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.

QVC = Queer, Very Cute

This is some evidence of how truly pitiful I am: Dish Network recently sent a software update to my satellite receiver that enables “interactive” services on channels such as QVC. So, I’ve tuned in QVC  [more...]

On the Board

What Would Betty Do?

In honor of Easter, I direct your pious attention to America’s Best Christian, Mrs. Betty Bowers. So close to Jesus, they have joint checking. He brings people back from the dead just so she can have the last word  [more...]

How to stimulate the economy

An amusing and pointed column this morning from Michael Kinsley in the Washington Post, talking about the awarding of Iraqi reconstruction contracts to Bush cronies without a bidding process: President Bush, who was oh  [more...]

Visualizing sound

You know what I’d really like? A sound editing application for Mac OS X that works intuitively for non-sound engineers. A program that’s like Photoshop for sound. I don’t have a clue what a band pass  [more...]