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

Mary Wimbush

Lavinia Smith, the noted virologist and the aunt of well-known journalist Sarah Jane Smith, has died. She was 81. Well, actually, Mary Wimbush — the actress who played that part — has died. She was on BBC  [more...]

November 1, 2005

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Why do the powerful whine so much?

In the last few years, the Republican majority has been using little-known loopholes in the rules, has blatantly broken the rules by holding votes open until they get the result they want, has held secret meetings  [more...]

November 1, 2005
The War with the Customer

A Tale of Three Food Courts

Isn’t it telling how your local mall says so much about where you live? My local mall back in DC was Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, which put me in a pretty good area. Here in San Jose, there are three main  [more...]

November 1, 2005
Right = Wrong

Warning from the subconcious

Last night, I woke bewildered and a little frightened by a nightmare. I can’t remember all the details, but the broad strokes are pretty clear in my mind. The Bush administration had created “quarantine  [more...]

November 1, 2005
Right = Wrong

Mate in 2 moves

Now, the conspiracy-minded among us can start to piece together the plot. Bush nominates Harriet Miers, an obvious non-starter. But why? Easy. She was a sacrificial lamb, sent out to draw fire (Bush has done this many  [more...]

October 31, 2005
General Annoyances

THEM!

I just got back from a walkthrough of the house, where a horror was uncovered: ants. Not just a few, not a little line marching across the floor (although that was in evidence) — no, upon opening the fridge there  [more...]

October 30, 2005