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
General Annoyances

Another blow for US-Arab relations

Don’t they hate us enough already? Via SF Gate: Michael Jackson has decided to make the Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain his permanent home, his attorney said Thursday. “He’s looking much better  [more...]

October 21, 2005

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Smile for the cuckoos

Sometimes I don’t post about things because they seem so darned obvious — but it seems that people are not getting the whole Tom DeLay booking photo thing. C’mon people, it’s as clear on the  [more...]

October 21, 2005
The War with the Customer

Keep your nose clean

It seems like just yesterday when my credit was so screwed up — from not paying bills to letting others open accounts using my name — that I was getting calls from collectors and dreaded having to apply for  [more...]

October 21, 2005
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Socked in

I spoke too soon the other day when I said that the fog is held at bay by the mountains — this morning I awoke to find myself living in a strange gray world. It’s science fiction fog, the kind that makes you  [more...]

October 21, 2005
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Enough blame to go around?

The horrific story here in the Bay Area of the drowning death of three young children by their mother raises in a significant question. Lashuan Ternice Harris stripped her children of their clothes and then threw them  [more...]

October 20, 2005
The War with the Customer

Do it yer own damn self

Back in 1981, I would go to the Pearl Avenue branch of the San Jose Public Library with my grandfather. We’d get arm loads of books, and then go to the checkout desk where a helpful person would check them out for  [more...]

October 18, 2005