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
General Annoyances

No intercom needed here

It’s going to take me a bit of time to get used to small quarters; this house is a smidge over 800 square feet, although it feels a bit bigger. I’ve just spent 6 months in a three-bedroom house with a  [more...]

November 20, 2005

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Who’s the real coward?

I was always taught that bullies who called people names were cowards. There is no better example of this than the Republican name-callers. These are a bunch of rich white men who avoided military service — and at  [more...]

November 19, 2005
Right = Wrong

Time for a new message, guys

I don’t really want to give the far right conservatives any advice or anything, but guys — I think the time has come for you to get a new tactic. I mean, how many years now are they going to use the same  [more...]

November 18, 2005
The War with the Customer

Com-freaking-castic

To round off the trilogy of tonight’s customer service nightmares, I invite you to glimpse my latest Comcast bill. As you may remember, last week they cut off my service by mistake. Today on my bill, they charged  [more...]

November 15, 2005
The War with the Customer

They used to call it payola

Okay, I understand that these days the entire economy is borne on the back of advertising, but this is just too much: I’m watching Medium from last night, and they’re giving so much attention to a movie that  [more...]

November 15, 2005