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.

One ringy-dingy… two ringy-dingies…

We all know already that the Republicans are the masters of the dirty campaign — and now here’s the latest from their playbook: Press one if you think they’re dirty tricks. Press two if you think  [more...]

On the Board

Mobility

Well, now there is no place safe — I can now blog from my mobile phone… And after typing this out on the phone, I can tell you that it won’t be used too often!

A bumper crop of DVDs

There are three television shows that I have been dying to get on DVD, and by next spring, all three will finally have been released — after interminable waits and amid clamoring from fans, we’ll soon see:  [more...]

Using it up

Oh, boy. We are just using and abusing this planet to death, and I don’t know what is going to be left for my nieces and nephews and their kids. First, we’re going to be out of oil in 40 years. But  [more...]