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

Charles Monroe

This was a shocking and sad day here in Arlington, Virginia – our county board chairman Charles Monroe collapsed at this morning’s board meeting and died a few hours later of a massive stroke. He was only 46  [more...]

January 11, 2003

On the Board

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

The birds!

This evening, I heard what sounded like a flock of geese outside – it sounded like they had landed in my backyard! So, grabbing my camera, I went to the back… and found and enormous “murder” of  [more...]

January 11, 2003
Right = Wrong

Thanks for the tax cut

I just got my first paycheck of the new year. With those tax cuts rammed through Congress last year, I had a whopping $2.60 less in taxes withheld. I think that’s a savings of about one seventh of one percent. Mr  [more...]

January 10, 2003
Fun Stuff

Good news, everybody!

Beginning this Sunday, Futurama starts airing on Cartoon Network’s “Adult Swim” at 11pm (Sunday through Thursday). Now’s your chance to see all those episodes that Fox pre-empted over the years!

January 10, 2003
Fun Stuff

An army of one… or a threesome

The town of Webster, NY is trying to figure out how 20 minutes of gay porn was transmitted on it’s cable TV system in the middle of a news show produced by the U.S. Army. According to the Democrat and Chronicle  [more...]

January 8, 2003
General Annoyances

What is a celebrity?

ABC TV’s “Celebrity Mole” is not a retrospective of famous skin growths, but is a quasi-gameshow featuring supposedly famous people. Now, at the risk of being labeled “out of it,” can I  [more...]

January 8, 2003