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

Doctor, heal thyself

Today it was announced that "Dr. Laura" Schlessinger's mother was the apparent victim of a homicide, and that she had been laying dead in her apartment for several weeks. My jaw dropped at this news, and my first  [more...]

December 20, 2002

On the Board

Right = Wrong

A new wrinkle in the Iraq saga

Secretary of State Powell today outlined some of the omissions from the Iraqi declaration to the United Nations. Among other things, he told us that Iraq has the capability to make 26,000 liters of anthrax –  [more...]

December 19, 2002
Fun Stuff

It’s only a drawing, but…

I watched Lilo & Stitch again today – or rather, listened to it while I worked – and I liked it even more. I’m not a particularly emotional person, but this is one of those movies that makes me  [more...]

December 18, 2002
Fun Stuff

BBC Seven… BBC Heaven

I am a BBC fan. When I was in high school, I used to get flickering videotapes from England – “camera copies” made by setting up a camera in front of a TV screen – of unseen Doctor Who episodes  [more...]

December 17, 2002
General Annoyances

Weather for dummies

Looks like the weatherman wars are starting up again here in D.C.: WJLA-TV is now promoting something called the Snow Machine, which purports to show, on a street level basis, where snow is falling and where rain is  [more...]

December 15, 2002
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

A hotel, not a borstal

If, like me, you are endlessly amused by Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers, you might be interested in the actual building that was used in the famous Britcom. It was called Wooburn Grange, located in Buckinghamshire  [more...]

December 15, 2002