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

At least we’re entertained

The answer to the question “Why isn’t our media reporting the real news?” is fascinating and scary and explains a lot: …by law the media had an obligation to cover the news and to cover news  [more...]

July 13, 2005

On the Board

General Annoyances

Pigs In Space

As we await the launch of Discovery, I can’t help but wonder: what is the point of the shuttle program? Does it contribute anything, really, to space exploration? To scientific discovery? It’s an orbiter  [more...]

July 13, 2005
Right = Wrong

Tell them this story

It occurs to me that the events in Iraq really do need blanket, constant live coverage, especially in this instance: this morning, a suicide car bomber killed at least 26 people… most of them children. BAGHDAD  [more...]

July 13, 2005
General Annoyances

Oh, the pain

Today is a day off for me — mostly. I’ve been working on various freelance projects for the last few weeks nonstop, and the biggest of them have gone to, respectively, the printers and the disc replicators  [more...]

July 12, 2005
General Annoyances

Big old dork

I just discovered that, while I was out getting some business done this morning, I had been walking around wearing a new shirt that had a big sticker up the side of it reading L LONG SLEEVED L LONG SLEEVED L LONG  [more...]

July 11, 2005
General Annoyances

Same story, different place

Is it because they’re people we don’t know? Because their culture is alien to us? Because they don’t speak the same language? Because we’re so jaded from the frequency of the events? Why do we  [more...]

July 10, 2005