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.

The News In Brief

The AP has moved a story that tells it like it is, with no embellishment or speculation. True journalism. The thing is, the headline itself is only marginally shorter than the entire story. 2 Dead in Shooting at Kansas  [more...]

On the Board

Roads are not fireproof

Early this morning, a gasoline tanker truck crashed and exploded on the Oakland side of the Bay Bridge. The resulting fire collapsed the freeway and closed two interstates. And I couldn’t help but think: first  [more...]

Gutless Wonders

I’m really getting a bit sick of the people who are coming out of the woodwork — years after it would have done any good — criticizing the Bush administration to get themselves in the news. Today it  [more...]

Slip the bonds

I just love this picture. Stephen Hawking is a one-man university, proof that our species is so much more than the sum of its parts. What an amazing ride that must have been — I wish more people who are trapped  [more...]

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Yet another of NBC’s attempts in the 1980s to create a viable news magazine format, this one was tagged with the unfortunate and lengthy name “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.” The opening titles led the  [more...]