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

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Don’t they have something better to do?

It seems like the most successful weapon in the Republican arsenal is the old name-change wizardry. We here in Arlington, Virginia are the recipients of this trick, not once but twice with the renaming of Washington  [more...]

March 11, 2003
The War with the Customer

You ARE the weakest link.

Remember, oh, a year ago, when “The Weakest Link” was the big thing on TV? And then people started to lose interest in it? Well, now that TV is saturated with stupid, voyeuristic, and juvenile  [more...]

March 11, 2003
Fun Stuff

Take serenity where you can get it

Each day on my commute home, I drive on Washington Boulevard, the street that runs alongside the Pentagon mere yards from the spot where it was struck by the hijacked plane on September 11. I’ve watched it being  [more...]

March 10, 2003
Right = Wrong

Sins of the father

I’m currently reading David McCullough’s biography of John Adams – a lengthy tome that I’m working on a few pages at a time daily. What strikes me about John Adams is his hunger for knowledge  [more...]

March 8, 2003
Right = Wrong

Liberal media my foot

I’m glad someone else is noticing the way the press – which was all over Clinton like white on rice – is giving Bush a pass when it comes to delving into the past. From Dan Gillmor’s weblog on  [more...]

March 8, 2003