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

Right = Wrong

One thing that impresses me about British television is that the writer is credited right up front, in the opening title graphics. They understand, as I do, that the writer is the ultimate creator of what appears on the [more...]

November 5, 2007

On the Board

Fun Stuff

Digging in to a new book

I love it when Amazon delivers a new book on a Friday afternoon, just as I'm finished with working and facing a weekend of cleaning and laundry and errands.

November 2, 2007

The War with the Customer

Just use soap, for crying out loud

In today's Chronicle, Mark Morford addresses something that I've been a big believer in for decades: that our anti-bacterial, sterile, plastic society is leading to our demise.

November 2, 2007

Right = Wrong

One more (yawn)

I’d write about the resignation of Richard Curtis (R – of course); another homophobic homo conservative who’s been caught with his pants down having sex with another man… but this happens so [more...]

November 1, 2007

Right = Wrong

No one is better than anyone

November 1, 2007

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

This post has absolutely nothing to do with earthquakes

Where is the Halloween etiquette these days? Am I just an old fogey? As my neighbor and I handed out candy — standing outside with big bowls and doling it out to whomever we encountered on the street regardless of [more...]

November 1, 2007

The War with the Customer

I don’t want to title this one “Can You Hear Me Now?”

When I was unable to make calls or send text messages after the earthquake, I was more steamed than ever with AT&T. I predicted it would be a big news story, and thus it begins...

November 1, 2007