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

This is the city

Holy cow, it’s LOUD here in my Chicago hotel room. Even though I’m 12 stories up, I can hear every car on the street, the deep rumbling of the trains, and the sirens of the fire station on the next block. In  [more...]

March 27, 2003

On the Board

General Annoyances

The airport phenomenon

If there is one place that is the hub of impatience, it’s an airport. It’s hard to understand, since that’s one place where you can be assured that you have absolutely no control over anything at all  [more...]

March 27, 2003
Fun Stuff

That’s a spicy onion

The Onion’s special war coverage has been published… some of my favorite blurbs: Vital Info On Iraqi Chemical Weapons Provided By U.S. Company That Made Them BALTIMORE—The Pentagon has obtained vital  [more...]

March 26, 2003
Right = Wrong

Don’t ask, don’t tell… don’t care

The debate about women in combat seems to be over – there are now women serving in the current war in combat roles. So, when will the debate about gay people be over? Seems like it’s as irrational as the  [more...]

March 26, 2003
Right = Wrong

Ssshhh! You don’t need to know.

Meanwhile, in the ongoing quest to hide deeds and misdeeds from the American public, the Bush administration has quietly (no surprise there) rewritten the rules that govern when documents will be declassified and  [more...]

March 26, 2003