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

Dang ol’ Boomhauer, man

Dang my phone, I tell ya, that thing… anyway, I saw this guy yesterday at the Austin airport, who was the spitting image of Boomhauer from King of the Hill. The pic is blurred, but you can make him out on the  [more...]

August 29, 2005

On the Board

Right = Wrong

It’s called misdirection

While you have been watching the Bush administration and the feds, states everywhere have started to dismantle access to abortion — and contraception. Since January, governors have signed several dozen  [more...]

August 29, 2005
Right = Wrong

The non-sacrifice

I naively figured that the Bush administration was reacting to public criticism of rising oil prices; but this short item from the Washington Post yesterday highlights some other more cynical reasons for the new fuel  [more...]

August 29, 2005
Fun Stuff

Home is where the dog is

How weird to think of California as home, but the whole time I was sitting strapped into that little airline seat, I couldn’t stop thinking of getting there, walking into my living room, falling asleep in my own  [more...]

August 28, 2005
Fun Stuff

The Toy

The Hotel San Jose has entrances off the street, dark and green pathways that lead to one’s room. If this had been an ordinary hotel, I’d have walked in through a brightly lit, cavernous lobby, through which  [more...]

August 27, 2005
Fun Stuff

Facts about my hotel, #1

If you’re looking for a place to stay in Austin, this is it. I first heard about the Hotel San Jose on the television show “Great Hotels,” and it looked, well, great! In fact, there’s more to  [more...]

August 27, 2005