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

That’s more like DC: San Jose mayor Ron Gonzales was indicted yesterday on ethics charges, six felony counts on bribery, conspiracy, misappropriation of funds, and falsifying government records. Also indicted were [more...]

June 23, 2006

On the Board

General Annoyances

Welcome to the Sun

Last weekend I pouted a bit in the 90-something heat in Austin, pointing out that the weather is one of the big reasons to pick San Jose over Texas. And here it is, a few days later and 92° in San Jose. You know [more...]

June 21, 2006

Right = Wrong

Blame it on the gay marriages

Washington Monthly asks a very pertinent question just as, once again, Republicans whip up a wedge-issue frenzy over the “protection of marriage”: What if three admitted adulterers run for president and no [more...]

June 20, 2006

General Annoyances

I bet they were the same privileged white kids who protest the World Bank

It’s a pitfall of being successful: you’ll get protestors. There were demonstrations at Apple Stores earlier this month by anti-DRM activists. Boing Boing editorializes: …a national day of [more...]

June 20, 2006

Fun Stuff

Feels like two discs today

June 20, 2006

Right = Wrong

I don’t think that anybody could have anticipated this blog entry

One of the biggest failings of the Bush administration? Their failure to anticipate. They love to trot this phrase out, and I just can’t fathom why people let it be a patch on the miscalculations and outright [more...]

June 19, 2006

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

Maybe she should do her husband’s speeches

I could be way off base here, but I swear, the voice of the Austin airport security announcements sounds exactly like Laura Bush.

June 19, 2006