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

The War with the Customer

Dear Volkswagen: Your new commercials are freaking me out. I’m sure you meant them to be tongue in cheek, evidence of some sort of a sense of humor… but in fact, they are just creepy in the extreme. May I [more...]

February 21, 2006

On the Board

Life... Don't talk to me about life.

The Masked Bandits in the Night

The noises started around 10:30 last night, whines and screams and growls. My first thought was that the neighborhood cats were fighting, but then the sounds got more urgent and strange, and I wasn’t sure I [more...]

February 21, 2006

Cacophony

C’mon Home!

A selection of NBC network promotional songs, from the late 80s and early 90s when networks still had annual slogans and big splashy graphics.

February 20, 2006

Cacophony

BBC One: Moving Idents

The BBC has what I consider to be the most beautiful idents in the world. BBC One, the main channel, features dance and movement in all its forms on their network IDs, from tango to tap to tai chi. Each ident features [more...]

February 20, 2006

The War with the Customer

Nostalgic for ads

February 19, 2006

Fun Stuff

Welcome to the wine club

Yesterday’s big outing was for wine tasting. The first stop was J. Lohr Winery, and their tasting room is actually about a mile down The Alameda from my house. How convenient! It was surprising how different their [more...]

February 19, 2006

Fun Stuff

Bald Saturday

It’s a weird feeling. When I first looked in the mirror, I was struck by how different I looked, like it was someone else entirely looking back at me — someone with a tough attitude. It sort of fits my build [more...]

February 18, 2006