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

‘Cos God said so

The more I hear from religious people, the more I become an athiest. Frankly, every time they open their mouths, they tend to sound delusional. For instance, there are people praying in vigils for God to  [more...]

March 22, 2005

On the Board

General Annoyances

You are what you drive

Anyway. I dropped off my car at the dealer this morning to have her wonky fuel gauge system fixed, and I’m now driving a loaner: a Toyota Camry. Ugh. I had no idea how used to my Prius I was until my drive to  [more...]

March 22, 2005
Right = Wrong

If at first you don’t suceed

It’s come to this now: we do not live in a civil society, where disputes can be settled — no, we live in a society filled with people who, when they don’t get the answer they want, keep pushing until  [more...]

March 22, 2005
Right = Wrong

Life and death hypocrisy

More on that legislation that Bush signed in Texas, the law that directly contradicts his supposed position now: The 1999 Advance Directives Act in Texas allows a patient’s surrogate to make end-of-life decisions  [more...]

March 22, 2005
Right = Wrong

Pull her up by her bootstraps

Today President Bush, playing the political game along with his Congressional cronies, signed a law that brought the Schiavo case into the Federal arena. He said, “I will continue to stand on the side of those  [more...]

March 21, 2005
Right = Wrong

Ragdoll

I don’t know what to think about the Schiavo case other than total sorrow. And now that the body of this poor brain-dead woman has become a playtoy for the ongoing culture war in this country, I am disgusted  [more...]

March 20, 2005