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 C Student Joins a Study Group

If it weren’t so serious, the mere mention of George Bush attending an “Iraq Study Group” would make me collapse into gales of laughter — the image of George being sent to a study group for  [more...]

November 13, 2006

On the Board

General Annoyances

Supermarket Dreams

When I go to the grocery store, I gaze longingly at the life I no longer can lead. Here’s a plea to food manufacturers: please make fat- and cholesterol-free versions of Pop-Tarts, egg nog, pizza, Tostitos with  [more...]

November 11, 2006
Right = Wrong

Mark Sums It Up

It’s not strictly appropriate to reproduce an entire newspaper column on a blog, but this one by one of my faves, Mark Morford, is just too good and says it all in summation of this week. Eleven New And Happy  [more...]

November 10, 2006
Right = Wrong

Stick out your neck, ignore the basket

Wow — so now the Republican heads are gaining momentum in their roll. Rumsfeld is out, and now it looks like the uber-creepy Ken Mehlman is next. Predictable, of course; this stunning change of fortune is an  [more...]

November 9, 2006
Right = Wrong

Is this a dream?

And just like that, the Senate joins the House in a power switch.
I’m incredulous, I’m skittish and just can’t fathom it all.
And I keep asking myself, why didn’t the voters do this years ago??

November 9, 2006
Right = Wrong

Can’t seem to get happy yet

I feel like I should be giddy, that “throwing the bums out” and witnessing a huge shift in power in this country should leave me elated — after all, isn’t that what I (and many, many others) have  [more...]

November 8, 2006