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.

Reform (the other guys)

Man, those Republicans just can’t stop being sneaky, underhanded, slimy bastards. The latest example shows how they are masters of spin: passing on a party-line vote, the Republicans have created a campaign  [more...]

On the Board

The Salad Bar Controversy

I was out this morning dropping off a FedEx package right by the Safeway, so I went on in to pick up some salad fixin’s for lunch. (Fixin’s is a Washington, DC term, derived from the Roy Rogers’  [more...]

Our Little Katie

It’s kind of weird, this news that Katie Couric will be the new anchor of CBS Evening News. Who could have guessed that the hometown girl would follow in the footsteps of Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather? You see  [more...]

Doesn’t take much to get my vote

All it takes is a backbone. As of now, my vote goes to Russel Feingold, who — unlike most Democrats — has the guts to step up and say what he thinks is right. He’s stood up for fiscal sanity. He  [more...]

And yet, tickets are still $350

I don’t know if it has religious significance, although I don’t think anyone would mistake her for the holy, chaste, and righteous version that so many people here worship; but Madonna is coming to San Jose  [more...]