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

Verizon never learns

The Verizon telephone company (aka Bell Atlantic, aka C&P Telephone) has a very short attention span. They change their slogan every few months, and each one is less comprehensible than the last. For now  [more...]

April 5, 2003

On the Board

General Annoyances

What’s good for the goose

Seems like the Republicans are a bit touchy. Senator John Kerry in a speech yesterday called for “regime change” in the United States – something I wholeheartedly agree with. But the Republicans popped  [more...]

April 4, 2003
Right = Wrong

Oh, that liberal media

In today’s Washington Post, Paul Farhi talks about the Fox News Channel morning show “Fox and Friends.” [Oh, Steve Doocy – you used to be so cool. What happened to you?] I don’t watch this  [more...]

April 4, 2003
Right = Wrong

Watching what you watch

The horrifying and insidious “PATRIOT” Act rears it’s ugly head again. Did you know that it gives the Feds the power to force satellite companies to turn over information about your viewing habits  [more...]

April 3, 2003
Fun Stuff

The Sound of the Future

Missed yesterday’s All Things Considered April Fools story? They’ve now posted it up on their website. I was completely taken in… and I’m not proud of that. The story claimed that the Library of  [more...]

April 2, 2003
Fun Stuff

Don’t Ask, Don’t Deploy

The Army’s new Stryker brigades aren’t quite ready for prime time, so they’re sitting out the Iraq war. Doesn’t the name of this new brigade bring to mind a certain set of “brothers”  [more...]

April 2, 2003