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 Day After pill

Oh, boy. Can’t wait to see what happens when people read this over their Monday morning coffee. Republican presidential candidate John McCain, looking to improve his standing with the party’s conservative  [more...]

On the Board

Music Power

Oh, today’s kids and their loud, weird music. I feel like such a fogey. And the way you know you’re old is that the music you listened to in high school is now vintage, classic, and nostalgic. When your era  [more...]

Two Weird Things

1: Nobody except me stops for school buses here in San Jose, despite the blinking lights and the stop sign that pops out from the side.
2: Swallowing a cough drop accidentally is very disconcerting.

Can’t do this with Windows

… but perhaps with OS X, soon. Is there a cooler computer than this? I think not. And man, why don’t we all have this technology in our homes already? I mean, it’s 2007. Why didn’t Apple deliver  [more...]

The Wacky World of California

Here’s another example of the culture shock I’m still exposed to here in California. I bought my Audi in November. I paid the full registration fee, and this morning, three months later, I received my  [more...]