Just As I Thought

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.

You knew there’d be a Bush item today

Boy, I can fill up this blog just with the Washington Post, can’t I? Post Ombudsman Michael Getler today writes about the President’s unwillingness to hold press conferences, answer questions, or speak to  [more...]

On the Board

Bad Sex Scenes

Some winners in today’s Washington Post Style Invitational, where entrants were asked to write lines from a very, very bad sex scene in a novel. Third Runner-Up: Matt and Veronica melted into a jumble of hands  [more...]

What would Jesus drive?

Today’s Washington Post includes feedback from readers who were asked “Is it moral to drive a gas-guzzling vehicle?” The vast majority in this religious morality debate conclude that it is not, while  [more...]

A human loss

American, Indian, Israeli, human. Seven people — backed up by untold thousands — whose work is to move forward not a nation, but the human race. This world is poorer for their loss.

Someone else noticed

I’m so glad that someone else notices the Republican hypocrisy – today Howard Kurtz in the Washington Post points out the odd circumstances that have Dubya playing the part of Al Gore. Imagine ? hard as it  [more...]

SuperScammed

OK, let me just complain a little bit here, something you may have noticed I am often wont to do. Tonight NBC once again showed what it calls “Super Sized” episodes of it’s Thursday sitcoms. We were  [more...]