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

We all knew the Doctor and Rose were… you know

This was never an issue in the original run of “Doctor Who” — the on-screen mating of the Doctor (newly announced Doctor #11 Matt Smith) and Rose Tyler. From “Secret Diary of a Call Girl”  [more...]

January 7, 2009

On the Board

General Annoyances

The Worst Monday of the Year

It’s 8:30am, and here’s my Monday so far: My insurance deductible reset, so I am gonna get hit by new dentist bills in a week or so. Woke up this morning to discover the house was freezing. My heating system  [more...]

January 5, 2009
General Annoyances

We’re gonna need a bigger display

I dunno, maybe it was one of those bugs that will never be reproduced. But it was spectacular: I resized a pane in a Finder window, and was suddenly presented with a window that, if printed out, would stretch 20.34 feet  [more...]

December 23, 2008
General Annoyances

Read this again on December 22, 2009

Jon Gruber enjoys pointing out the ridiculous rants of pundits who are invariably wrong, saving their screeds and bringing them back up a year or so later for laughs. Imitation is a sincere form of flattery, so  [more...]

December 22, 2008