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.

On the Board

Silicon Valley Scenes

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…

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...]

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...]

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...]