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

Cynical minds think alike

How’s this for a coincidence? Earlier today I posted an entry — it’s right there, below — about the Bell System and whatnot. I mentioned that there was still a Federal tax on our phone bills that  [more...]

January 17, 2006

On the Board

The War with the Customer

The Bell Tolls

I really love the interweb. Sometimes I’ll go look something up, and then 3 hours late I realize I’ve been reading reams of interesting information. This morning I got a call on my cell phone, which was in  [more...]

January 17, 2006
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Hello, Lurkers

Wow — in 16 days, there have been nearly 50,000 visits to the home page here. Who are all you people? Are you enjoying your visit? What’s new with you? Hey, I have an idea: why don’t you leave a  [more...]

January 16, 2006
Fun Stuff

It’s about time

For some time now, I’ve been gushing about the revival of Dr. Who, which I’m ashamed to admit I’ve been watching through the copyright-infringing activities of folks in the UK who were just as annoyed  [more...]

January 15, 2006
Fun Stuff

Time to get myself a telescope

There are two remarkably amazing things about NASA lately: first off, the Stardust mission. Can you imagine the incredible amount of engineering and math that make it possible to launch a probe from Earth, rendezvous  [more...]

January 15, 2006