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

Look ma, no wires

Remember last month when I dreamt of the next iPod, musing that it might sync and charge just by being placed on a special surface?
Well, take a look at this: a pad that charges cell phones by induction.

October 1, 2005

On the Board

The War with the Customer

People will believe anything

So, I just saw one of those “Amazing Products!” commercials, this time for “Reality Water.” The faux reporter interviews a woman who tells about the incredibly pure water she’s selling  [more...]

October 1, 2005
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

It’s about time

This afternoon I walked down the hill to Albertson’s to buy a pound of fajita beef and vegtables for dinner. I emerged from the store into a 75° sunny day, with the mountains a stone’s throw away  [more...]

October 1, 2005
Fun Stuff

Desktop Clearing

My desktop — the virtual one — is just like my real one, cluttered with clippings and pictures and whatnot that I thought might be useful sometime. So, without further ado, here’s some stuff that  [more...]

October 1, 2005
General Annoyances

Why I’m not a model

You know how women generally are pissed off that the media — magazines, television, movies, and advertisers — promote an unhealthy, unrealistic standard of beauty? Well, just try being gay some time. In the  [more...]

September 30, 2005
Fun Stuff

Attention personal shoppers

Hmm. Advice, please: I’m going tomorrow morning to take a look at an electric scooter — an EVT168 to be precise. This is a scooter of the same type as a Vespa, a kind of retro Italian thing, but instead of  [more...]

September 30, 2005