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

The Last Decent Man?

I sometimes think that Gerald Ford was the last decent Republican president — in terms of just plain humanity. He was open and honest; and while he did not really make a mark legislatively, he did preside over the  [more...]

December 26, 2006

On the Board

The War with the Customer

A billion dollars cents at a time

Phone companies just burn me up. They’ve been nickel and diming us out of huge sums of money, collectively, since… well, for a long time. Think back to the days when you were not allowed to buy a telephone  [more...]

December 26, 2006
Right = Wrong

Grim Milestone

I’d have thought it would result in far more media attention than it has — the number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq has now exceeded the number of people killed in the September 11 attacks. How Christmasy  [more...]

December 26, 2006
The War with the Customer

Spice Boy

You know, I don’t really drink sodas — it’s the one empty calorie that I have no trouble avoiding. But still, I have to ask: why did the Pepsi company tease and addict me with Pepsi Holiday Spice, then  [more...]

December 23, 2006
Fun Stuff

Mad for Video

Sneak peek! As I told you earlier today, I am working on a music video. The computers (that’s right, I have a couple of them crunching numbers right now) are still rendering video, but I am so thrilled at the way  [more...]

December 22, 2006