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
Right = Wrong

Escalation

From Ward Kimball, one of Disney’s “Nine Old Men” — the core of top animators in Walt’s inner circle — comes this animated commentary on “escalation”… from  [more...]

February 11, 2007

On the Board

The War with the Customer

Dear United Airlines

I spent a good half hour on your website today trying to find one small bit of information: how much would it cost to upgrade my economy ticket to a first class seat instead? All I could find was convoluted ways to  [more...]

February 7, 2007
General Annoyances

Cold Homecoming

The weather always gives us something to talk about, doesn’t it? Complaints are coming in from back home, where friends and family tell me it is terribly cold; here in San Jose it has been up to 70° for the  [more...]

February 6, 2007
Cacophony

Three’s a Crowd

A self-fulfilling title if ever there was one, “Three’s A Crowd” was one of three sitcoms in the “Three’s Company” universe. It was the short-lived “sequel” to the  [more...]

February 3, 2007
Cacophony

BBC One Circle Idents (2006)

Last year I posted a series of ident music from BBC One only months before the Beeb changed their on-air look. The new look of BBC “one” eschews dancers, instead featuring disparate activities that culminate  [more...]

February 3, 2007