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.

Hard living in Mayberry

This weekend, two rather famous actors died — Don Knotts and Darin McGavin. Knotts, of course, is remembered for his portrayal of Barney Fife, and McGavin will go down in history as The Night Stalker. Here’s  [more...]

On the Board

House Proud

It has taken nearly three months, but I’m finally beginning to feel happy about buying this house. Sure, I’m still worried about paying the enormous mortgage; but today in particular, I feel good. The  [more...]

No news is relaxing

At the beginning of the week, I was going to write another political post about the UAE port deal — but I decided to put it aside for a bit and try to have a week without politics, without news, just to pretend  [more...]

Cords Loosing

Can’t stop myself. Here’s my anagram map of Metrorail, Washington’s subway. Wherever possible, I tried to tailor the anagrams to the specific place or a general Washington, DC sort of commentary. For  [more...]

Mama Sang Rap*

Its the latest thing! Get on the bandwagon! Yes, it seems that the net is suddenly flooded once one person comes up with a good idea. Today that idea is a subway map using anagrams for station names. And never let it be  [more...]

Wine is for rich people

I’m telling you, my flirtation with learning about wines and buying good ones — rather than the cheap stuff from Safeway — is going to cost me. First I got six bottles from the J Lohr winery; then I  [more...]