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

Big Ideas at Microsoft

At Microsoft, bigger is better. Why sell a small gadget to millions of customers, when you can sell one huge device to one customer?

July 9, 2012

General Annoyances

Americans Are as Likely to Be Killed by Their Own Furniture as by Terrorism

Turns out that you are more likely to be crushed by your television than killed by al Qaeda. Seems to me that we need some kind of government-designed color coding system to determine the threat level of our big screens.

July 9, 2012

General Annoyances

VIDEO: Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-OH) on health care law: Congress should vote every day to repeal

I’m totally in agreement with her. I think that Obama would love to be able to say, “Congressional Republicans voted 142 times to take away your healthcare.”

July 9, 2012

RT @noamscheiber: George Will’s one-word explanation for why the top 10 hottest yrs on record have all occurred since 1997: “summer.” Just disgraceful.

July 8, 2012

“Why did Katie Holmes stay with Tom Cruise?” asks country who reelected George W. Bush. (via @LOLGOP)

July 8, 2012

Meg Whitman, huge Romney supporter, fired 27K HP workers last month. Friday jobs numbers fell 20K short of expected 100K jobs. (via @rkref)

July 8, 2012

Portrait of the Artist

Top stories on NBC Nightly News tonight: hottest year ever recorded. Not a single mention of climate change. #headsinthesand

On the Board

Big Ideas at Microsoft

Americans Are as Likely to Be Killed by Their Own Furniture as by Terrorism

VIDEO: Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-OH) on health care law: Congress should vote every day to repeal

RT @noamscheiber: George Will’s one-word explanation for why the top 10 hottest yrs on record have all occurred since 1997: “summer.” Just disgraceful.

“Why did Katie Holmes stay with Tom Cruise?” asks country who reelected George W. Bush. (via @LOLGOP)

Meg Whitman, huge Romney supporter, fired 27K HP workers last month. Friday jobs numbers fell 20K short of expected 100K jobs. (via @rkref)