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

Clearly cool

While I’m posting little comments here, can I just say that I love ABC World News Tonight’s new display behind Peter Jennings — it’s a clear sheet of glass on which the graphic appears, evidently  [more...]

January 16, 2003

On the Board

General Annoyances

California whining

OK. ABC World News Tonight just reported on traffic congestion, and told of a woman in California whose 35 mile commute takes up to an hour and 15 minutes… gee, how sad. MY commute from one side of Washington, DC  [more...]

January 16, 2003
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Math in the bath

I was just wondering: if you took every ship out of the oceans — all the freighters, tankers, cruise ships, frigates, carriers, etc. — would the oceans recede at all? Would the water level fall?

January 16, 2003
Fun Stuff

How gay?

The UK’s Channel 4 website invites you to find out just how gay you are with their Gay-o-Meter. I scored 43%, and am nonplussed by the result, “Congratulations, you’ve scored right in the middle and  [more...]

January 15, 2003
The War with the Customer

TV’s Greatest Flubs

When you are broadcasting to possibly millions of people, wouldn’t you take a bit more care in what you are doing? Tonight I tuned in to watch The Simpsons. When the show started, someone hit a wrong button and we  [more...]

January 12, 2003
Fun Stuff

The Style Invitational January 12

Some of my favorite entries from week CLI, in which entrants were asked to tell us what would happen if an existing company ran a different business: Second Runner-Up: If Apple Computer ran a dating service, only  [more...]

January 12, 2003