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

19 Hours

Whew! The writing, filming, and preliminary editing of our 48 Hour Film Project is done! We filmed at a total of 4 locations in a little under 8 hours with a cast of 5 and a crew of 10. Time for a little rest before the  [more...]

May 3, 2003

On the Board

Fun Stuff

48 Hours Begins

Here I am, with my editing workstation set up and awaiting the start of the 48 Hour Film Project. Never heard of it? It’s a competition where teams of filmmakers write and produce a short film in 48 hours. Tonight  [more...]

May 2, 2003
Right = Wrong

Molly Ivins on WMD

Molly’s column has a few words to say about the vaunted Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq: The sour joke is: “Of course we know the Iraqis have weapons of mass destruction. We have the receipts.” At  [more...]

May 2, 2003
Right = Wrong

The campaign has begun

The behind-the-scenes string pullers in the Bush camp launched their re-election plan last night with the carefully choreographed spectacle that played out on all the networks. Dana Milbank of the Washington Post  [more...]

May 2, 2003
Fun Stuff

When in doubt, call the cops

Heard tonight on CBC’s As It Happens: The Avon and Somerset Constabulary in the UK has posted actual calls to 999 (the British equivalent to 991) as a primer on when not to call the emergency number. Among the  [more...]

May 1, 2003
Right = Wrong

Gay-tolerant societies prosper economically

This Richard Florida Op-Ed in USA Today is an eye-opener and gives reasons for an inclusive society that I never would have thought of – economics. If you object to homosexuality on moral grounds, as Sen. Rick  [more...]

May 1, 2003