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.

Say hello to “Harry”

If there’s one thing that the Bush administration appointees have in common, it’s inexperience. Like Brownie, the inexperienced FEMA head. Johnny, the conservative scholar who had only a few years on the  [more...]

On the Board

I Take Requests

It’s about time for the second of my monthly podcasts — even though the thrill has completely worn off for me already. Jann sent me a neat headset microphone thing, so quality should be better… at  [more...]

Photographic evidence

When it comes to incriminating yourself, photographer Ricky Carioti of the Washington Post really outdid himself:

That’s America for you

Oy. Why does MSNBC hate America? I was just reading a story about an apparent suicide bombing at the University of Oklahoma, when my eye wandered upward… and I noted that the story of this horror was filed under  [more...]

Extreme Right Makeover

Perhaps Extreme Makeover:Home Edition is trying to court those right wing fundies? After all, in the last year they had some pretty conspicuously religious families, so that probably brought them to the attention of  [more...]