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

Move the mouthpiece

Today’s announcement that Fox News’ Tony Snow would become the new White House press secretary is both surprising and unsurprising. Unsurprising, because we all know that Fox News is just an extension of the  [more...]

April 26, 2006

On the Board

The War with the Customer

Bad money after worse

It is perhaps not too surprising that President Bush has now decided — after due deliberation by Karl Rove, no doubt — to call for an “investigation” of sorts into possible price gouging by oil  [more...]

April 25, 2006
Right = Wrong

Fill ‘er up with red

I’m not saying this means anything, but Wyoming — the home state of Dick Cheney, the Halliburton Emperor, has the cheapest gasoline in the country. And California, the reliably blue state, has the most  [more...]

April 24, 2006
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

The City of Death

I’m beginning to wonder about life expectancy here in San Jose. In Arlington, where I’m from (just across the river from DC) the murder rate was pretty close to nothing and there didn’t seem to be a  [more...]

April 24, 2006
Right = Wrong

Funny how outrage comes and goes

You know how I love to poke at hypocrites, so let’s take a look back at “the good old days,” when gas was $1.50 per gallon and the Republicans were shouting that it was all Clinton’s fault and  [more...]

April 24, 2006
General Annoyances

Obsessives who live in glass houses

In today’s Washington Post, there’s an article by William Booth complaining about San Francisco’s obsession with the 100th anniversary of the earthquake, which was less than a week ago. It claims that  [more...]

April 24, 2006