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.

Old Job Week

Greetings from rainy, overcast San Diego! I wrote a really long blog post yesterday, using my iPhone. But Wi-FI here is intermittent and flaky at best, and my iPhone fluctuated between useless wifi and slow EDGE, and  [more...]

December 1, 2007

On the Board

Fun Stuff

Only true geeks will get this one

Yesterday, the day that Futurama returned, I printed out my boarding pass for this morning’s San Diego trip and discovered that my ticket number is something that could have haunted Bender in his most feverish  [more...]

November 28, 2007
Right = Wrong

The Same Only Worse

I was reading some old Molly Ivins columns yesterday and was struck by how history repeats itself. Read this snippet from Gulf War I and tell me if it doesn’t sound like it could have been written today, complete  [more...]

November 28, 2007
The War with the Customer

Mind Your Mouth

The woman known as "the voice of the Tube" on London's underground has been sacked after criticising the network and making spoof announcements including making fun of US tourists, officials said Monday.

November 26, 2007
Fun Stuff

Sometimes it is easier to do it yourself

For a year from September 2005, under the nose of the Panthéon's unsuspecting security officials, a group of intrepid "illegal restorers" set up a secret workshop and lounge in a cavity under the building's famous  [more...]

November 26, 2007