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

Maybe my tax cut will pay for gas

And while we’re talking about Republicans being hypocrites – pretty much a constant topic of conversation around here – how about this: remember a few years ago when gas prices shot up? Remember how  [more...]

February 24, 2003

On the Board

General Annoyances

Fantasy windows on D.C.

I usually watch the BBC World News each evening, for an angle on the day’s events that you can’t get from regular American networks. One other thing you get is an angle on Washington that is slightly odd  [more...]

February 24, 2003
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Against Animal Cruelty

Can I just say here how horrifying I find animal cruelty? Here in DC, as part of the February sweeps, FOX 5 news is airing a story about the cruel conditions imposed upon chickens in egg farms. While I doubt that they  [more...]

February 23, 2003
General Annoyances

Mom! Look what I learned on TV!

One the justifications given by conservatives for cutting public broadcasting funding is their belief that the programming is duplicated on cable channels such as Discovery Channel. (No one ever seems to care that PBS  [more...]

February 23, 2003
Fun Stuff

Let’s talk PlainTalk

While listening to a story on NPR’s Weekend Edition about a computerized art installation, I began to wonder… the project uses computer-generated voices speaking snippets of messages passing through the  [more...]

February 22, 2003
Right = Wrong

People in glass houses…

Apparently as tired as I am of the constant Republican blaming of Clinton for all of Bush’s problems, former deputy chief of staff Steve Ricchetti responds in today’s Washington Post with a well written  [more...]

February 22, 2003