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

The sky is falling

This is an important breaking news bulletin from beautiful Tuscany Hills in San Jose, California. It’s raining. Granted, it’s an ineffectual sprinkle, but you should note that I haven’t even unpacked  [more...]

July 21, 2005

On the Board

The War with the Customer

The ADA At Work

Via This Is Broken comes this story of your tax money well spent: this restroom sign at the National Botanical Garden appears, at first glance, to be typical: it even features Braille for patrons with sight impairments  [more...]

July 21, 2005
Fun Stuff

Brush with greatness… California style

Since I lived in the DC area all my life, I became innured to the occassional encounter with the rich and famous — at least, politically speaking. Among the many brushes with fame during the years were Jimmy  [more...]

July 21, 2005
Right = Wrong

First out of the gate

The war has begun: I just saw a commercial praising John Roberts with a call to action — tell your senator that Roberts deserves “a fair, up or down vote.” Yes, that sounds fair. Of course, if there  [more...]

July 21, 2005
General Annoyances

Keep that spam in your pants

Those lazy spammers — now they’re not even bothering to trick me into reading their junk, sending out emails from David%LAST NAME and even a bunch of messages containing nothing at all. Seems like they need  [more...]

July 20, 2005
Right = Wrong

Knot nearly tied

Hey, gang! The Canadian Senate has approved legislation to give same-sex couples the right to marry. All that remains now is for the bill to receive “royal assent” by the Governor General’s signature  [more...]

July 20, 2005