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
Right = Wrong

FEMA logs out

Here’s another indictment of FEMA that’s been making the rounds in tech circles: their stupid insistence on the use of Internet Explorer 6 to file a claim on their website. IE 6 only comes with Windows XP  [more...]

September 6, 2005

On the Board

The War with the Customer

Off the chart

This fascinating site allows you to generate charts of gas prices. It shows the average price for gas in a plethora of cities, and you can compare and contrast. Here’s what’s interesting to me: I knew that  [more...]

September 6, 2005
Fun Stuff

This week’s imaginary boyfriend

I’ve never seen this guy Steve Hanneman before, but I caught him on a show about the “house of the future” today, and… wow. I’m in love. Cute, sexy, funny, and knows all about new forms of  [more...]

September 6, 2005
General Annoyances

Mustard didn’t help

I kind of told myself that I would start eating better — get up and have breakfast, eat less junk and fat. But I have to tell you about a very important lesson I just learned: soy-based vegetarian hot dogs are  [more...]

September 6, 2005
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Goodbye, little buddy

Bob Denver has died. Sad, yes. But in his comedic honor, I present two of the funniest comments I’ve yet seen: “Any word when Bush will name a replacement?” “When Professor and Mary Ann die, do  [more...]

September 6, 2005
Right = Wrong

Our own Marie Antoinette

My mom calls from North Carolina to point out this tidbit from our former First Lady, Barbara Bush — the matriarch of the new dynasty: “What I’m hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to  [more...]

September 6, 2005