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

Yesterday, karma was in and out, over and under, crazy. First, I was depressed. Then the call came in about the house, so I was elated. Then Mike and Jann and I drove over so I could show them the place. Then we ran out [more...]

October 24, 2005

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Take my advice

President Bush has named Ben Bernanke as the replacement for Alan Greenspan. Bernanke is currently the chairman of Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers. Now, I ask you: do you think that Bush has been getting good [more...]

October 24, 2005

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

And then the cosmos smiled

I’ve been circumspect about it, but you know that I’ve been shopping for real estate lately. I’ve been stressing myself with the search–and the cost. Trying to shoehorn my finances into a shape [more...]

October 23, 2005

The War with the Customer

Dear Sears:

You are a multi-billion dollar corporation which has been in existence for more than a century, providing everything from frying pans to complete homes. Your catalog operation practically invented the genre. So why is [more...]

October 23, 2005

Right = Wrong

Promise them anything

October 22, 2005

Right = Wrong

A little more equality

I meant to blog about this yesterday, but was wrapped up in real estate when it came in to the Just as I thought newsroom, teletypes dinging and lights flashing. The Kansas Supreme Court yesterday struck down a state [more...]

October 22, 2005

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

Shirley Horn

I’m embarrassed to admit that I don’t own any Shirley Horn albums. Now that she has sadly passed away, this is an oversight I intend to remedy. For although I don’t own any of her music, I know her [more...]

October 22, 2005