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

Here are some of the more laughable comments I’ve seen on newspaper sites this afternoon after the California Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage. Remember that bit about how conservatives are able to [more...]

May 15, 2008

On the Board

Fun Stuff

Lunchtime at the Silver Creek Corral

Yesterday at lunch I was out walking and a flock of sheep moseyed over to eye me curiously… right outside my office. Was there ever a more illustrative picture of the evolution of Silicon Valley? The high tech [more...]

May 15, 2008

Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Disasters far away and close to home

As I watch disasters unfold halfway around the world with enormous, unimaginable loss of life, it is difficult to avoid comparing the situation there with the potential here. And when I do, it is patently obvious that [more...]

May 14, 2008

The War with the Customer

Here’s why the phone company is so rich and powerful

It's no secret that I am really pissed off about fees -- from ATMs to telephone bills, we are charged enormous amounts of money just cents at a time; far more than is proper in most cases, just because they can. Why do [more...]

May 12, 2008

The War with the Customer

This is why I don’t stay up past 10

May 12, 2008

Right = Wrong

Conservatives: it’s all about ignoring the very, very obvious

A headline on CNN.com says: Why are conservatives happier than liberals? My initial reaction was to answer the question thusly: because conservatives ignore facts and don’t engage in any of that pesky [more...]

May 9, 2008

Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Year Three: A Report

Three years ago, I made the somewhat bizarre — yet adventurous — decision to move away from Washington, DC, where I’d lived my entire life. On May 10, 2005 I arrived in San Jose, California determined [more...]

May 9, 2008