Just As I Thought

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.

On the Board

Buyer’s Remorse

I don’t know what it is. Is it fear of change? Of having to pack? It’s just that yesterday when I came home from, well, my other home, I sat down on the couch and just realized that I am very comfortable  [more...]

And like that, it was done

I’m a homeowner. Quick, easy, no muss or fuss; I’m about to take a little ride 8 miles north to my new home and contemplate my next step, which will be the eradication — nay, genocide — of the  [more...]

The true price

I just can’t figure out how companies price things, how they manage to rack up such huge profits without a revolt from consumers. Three examples: One can of chunk light tuna at Albertsons, 99¢. Safeway: $1.29  [more...]

Sneaked him out

I just read an article in the Washington Post about the naming of a federal coordinator for the Gulf Coast recovery. Bush has picked the FDIC chairman and a big campaign donor, Donald E. Powell. But what I found much  [more...]