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

On the Board

Fun Stuff

Walking into the Sunset

Yesterday, I had an interview for a contract job at Sunset Publishing, which — among other things — publishes Sunset magazine, a kind of lifestyle mag for the west, along the lines of Southern Living. Their  [more...]

March 15, 2006
The War with the Customer

MacBook No

Oh, well. I tried to love it, I really did. But my MacBook Pro is going back to the store today. This is the first time I’ve ever returned an Apple product, and I’ve had dozens of them over the years. I  [more...]

March 14, 2006
Fun Stuff

No wonder they declared war on our world

Had enough of browsing around your own planet? Try Google Mars. The invasion has begun folks, and like Ray Bradbury predicted, we’re the invaders. It wouldn’t surprise me in the least to find that Starbucks  [more...]

March 14, 2006
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Maureen Stapleton

Actress Maureen Stapleton dies at 80 Adam Gorlick, Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Maureen Stapleton, an Oscar-winning character actress whose subtle vulnerability and down-to-earth toughness earned her  [more...]

March 13, 2006