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.

Andy Warhol was right

In a universe of hundreds of television channels and millions of programming hours to fill, it is perhaps not surprising that everyone’s gonna be on television soon. Right now, I’m watching my friend Sara on  [more...]

On the Board

The Dry Look

Wow — big news today: San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom ran out of hair gel! And I like it. Adorable comes to mind. Whether it’s granting the right to marry to same-sex couples, calling for universal health  [more...]

Another closet for Foley to come out of

Well, it makes perfect sense — most people who watch Fox News are hardly critical thinkers. They tend to believe whatever Bill O’Reilly tells them. Thus, the best way to spin the Rep. Foley scandal is to  [more...]

Following the steps

There are a series of well-established steps that people in the public eye take when caught doing something reprehensible. For an example, let’s take… oh, Mark Foley (R, Florida). As you know by now, he was  [more...]

I anticipated this. What took so long?

Oh, boy. It just keeps hitting the fan these days, doesn’t it? I mean, usually my blog would be wall-to-wall complaints and diatribes about the right wing; lately I haven’t found it necessary since  [more...]