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

Why there are so few overfed singers

Today I stopped by Amoeba Records in Berkeley, and to my astonishment there were three copies of Motherlode on sale… except that two of them were not official copies. They were selling two copies of the [more...]

August 17, 2006

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Scaredy Cats

Love this essay, from DailyKos today. It makes a very good point about the Republican insistence on a culture of fear… and portrays them as the whiny babies that they are. I know there are millions of brave [more...]

August 14, 2006

Life... Don't talk to me about life.

How many times can I say 40?

I was awake for the very moment when I turned 40, 5:40am (Pacific Time). I don’t know what I expected — maybe a shudder like an earthquake, or something. But in reality, turning 40 felt like nothing. I was [more...]

August 14, 2006

Gotta Have Heart

The down side of weight loss

One of the most important things you can do to improve your health is to lose weight — my cardiologist has given me a goal weight, 25 pounds less than what I weighed when I had the heart attack. I’ve already [more...]

August 13, 2006

Right = Wrong

Convenient Fear

August 10, 2006

Fun Stuff

Wild Weekend at Gene’s

Lots of trips around the Bay Area with Sara & Lance and the girls, and my Aunt Maura (who was returning to San Jose for the first time in decades) and my mom (who was just here a week or so ago after my heart attack).

August 9, 2006

Gotta Have Heart

At least my blood is thin

So, last Wednesday I wrote about the drama of finding a blood clot in my leg and the panic that ensued. Since that day, I’ve been taking injections twice a day, which — so far — have been the worst [more...]

August 9, 2006