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
The War with the Customer

TiVo it’s not

Here’s a quick complaint entry about the Comcast DVR. First off, the interface is inelegant, to say the least. There is no way to customize the guide — for instance, you can’t show just the channels  [more...]

July 20, 2005

On the Board

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

He’s dead, Jim

James Doohan, the versatile actor who portrayed Star Trek’s “Scotty,” died this morning at 85. I wish the CNN story hadn’t run a photo of him from just recently. I’m sure that most people  [more...]

July 20, 2005
General Annoyances

Set your clock back

Funny how this story appears on the CBC website, but I can’t find mention on a US website: Canada could be left out in the dark unless it follows an American plan to extend daylight time by two months. The U.S  [more...]

July 20, 2005
Fun Stuff

One Small Step

It’s been a long time since we’ve been to the moon — as my friend Sara sings, nobody wants to go to the moon anymore. But if you’re one of the people who fondly remembers the amazing feat  [more...]

July 20, 2005
Right = Wrong

Didn’t God say that vengeance was HIS?

The next time you’re tempted to make the case for terrorism as always in the name of Islam, don’t forget that we Christians also have insane fanatical fundamentalists who ignore the teachings of their  [more...]

July 18, 2005
Fun Stuff

Rag Tag Show

As the second season of the revived “Battlestar Galactica” premieres, it is enlightening to read about the long journey the franchise made to become a hit decades later. There’s a long and interesting  [more...]

July 17, 2005