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
Fun Stuff

Hair Today

Remember when I started to grow my hair back at the end of March? The end of the bald experiment? I promised to document it as it grew back, but after a while I forgot — sorry. I’m flighty that way. But  [more...]

May 23, 2006

On the Board

The War with the Customer

It takes a lot to get ‘em right

I don’t know if this is a statement about the lack of anything on television — or my own strange tastes: after fruitless searches through the online program guide, I started browsing through Comcast’s  [more...]

May 23, 2006
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Where we are

So. Anyway. Two words I just realized that I use a lot on this blog. Here’s what’s up. I think I used to post a lot more political stuff on the blog, I think because I was so outraged and felt so isolated  [more...]

May 22, 2006
General Annoyances

Smile, You’re on Chopper Camera

About 15 minutes ago, the choppers arrived — first there was one that just hovered over the house. I puzzled about what could be happening, thinking that there was a fugitive in the neighborhood; then Sky 7 HD  [more...]

May 22, 2006
General Annoyances

Mediocre America

Maybe I’m just too damned old — or maybe I’ve always been about 45 years old and permanently annoyed — but when I took my VIP pass to Paramount’s Great America out for a spin on Saturday, I  [more...]

May 21, 2006
Fun Stuff

Third largest city, first most boring

You know, I’ve lived my entire life in and around Washington, DC, so I appreciate that kind of low-density city — no skyscrapers, billboards, or the like. Now I live in San Jose, which is still a rather low  [more...]

May 19, 2006