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.

Gonna be weather, whether or not

Wash your car, and it’s certain to rain. Talk about sun, and the clouds will roll in. Just yesterday I was complaining — as I am wont to do — about the constant cloudless blue sky and bright, bright [more...]

June 8, 2005

On the Board

Right = Wrong

No Place Like Home, Part 2

More of the culture of fear back home. I’m glad I’m not in residence today — my condolences to Thom and Jeff, who live even closer to the Pentagon than I did. Pentagon officials are asking the public [more...]

June 8, 2005

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

Anne Bancroft

How can this be? I am genuinely distressed — the wonderful Anne Bancroft passed away yesterday of uterine cancer. She was a fantastic actress, from Annie Sullivan to Mrs. Robinson; my favorite roles were in the [more...]

June 7, 2005

Right = Wrong

Meanwhile, back in the Motherland

Wanna see one example of the pervading sense of totalitarianism that made me flee Washington DC, my home of 38 years?
Take a look at this.

June 7, 2005

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

Sliding back

June 7, 2005

The War with the Customer

Flat

You know how Ikea makes a big deal of their flat-packed furniture? They way they put huge 8-foot-high murals up in the store saying that it’s packed flat so you can take it home today? Yeah, right. Today I [more...]

June 6, 2005

General Annoyances

Just say Mike

One of my pet peeves is the deterioration of spelling in this country — perhaps even this world. Everywhere I look, spelling is getting worse and the errors are more prominently displayed. Here’s just one [more...]

June 4, 2005