Just As I Thought

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.

On the Board

Time for double secret probation

I just saw a bit of George Bush’s non-apology mea culpa from yesterday, where he said that his assertion to “bring it on” may have been “misinterpreted” in other countries. He struck me as  [more...]

The glass is two thirds full

I can always find the down side to anything. For example: I’ve been trying to restrict my calories because I simply eat too much high-calorie junk. But what I’ve discovered is that by eating less and eating  [more...]

Hearing things?

Amazing how people react. Someone said they heard some “pops” in, of all places, a parking garage, they thought it was gunfire. Suddenly, there are police and ambulances everywhere, streets are closed and  [more...]

Bring on the convictions

Now we know one reason that the conservatives have been so hyped up to take over the judiciary for so long: they knew the day was coming when they would start to face indictments. I can’t possibly list all the  [more...]

Heartless Republicans, part two

I know that the Washington Post columnist’s story about Bill Frist performing heart surgery on gorillas at the National Zoo was supposed to be a feel-good story — at least, I think it was — but I was  [more...]