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.

A Prairie Airport Companion

The line inched along, four supervisors stood watching blankly, the fat lady barked, the gentleman operating the scanner was very jittery about shaving kits and computer batteries and needed to have every other bag  [more...]

On the Board

The end came so quickly we didn’t even notice

I’m in the mood for bulleted lists today. The bees are all disappearing. Costco is rationing rice, oil and flour because of dwindling supplies; shortages and skyrocketing prices. The dollar is rapidly becoming  [more...]

Unless they get Dana Carvey back

It occurs to me that if Hillary Clinton should become president, it means that another glass ceiling will be shattered for women: female comedians will finally be in demand in political satire to play the president!

PCification

Sometimes I encounter something in Mac OS X –especially since the update to Leopard — that is bizarre or counterintuitive. Like this message, which immediately reminds me of the kind of error I’d  [more...]