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.

How the mind wanders

I was looking at this tabloidly picture of Doctor Who star Billie Piper shopping for groceries, marveling at her ability to accessorize… then my gaze wandered to the shopping cart. Or, as the Brits call it  [more...]

On the Board

I bet my blog is blocked in China

This Olympics is certain to go down in history as the most bungled ever, and I expect to see a bunch of resignations at the IOC. Just this morning, as I listened to the news of the torch relay in San Francisco —  [more...]

It’s ALL about politics

Hey, kids! Here’s a fun exercise: let’s reconcile these two statements. “The Olympic Games are about sports. It’s not fair to turn them into politics,” said Gao Yi, a Chinese second-year  [more...]

We slipped past 1984 without a whimper

Do you think this year’s Olympics is the beginning of the end for that sporting tradition? I can’t help but wonder what bizarre set of circumstances led the IOC to actually pick a totalitarian regime to host  [more...]

The neighbor’s grass is always less green

My neighbor: has a gardening service mow their lawn, driving from who knows where in a pick-up and a big van, using gas-powered mowers and a gas-powered blower. Me: Do it myself, with an electric mower, and pair of hand  [more...]

The U.S. establishment media in a nutshell

There are so many excellent, thought-provoking passages in this blog entry from Glenn Greenawald that you should zip over and read the whole thing. Here are some excerpts… In the past two weeks, the following  [more...]