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

Life... Don't talk to me about life.

So, there I was, nominated for an Emmy. Actually, it must have been my second nomination, because I said to the ticket taker “I’m now a multiple nominee!” Strangely, the ceremony was taking place in [more...]

August 26, 2005

On the Board

The War with the Customer

Have they looked in Aruba?

Is this the new favorite genre on news channels? I was just flipping through the big three news channels and every one of them had, at the same moment, a different missing person story. There was a story on Olivia [more...]

August 25, 2005

Fun Stuff

It’s exhausting to be loved

I am just bewildered by parents — where in the world do they summon the necessary energy? For two days here in Austin, I’ve been the recipient of concentrated love energy from iolana and Lily, and I am just [more...]

August 25, 2005

Right = Wrong

Operation Linguistic Deception

There’s been a bit of flap about yesterday’s story of how the government is engraving the names of military operations on tombstones at Arlington and other national cemeteries. Of course, I agree with most [more...]

August 25, 2005

Life... Don't talk to me about life.

SJ to SJ

August 24, 2005

Fun Stuff

More high altitude voyeurism

Just a few more Google maps for you. See what I’ve been doing lately instead of watching my power-hogging TV? The Montcalm Hotel, where I stayed in London BBC Television Centre. In this aerial (heh… a pun on [more...]

August 23, 2005

Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Who will keep my feet warm?

I hate the night before a trip — it’s not the anticipation of an early morning plane ride, it’s the fact that my puppy is sleeping somewhere else; in this case across the street at Jann & [more...]

August 23, 2005