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.

Home Too

I’m home — in San Jose. Weird to call it home, but I realized this past week that is is. Very strange, the feelings of homesickness that were threatening to overwhelm me, but then once I went back to DC  [more...]

On the Board

I hate travelling

Here I am, back home in the DC Metro Area. Things change: I tuned in to WAMU but they weren’t playing “All Things Considered” at 4:30pm anymore. I couldn’t find WTOP, late of 1500AM. Notes from  [more...]

A Harry Situation

You know by now that I can find connections in almost anything — so I can’t help but wonder if there is any connection between tomorrow’s planned announcement of the withdrawal of British troops from  [more...]

Barbara Gittings

Barbara Gittings, 75, one of the earliest activists to push the U.S. government to provide gay men and lesbians with equal rights, died Feb. 18 at an assisted living center in Kennett Square, Pa. She had breast cancer  [more...]

The studio goes dark

That didn't take as long as I expected: "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" is being yanked off the air after tonight's episode; pundits speculate that it won't return.