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.

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...]

On the Board

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]