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.

How does he know? He wasn’t there.

Wow… George Bush is comparing his Iraq fiasco to the Vietnam fiasco. I guess he means that in 20 years we will all firmly agree that we never should have been there in the first place. I don’t think he  [more...]

On the Board

Design should be for function

Calistoga mineral water, my favorite, has redesigned their labels. Ordinarily I would applaud this because their previous look was getting a bit stodgy. However, the new look is entirely wrong. Completely wrong. Totally  [more...]

There are no more Johnny Carsons

It was inevitable, I suppose — the steady decline of quality in television. The days of Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, and Sid Caesar are gone, and if the Emmys reflect the current  [more...]

They miss us

Stimpy is our “neighborhood” cat. He roams around visiting everyone, hanging out for a while then moving on. He was once the pet of my neighbor across the street, but really spent most of his time a few  [more...]