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.

The sound of space

Ever wonder what the northern lights sound like? How about the music of storms on other planets? Professor Donald Gurnett maintains a web page () with these and other sounds generated through the radio signals from  [more...]

On the Board

Where do these numbers come from?

As I mentioned earlier this month, the President is hawking his tax cuts using a hypothetical family of four making $40,000 annually. During his speech last night, he said This tax relief is for everyone who pays income  [more...]

Amusements from Al

A couple items from Al Kamen’s “In The Loop” column today in the Washington Post that made me chuckle: Quick, Form the Box OfficeRemember “Boxgate,” the incident last week at a St. Louis  [more...]

The “More Government” Republican

Not satisfied with the creation of the largest new government department in who knows how long, President Bush is now planning to create a new agency to coordinate terrorism information between the FBI, CIA, Justice  [more...]

State of the Moron

Just some real-time notes as I watch this incomprehensible ninny who is our president. We must eliminate the unfair double tax on dividends. OK, this sounds fine to me – if corporations actually were paying taxes  [more...]

Censorship at work

Have you seen the new GE commercials? The ones that do away with the slogan “We Bring Good Things To Life” in favor of “Imagination At Work?” At the end of the commercials, a series of iconic  [more...]