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.

Pass the mental floss

Maybe it is the slow build up, over decades, of disappointment after disappointment; of defeats and expectations and obligations. I don’t know what tiny weight broke the camel’s back, but I suspect it began  [more...]

On the Board

I HATE Verizon

The saga continues: Evidently, the reason that Verizon never showed up is that they cancelled the installation… 3 days ago. We seem to be back to the same problem I’ve had for years: there are no  [more...]

Verizon Sucks

Well, duh. Who doesn’t know that? I took great pains years ago to sever my relationship with this horrible, horrible corporation; first by using third-party telephone companies (although the line was still owned  [more...]

Heartland Security

At first, when passing through security at Kansas City International Airport, I was pleased — they have a separate security checkpoint for each series of gates, instead of one bottleneck like at other airports  [more...]