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

Fun Stuff

The things you see when you don’t have a camera

So, there I am, sitting in front of my house yakking on the phone about my crappy day, when I hear this strange sound — a rumble, sort of like a helicopter, but not as sharp.
Then I looked up.

March 22, 2007

On the Board

The War with the Customer

It’s not the size, it’s the seats

The new Airbus A380 is so huge that most airports can't accommodate it; a double-decker that is 80 feet high and has a wingspan wider than a football field. This raises some questions in a mind such as mine.

March 20, 2007

Right = Wrong

Molly Ivins: Democracy and Diversity

A few years ago, I was working on a video presentation that featured ordinary Americans and their views on how diversity and democracy are intertwined. I wanted to include at least one “name” in the video [more...]

March 20, 2007

Right = Wrong

Let’s Play Parse the President!

Four years ago today coalition forces launched Operation Iraqi Freedom to remove Saddam Hussein from power. They did so to eliminate the threat his regime posed to the Middle East and to the world. His use of the terms [more...]

March 19, 2007

General Annoyances

Return of the bubble

March 19, 2007

Fun Stuff

Patio Spy

My webcams have always been very intermittent, because they are based on my regular working computers which are turned off and on or may not always be connected to the webserver. But since my webserver sits in a closet [more...]

March 17, 2007

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

Getting Things Done with Dolores

There’s no workout like spring cleaning. Even in a tiny bungalow like mine, there seems to be endless work involved with keeping it clean. The last couple of days I started my spring cleaning regimen — I [more...]

March 17, 2007