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

On the Board

General Annoyances

Christmas Creep

It started when I saw Christmas decorations on sale at Target in September. At the beginning of November, the same shopping center was bedecked with garland and ribbon, which would have been bad enough in December since  [more...]

November 20, 2007
Right = Wrong

That’s some long green

A few days ago I wrote about the outrageous expense of the “war” and the dream that it had been spent on energy independence instead. Now, the gang over at Solar Power Rocks put together a graph showing the  [more...]

November 19, 2007
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Everything falls apart

This is such sad news; I can’t help but anthropomorphize these robots. NASA’s Opportunity rover has been crippled and blinded by problems with two of its most important instruments. The agency has suspended  [more...]

November 16, 2007
General Annoyances

One day’s waste

It occurred to me yesterday that if we all took one moment to think, we’d realize how hideously wasteful we are. For example: Every day I fetch my mail from the mailbox on the front of the house, walk though the  [more...]

November 16, 2007