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 Horsemen of the Apocalypse Stick Together

President Bush said Wednesday he wants Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney to remain with him until the end of his presidency, extending a job guarantee to two of the most-vilified members  [more...]

On the Board

Bed, Bath, & Bye Bye

An update on the Tassimo coffee saga: when last we left our story, we had learned that Tassimo hot beverage machine “T-Discs” packages had been down-sized — from 10 discs to 8. Yet, the price remained  [more...]

Spooky

Ah, there's nothing like Halloween to make me want to be an Imagineer.

Fear of Losing Power

Now, I’d chalk this up to the absolute terror running through the Republican party at the prospect of losing their permanent majority; but they’ve pulled this kind of thing for more than a decade anyway  [more...]

No Gray (Matter) Areas

Vice President Dick Cheney said this week that dunking terrorist suspects in water during questioning is a “no-brainer,” prompting complaints from human rights advocates that he was endorsing the use of a  [more...]