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

General Annoyances

DC Mayor Anthony Williams recently debuted the new “key to the city”, a $2,000 piece of metal with a bizarre design that’s given to VIPs. It’s a stunningly unimpressive key, it kind of looks like [more...]

February 18, 2005

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Vote Early… you know the rest

In These Times has an article about the election and the strange occurrence therein: the exit polls that said Kerry would win. It clearly points out that the discrepancy was suspicious, and that exit polls are much more [more...]

February 17, 2005

Right = Wrong

Lame *uck

I meant to post about this a few days ago, but sometimes I just need a break from the horror that is our president. Congress and the White House have become adept at passing legislation with hidden long-term price tags [more...]

February 17, 2005

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

Let’s focus on me for a change

Speaking of disposable income — a hamfisted segue there — I wonder a lot about other people’s finances and their general luck in that arena. I’ve always thought (and often complained) that I [more...]

February 17, 2005

General Annoyances

Glug glug glug

February 17, 2005

General Annoyances

Call me when they sell the D

I guess I’m just too cheap to win auctions. It’s very rare for me to bid on something at eBay, but this morning I couldn’t resist a letter: It’s the letter “a” from the Disneyland [more...]

February 17, 2005

General Annoyances

I don’t do Windows

I got the call today: I officially did not get the job I’ve been working on getting since December. In the end, the reason was one that I still can’t fathom: my choice of computer platform. I work [more...]

February 16, 2005