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

In doing a bit of searching for information on how get my various digital video gadgets to speak nicely to each other, I found an Apple Japan press release. When translated via Babelfish, the familiar Apple press [more...]

March 8, 2003

On the Board

Right = Wrong

If I have to stop this car and come back there…

I think one of the biggest puzzles going on right now is why the rest of the world is focusing so much attention on hating America and not any on Saddam Hussein. It’s almost as if they are pretending that he has [more...]

March 8, 2003

Right = Wrong

We have a bridge in Baghdad we’d like to sell you

Now isn’t this an interesting twist: according to the United Nations, the evidence that the U.S. and Britain have been citing to show that Iraq has a nuclear weapons program is fabricated. The Washington Post [more...]

March 7, 2003

Right = Wrong

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try again.

A well-rounded column from one of my faves, Molly Ivins, looks at “The dreary path to the Baghdad front.” She talks about betraying the Kurds, the possible beginnings of a global democracy (ironically, a [more...]

March 7, 2003

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

This is not MAS*H

March 7, 2003

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

Cloudy with a chance of dirty bombs

You know those all-inclusive weather stations that your parents had hanging on the wall in the den? The one that told temperature, humidity, and pressure? Well, this is the 21st century. Now you can have a gauge for [more...]

March 7, 2003

Fun Stuff

What kind of scientist takes his kids on a routine expedition?

I’ve been sorting through the vast number of TV themes I seem to have collected over the years, and I came across the theme for the 70s kid show “Land of the Lost.” I loved that show. Anyone from my [more...]

March 6, 2003