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
The War with the Customer

Slopy

I’m a perfectionist. And a proofreader. Every day, when I’m out and about, I find typos and errors, grammar problems, and just downright sloppiness everywhere. For example, at Kaiser when I go for a doctor  [more...]

October 3, 2006

On the Board

The War with the Customer

Couch Potato Juke Box

You know how I was all up in arms over the drawbacks of the new TiVo Series 3? The one that costs and costs and costs? I think that one of the things I was hoping it would allow is streaming of video from a computer. It  [more...]

October 2, 2006
Right = Wrong

Just like all conservatives look the same

Oh, man. This CNN report focuses on the fact that George Bush, when meeting with Republican senators yesterday, wasn’t even asked about Iraq. I think most people reading this story focus on Trent Lott’s  [more...]

September 29, 2006
Right = Wrong

Vocabulary of our times

I was just cleaning my countertop with “Powerized Windex”… and my mind flashed on “weaponized anthrax.”
This is what living in the 21st century has done.

September 29, 2006
Fun Stuff

TV Renaissance?

When the last television season ended, I just knew that I wouldn't be watching much of anything anymore -- the demise of The West Wing, the fading away of Will & Grace, and before that the end of Judging Amy. The only  [more...]

September 29, 2006
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Gave it the finger

I just realized: I don’t have a clue what happened to my class ring. Of course, I feel no particular sentimental connection to the Jefferson High School Class of ’85, but still — that ring wasn’t  [more...]

September 26, 2006