Just As I Thought

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.

On the Board

Hey hey hey goodbye

In a little more than an hour, I’ll be off to Dulles airport to board a plane to my new life. I’ll no longer be a resident of the place I’ve called home for nearly 39 years. I’ll be living in a  [more...]

The story can be told

The paperwork is all signed, the transaction is over, and since it’s now a matter of public record, I’ll disclose a little information. My tiny little townhouse, which I bought for $131,000 in 1998, sold 7  [more...]

A little encouragement

I just wanted to share this evidence with you before I make my way to the airport. Whenever I fly, I get annoyed at having to undress before going through security. Every time, I tell the TSA people that their employer  [more...]

The wait goes on

Yesterday around 4pm, I just finally lost it in a blaze of profanity and a near aneurysm. After calling every number even remotely associated with the van lines, I came across a phone that rang in the home of the  [more...]

Why are we waiting?

The movers were supposed to be here between 9am and noon. In anticipation, I woke at 5am and finished up the last minute packing — the pillows I was sleeping on, the TiVo — and waited. And waited and waited  [more...]