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

General Annoyances

I think the rainy season has begun

January 21, 2008

On the Board

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

Suzanne Pleshette Dies in Los Angeles By BOB THOMAS LOS ANGELES (AP) January 20, 2008 — Suzanne Pleshette, best known for her role as Bob Newhart’s wife on television’s long-running “The Bob [more...]

January 20, 2008

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

Allan Melvin

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Allan Melvin, a character actor known for appearances in such TV staples as “The Phil Silvers Show,” “All in the Family” and “The Brady Bunch,” has died [more...]

January 19, 2008

The War with the Customer

Don’t throw out those old videotapes

I've been watching "Life Goes On," the late 80s-early 90s television series that was groundbreaking in its casting of an actor with Down Syndrome (Chris Burke). The DVD set of season 1 was released just recently, but [more...]

January 19, 2008

Fun Stuff

Best of San Jose: Get High

January 16, 2008

General Annoyances

Livin’ on the EDGE

When I left for DC — was it a week ago? A month? Seems like a fuzzy nightmare — I disconnected some “non-essential” services at the house, fully expecting to be moving out of the house when I got [more...]

January 11, 2008

The War with the Customer

In praise of AT&T

Ah, the American Telephone and Telegraph company, always looking out for me. They knew that I was really stressed over the last few weeks, so they kindly arranged to make things easier and quieter. First, they did [more...]

January 10, 2008