Just As I Thought

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.

Thank goodness for the wordsmiths

My friends will confirm that I often get so apoplectic about politics because I can’t ever seem to find the right words to explain what is so clearly taking place. Thankfully, Garrison Keillor always knows how to  [more...]

On the Board

A perfect storm for Obama?

Maybe God wants Obama to win. Why else would She schedule a fiscal melt down just a month before what is arguably the most important election in our lifetime? Why else would the melt down happen at the end of a fiscal  [more...]

Pallin’ around with terrorists

Or should that be Palin around with terrorists? It’s worth noting that the organization Palin is addressing in the video above, AIP (Alaska Independence Party) is dedicated to seccession from the union; was  [more...]

I was so much more interesting 7 years ago

Google, for their 10th anniversary, has dug into their archive and opened up their earliest existing index, from 2001. And when searching for myself, I’m amused to find my 2001 homepage, which was far more  [more...]

Lucky at lunch

I stood at the Lucky deli counter perusing the menu board at lunchtime, alone but for the counter attendants who outnumbered me 2 to 1. The Zuma Chicken looked good, chicken with lettuce, red onions, tomatoes, and  [more...]