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

Style Invitational highlights

A few highlights from today’s Style Invitational in the Washington Post, where entrants were asked to come up with ways to stop an unwanted advance from telemarketers or others who approach you. Second Runner-Up:  [more...]

December 15, 2002

On the Board

Fun Stuff

They’re creepy and they’re kooky

This entry comes to you via BoingBoing and the San Francisco Examiner: painter and illustrator Isabel Samaras puts a new spin on classic sitcom characters like Gomez and Morticia, Batman and Robin, Ginger and Maryann  [more...]

December 15, 2002
Right = Wrong

The Double Standard – deux

This excerpt from an op ed in the Washington Post by Mary McGrory touches on an annoyance I expressed earlier – that the Republicans seem to get away with outrages that the Democrats would have their feet held to  [more...]

December 14, 2002
General Annoyances

And the wine list, please

This is America. McDonald’s is as ubiquitous a part of our landscape as Wal-Mart and Toyota Corollas. And yet, some people seem to have not grasped the process of the drive-through system.Let me preface this by  [more...]

December 14, 2002
Fun Stuff

And you thought that the Masons were just weirdos

Finally, one-stop shopping on the web to learn how to defeat the mind-controlling circuitry in cell phone towers, avoid the brain-washing signals in movies like Scooby-Doo, and learn the truth behind the reptilian  [more...]

December 12, 2002
Right = Wrong

Trent Lott, segregation, and reality

Trent Lott (R, MS) – excuse my bluntness, but what an asshole. [Please note that I went to high school with his son as well as the son of John Breaux (D, LA). As you would expect, the Republican son was snotty  [more...]

December 12, 2002