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

Dissent in the ranks

Read the letter of resignation from a member of the Bush administration, a diplomat who helped open the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan last year. It speaks for itself. This is the only time in my many years serving America  [more...]

March 23, 2003

On the Board

Fun Stuff

‘tis what it’s all about

From today’s Style Invitational, where entrants were asked to rewrite banal instructions in the style of a famous writer: O proud left foot, that ventures quick within Then soon upon a backward journey lithe  [more...]

March 23, 2003
Right = Wrong

The Budget Shoe Drops

Of course, now that Congress has passed his massive, pointless, help-the-rich, screw-the-economy budget that cuts spending in education and social programs and cuts taxes by more than $700 BILLION, with a B, President  [more...]

March 23, 2003
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

What it’s like

Whew, some prolific blogging this morning while I read the paper in bed. I feel oddly ashamed to feel so insecure where I live. In my CERT* class last week we delved into the subject of disaster psychology and I  [more...]

March 22, 2003