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

On the Board

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

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...]

November 4, 2005
Fun Stuff

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...]

November 3, 2005
The War with the Customer

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...]

November 3, 2005
Right = Wrong

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...]

November 2, 2005