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

Paging Dr. Craig, stat

Can it be true? Is it finally happening? The rumor is gathering steam: St. Elsewhere may finally be headed to DVD for Christmas! According to TV Shows on DVD: Fox hasn’t officially announced the first season of St  [more...]

August 30, 2006

On the Board

The War with the Customer

Just call it channel four

The new television season is upon us, and with it are yet more attempts to create networks. “The WB” and UPN are gone, replaced by “The CW”. Stations that lost their network affiliation in that  [more...]

August 29, 2006
The War with the Customer

Dear Comcast

I’ve suffered for a year with your horrible, horrible DVR service. The box is a lesson in frustration, with a bizarre interface, slow performance, and constant crashes. And yet, because it records in high  [more...]

August 29, 2006
The War with the Customer

The late, late film review

I’m quite proud of the fact that I’ve never seen — nor had any desire to see — the last three Star Wars movies. I mean, I could tell from the previews that they certainly had nothing in common  [more...]

August 27, 2006
Right = Wrong

The Bush Legacy: cities in ruins

One year after Katrina, a description of hurricane-destroyed regions around New Orleans sounds exactly like a description of Baghdad: unreliable and intermittent electricity, telephone, and other utilities, critical  [more...]

August 24, 2006