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

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

Do you know the gays in San Jose?

This just-passed weekend was San Jose Pride. But frankly, this city doesn’t really show much of it, which is puzzling. I’m used to Pride activities in DC, where the parade starts at Dupont Circle and makes [more...]

June 12, 2006

On the Board

Fun Stuff

I hit the Motherlode

My camera was out of juice, or mojo, or pixie dust earlier this week, so I didn’t post this until now — let me introduce you to the very first copy of “Motherlode!” Yes, it has finally arrived [more...]

June 10, 2006

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

Saturday Morning House Boy

Ah, the hose. The preferred plaything of suburbia. I got up this morning, puttered around the garden, washed the car, and then spent an idyllic half hour hosing down the driveway, the sidewalks, the gutters, the [more...]

June 10, 2006

Right = Wrong

Outlaw balloons

Attention, terrorists — here’s a cheap and easy way to disrupt the electrical grid: One small balloon caused big problems this morning on Santa Clara Avenue in San Mateo County. A helium-filled Mylar balloon [more...]

June 9, 2006

Right = Wrong

The Fiscal Conservative Liberal

June 7, 2006

The War with the Customer

We now return to St. Elsewhere

I was digging through boxes again today — I do this about once a month, and each time I disinter another couple of items, bringing more of my past into the house, slowly but surely deciding to actually live here [more...]

June 6, 2006

Right = Wrong

Eh, my vote wouldn’t count anyway

I am going to admit it: I’ve now become one of those whining non-voters. The polls are open for another hour here in California, where we’re voting, in primary mode, for a governor; here in San Jose, the [more...]

June 6, 2006