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
Fun Stuff

‘Cos two rails would be overkill

Anyone wondering what to get me for Christmas? Well, this outfit in Orlando is selling off old bits from Disney World, including — ready for this? — a monorail car. I’m not kidding. It’s only  [more...]

September 9, 2005

On the Board

Right = Wrong

It’s all in the words

It occurs to me that people tend to use the phrase “fixed income” a lot when they mean low income. I mean, back when I had a job I was salaried and got the same check every two weeks. In other words, I was  [more...]

September 9, 2005
Right = Wrong

One more time: keep your mouth shut

Karl Rove’s brilliant on-message strategizing aside, one of the major blunders that Republicans always make is not knowing when to shut up. I’ve touched on this a few times below, from Dubya’s mom to  [more...]

September 9, 2005
Right = Wrong

What happens in Texas stays in Texas

A grand jury in Texas indicted yesterday a state political action committee organized by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) for accepting $120,000 in allegedly illegal corporate campaign contributions shortly  [more...]

September 8, 2005
Right = Wrong

Not our kind

I often find myself wondering just what country we now live in. Here’s another puzzling example of the strangely fascist nation we find ourselves in: Organizers of the Pentagon’s 9/11 memorial Freedom Walk  [more...]

September 8, 2005