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

The War with the Customer

All the typos that’s fit to prnit

I Twittered about this, but the horror was too much to fit into 140 characters. Theses is just some of bizarre writings and grammar tragedys in today’s Washington Post Online story about the Washington Harbor [more...]

March 30, 2008

On the Board

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

There Is No Underwear In Space

As part of Berkeley Rep’s 40th birthday festivities, Hollywood legend Carrie Fisher performs her hilarious new solo show, Wishful Drinking, directed by Tony Taccone. Photographer: Kevin Berne Today, along with [more...]

March 29, 2008

Fun Stuff

They See You (all the way around)

This afternoon I got an up-close look at vehicles equipped for street-level mapping, the sort of thing you see on Google's Street View.

March 27, 2008

General Annoyances

This is why I’m irritable in the morning

When my clock radio turns on at 6:20am, there is invariably a story about the Iraq war or the Middle East on “Morning Edition.” At the bottom of the hour, the news begins and it usually starts off with a [more...]

March 27, 2008

The War with the Customer

Whoever said that sci-fi geeks were tech savvy?

March 26, 2008

Right = Wrong

A ringing endorsement

Ah, spin. The McCain camp is deliriously happy about getting Nancy Reagan’s endorsement ‘cos it’s like Ronnie spoke from beyond the grave. But they didn’t really tell us about this: “Ronnie [more...]

March 26, 2008

Fun Stuff

Politically Hairy

Councilman's look changes with budget pledge to grow beard.

March 23, 2008