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

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

At last, I know who I am

Earlier today I heard a segment on “Talk of the Nation” about six-word biographies. I began thinking about how I’d boil myself down into six words, which just set me off thinking about how [more...]

February 7, 2008

On the Board

Fun Stuff

It was a pain to build, but what craftsmanship

I find things like this fascinating:

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See that house there? That's the Dream House that Mr. Blandings built. Seriously!

February 4, 2008

The War with the Customer

LOVE this new logo for Science Channel. Immediately, at first glance, it says Science! But this one… hmm. I can only assume the brief was “make a logo as it would be perceived by an animal who can’t [more...]

February 4, 2008

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

I said I wouldn’t write ‘til I got work

I suppose I can officially make this “announcement” since I’ve signed papers: I’m returning to work as a designer, effective next week. My “temporary” job as a spam analyst was a [more...]

February 1, 2008

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

Are they blind or just more perceptive?

January 30, 2008

General Annoyances

Who is at fault? The lender or the borrower?

I don’t understand. ABC News just ran a story about a couple who are tearfully struggling to pay their mortgage and have had to take steps like canceling their phone service and borrowing money from their kids [more...]

January 29, 2008

The War with the Customer

Television Today: A Treatise

The writer's strike has certainly changed the face of television by throwing the new policies of the networks into sharp relief -- the lack of reruns in the last few years has had some side effects that I'm not sure [more...]

January 28, 2008