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.

If the blue dress fits…

So, here’s the story: a prostitute is signed in and out of the White House more than 200 times, some with no legitimate reason for being there. Some of the times, the logs show no exit time; others no entrance  [more...]

On the Board

Right to Disagree… until they disagree

I just can’t wrap my mind around right wing dogma, especially the contradictory, hypocritical stuff. Like the fact that “pro-life” people always seem to be pro-death penalty. It’s a strange  [more...]

Suspension bridge of disbelief

Hmm. I guess that the National Geographic Channel has a slightly lower journalistic standard than the magazine. I’m watching a show on the Golden Gate Bridge, a kind of primer for my new home, and they’re  [more...]

Take me out to the… nevermind

After years and years of campaigns to bring back baseball, after a rush to pick up season tickets, is this the most people that the Washington Nationals can manage to attract? For this, Metro decided to hold the system  [more...]

Get wide

When I was taking photos of the house for sales brochures, I bemoaned the fact that my digital camera had no wide-angle lens. Well, there’s help now: a Mac app called “Double Take” will quickly and  [more...]

The end is near

In another signal that it’s the right time to move, I discovered that my favorite pizza place has closed. Pizza Pantry has been part of my life… well, since before I was born. My dad was a customer back in  [more...]