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
The War with the Customer

Not hearing things

The New York Times today talks about the sound component of digital television (although they call it HDTV, a subset of DTV). HDTV doesn’t just make television look as it never has before; it makes it sound  [more...]

February 6, 2005

On the Board

General Annoyances

My nav system says the sky is falling

I just ran across this article in which the author — practically in hysterics — claims that there is a huge computer virus attack underway… against cars. Owners of vehicles with onboard computers  [more...]

February 6, 2005
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

The Tao of Telephony

I can only assume that the cosmos knows best: every time my urge to call B — just to hear his voice — gets too much to bear, I pick up the phone… only to discover that whichever phone I happen to be  [more...]

February 5, 2005
The War with the Customer

At least they can laugh

Oh Metro! clues us in on the real story behind those bizarre announcements we’re been hearing on Metrorail lately, muffled as they are: Metro is now going to give us announcements using “light-hearted  [more...]

February 5, 2005
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

John Vernon

And completing the trifecta begun with last week comes the announcement of the death of John Vernon, the character actor who we’ve all seen dozens of times… but whose face became famous with his portrayal of  [more...]

February 4, 2005
Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Ossie Davis

I just, simply, liked everything I saw Ossie Davis do. He was a great actor, and a great civil rights activist. He died today at age 87. Too soon. He and Ruby Dee — another distinguished actress and civil rights  [more...]

February 4, 2005