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

General Annoyances

Shroud over Turin

I don’t understand — why is NBC promoting the Olympics by using “Torino” instead of “Turin”? It’s not that I’m against using the native version of the name, but why  [more...]

January 28, 2006
The War with the Customer

In space, no one can hear the shark

I hate to make it seem like I am unintelligent, but… what the hell happened in Battlestar Galactica last night? I mean, I tried to make sense of it, but it was so impenetrably written and produced that I have no  [more...]

January 28, 2006
The War with the Customer

When market prices don’t work

Told ya so. This is how the price gouging system works. First, you raise your price higher and higher until people are shaken out of their inertia and begin to complain. Then, you bring it back down just far enough that  [more...]

January 28, 2006
Right = Wrong

She hates America

Okay, so, a conservative nutjob — the estimable Ann Coulter — has suggested that Supreme Court Justice Stevens be poisoned. When does she get hauled away and imprisoned without trial as a traitorous enemy of  [more...]

January 27, 2006
Fun Stuff

Good news, everyone!

The rumors and non-denials and disclaimers that “no negotiations have been held” may finally be over: Billy West, the voice of Fry in Futurama reports on his website: HERE’S GREAT NEWS! Here’s  [more...]

January 26, 2006