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

The War with the Customer

Where’s the outrage?

Where are the calls from the Republicans for George Bush to do something about oil prices?

March 16, 2007

On the Board

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

Here’s a scene you would only see in Silicon Valley: this is an example of the magazines in the waiting room when I went to get a cholesterol test today at the Santa Clara Kaiser Permanente medical center…

March 16, 2007

Right = Wrong

Because he’s hiding

The news today is of the release of Khalid Sheik Mohammed’s confession that he planned and funded the attacks of September 11. When I tuned in this morning, NPR was in the middle of the story, talking about his [more...]

March 15, 2007

Right = Wrong

Bozo on tour

Oh, boy. Our president is off in Latin America really putting on a show of silliness, immaturity, and outright comedy. What a wonderful role model and a fantastic representative of our country! Now, I know that this [more...]

March 14, 2007

Right = Wrong

The art of the non-apology, continued

March 13, 2007

The War with the Customer

How California Steals from Citizens

I guess that high income, sales, and property taxes combined with high user fees on almost everything is not enough -- California also has to double-charge (read: defraud) citizens as well.

March 13, 2007

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

Buried in bits

Many people make the argument that the information age industries don’t actually produce any real, tangible… things. That may well be true, but all those virtual bits of information still take up space on [more...]

March 13, 2007