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

You know what I really hate these days? I’ll tell you after the jump. I really hate it when blogs put the really interesting part of the post after a jump, just so that they can get a few more ad impressions [more...]

December 20, 2005

On the Board

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

No, I’m not pitiful at all

Dog barks. I go to the living room to see what’s happening. UPS truck parked outside neighbor’s house. I stand there staring through the front window at cute UPS guy wearing shorts. Tuesday at Gene’s [more...]

December 20, 2005

Fun Stuff

Do you hear what I don’t?

I keep meaning to do a December podcast, but I just… well, I don’t really have anything to say. I mean, I say a lot in the blog — or at least quote a lot — but it is different when it comes to a [more...]

December 20, 2005

Right = Wrong

Know your neighbors

Via Jim Parsons comes this link to a Google maps mashup, overlaying political contributions. With a single click, you can see how your neighborhood donates to political candidates. I’m happy to note that I now [more...]

December 20, 2005

Right = Wrong

A big bundle of “holiday” gifts

December 20, 2005

The War with the Customer

Brevity doesn’t sell commercials

I’m watching a tsunami documentary on Discovery channel — titled “America’s Tsunami: Are We Next?”, it actually has almost nothing to do with America. Rather, it’s about a scientific [more...]

December 19, 2005

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

Lightbulbs for Christmas

As I contemplate traveling back to chilly Washington, DC this week, looking for my gloves and deciding which sweaters to unpack, I am reminded that there are worse places to be. Like, oh, Alaska. Where the sun is now [more...]

December 19, 2005