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

The War with the Other Customers

Maybe I’m just impatient. I zipped out to Bed Bath & Beyond a little while ago to get a shower curtain for the new house. First off, they don’t seem to make plain shower curtains anymore, much less  [more...]

November 15, 2005

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Maybe they should teach spelling in Sunday school

Nothing negates an argument quicker than poor spelling and horrible grammar. And I wonder if it is just coincidence that the worst grammar and spelling comes from the keyboards of hyper-religious, fundamentalist nutjobs  [more...]

November 15, 2005
The War with the Customer

Buying white after Labor Day

For those of you who are wondering, I decided to go with white appliances. My kitchen is green with white trim, and I figured that white would work best — and if the current trend toward stainless steel should  [more...]

November 14, 2005
General Annoyances

Waste not, want not

You know, it is remarkable how wasteful our society has become. As part of our society, I myself am pretty wasteful, but I do try to be more aware of how much electricity, gas, water, and oil I use and what my impact is  [more...]

November 13, 2005
The War with the Customer

Laid in the USA

The circus has left town, and my house is untented. I’ve started to move some boxes over, six at a time. In my last trip, I took over my Target area rug. This rug came with me from Virginia, where it previously  [more...]

November 12, 2005