 samples taken from people, and comparing [more...]

May 12, 2003

Right = Wrong

Texas politics: missing in action

I don’t live in Texas, but I am endlessly amused by their politics. Today, outraged over Republican redistricting efforts, the Democrats in the legislature just… disappeared. They walked out and went AWOL as [more...]

May 12, 2003

Fun Stuff

The color of money

The Treasury is ready to revamp our cash again, only a few years after it redesigned our money to thwart counterfeiters. Obviously, that redesign didn’t do the job. This time, they’re adding color to the [more...]

May 12, 2003

The War with the Customer

More on this story at 11.

May 12, 2003

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

This is that dark future we were waiting for

All those sci-fi novels are beginning to come true – the world ruled by corporations, senators who speak out against those “mutants”, fascist dictators controlling the population by manufactured fear [more...]

May 12, 2003

General Annoyances

Yes, I’m naive.

The story can now be told as I’ve gotten over some of the embarrassment. Last week, I blundered right into the web of a fraudster on eBay. [There was an article on the Post website today about eBay fraud, which [more...]

May 11, 2003