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.

San Jose Summer

Yes, summer is over, and we’ve entered autumn, my favorite season. When I got home last week, I traded in shorts and t-shirts for sweatshirts, especially in the morning. I hauled out a heavy bedspread and made up  [more...]

On the Board

What they have become

There was a time, oh, 25 years ago, when I intimated that I might be a Republican. (Gasp!) Yeah, back when I first started paying attention to the news, I decided that less government interference and more liberty was  [more...]

Karl likes ‘em tubby

OCBQ notes that White House ::ahem:: “correspondent” “Jeff Gannon” was one of the very few people in attendance at last weekend’s pro-war rally in Washington. I guess he’s probably  [more...]

$21,000? I’ll take two.

Thom points out the announcement of the 2006 model year Prius, igniting once again that flame of necessity in my early-adopter brain. I had to have the original model back in 2000 before anyone else, and was pretty  [more...]

Thoughts for the day

Just some interesting points to ponder today: Another #2 al Qaeda operative killed? How many #2s are there, anyway? A look at yet more administration propaganda People like this are why the Republican party is doomed:  [more...]

You take the good, you take the bad

… you take ’em both and there you have Conservatives… DeLay is down at the moment, which makes a lot of people — including me — quite optimistic that we may be seeing the beginning of the  [more...]