Just As I Thought

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.

On the Board

License for anything

It’s well known by now that I am not a fan of religion, especially the ultra-organized, ultra-fundamentalist, fanatic type. And here’s one more reason why. Today the House passed the ENDA anti-discrimination  [more...]

Fly the cheap skies

I am heading down to San Diego at the end of the month to help out at a conference; I thought it might be a good opportunity to put the top down on the roadster and drive ala James Dean along the coast (albeit somewhat  [more...]

Let’s waterboard Congress

I just… I … wtf? Dubya and his cabal are laughing their asses off, having carefully created a world where they can do anything at all with no oversight, with impunity, with no checks on their power. We  [more...]

Five and Ten

Geeks like me have been exceedingly happy with the revival of "Doctor Who" because of its devotion to the past. There's been one thing missing: the Doctor Crossover, a staple of the old series when an anniversary rolled  [more...]