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
Right = Wrong

Our Patriot Act

The people in my little San Jose neighborhood are not Bush admirers. We are almost universally opposed to Dubya, his ill-conceived, illegal, and still unexplained war, and his redistribution of this country’s  [more...]

July 2, 2006

On the Board

Fun Stuff

Saturday Night Speculation

Thank goodness for the internet, because when you are addicted to a British TV show like I am, you'd go crazy jonesing for a full year before it arrives on American TV.

June 30, 2006
The War with the Customer

And now, a consumer complaint

The trifecta is complete. I’m watching Judging Amy on TNT, which is already a shining example of how to annoy viewers — the show is cut in the middle of scenes for commercials, while the built-in fade to  [more...]

June 30, 2006
The War with the Customer

Electrifying Customer Service

I often write about crappy customer service here — well, more than often, because it seems so prevalent these days. But today, I’m singing the praises of a small business. Electric Motorsport, run by Todd  [more...]

June 30, 2006