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.

Hypocrisy, thy name is Republican

You know all those Republicans who were gleeful about the possibility of perjury charge against Bill Clinton in the matter of his affair with Monica Lewinsky? The ones who jumped up and down and did little happy dances  [more...]

On the Board

One more down

How nice that the media is taking notice of the corruption of the Bush administration at last — they’re not a liberal media as the conservatives would have you believe; but they are simply quick to pounce on  [more...]

The house I missed out on

If I ever feel skittish or remorseful after spending half a million dollars on an adorable little bungalow that’s in fantastic condition in a great neighborhood, all I have to do is take a look at the fantastic  [more...]

System Analysis

Just a quick update to the Prius saga begun yesterday: the dealer tells me that the display system is losing communication with the computer, and that’s why things are going crazy. He ordered the part, and in the  [more...]

Just do the math

ExxonMobil today announced a new record profit: for the last quarter year — that’s three months — they made a profit of $9,920,000,000. Yes, that’s right: 9.92 billion dollars. They actually said  [more...]