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

On the Board

The War with the Customer

Speak well of Speakeasy

It’s very rare — almost never, in fact — that I praise a company. It’s just that so many companies seem to treat their customers as if they’re simply an annoyance rather than their reason  [more...]

January 31, 2005
General Annoyances

Still, no respect

Yup, CNN is right on top of the latest news: EVEN in death, Rodney Dangerfield gets no respect. The late comedy legend’s longtime publicist, Kevin Sasaki, got a call from a booker at CNN last week asking him if  [more...]

January 31, 2005
Right = Wrong

Roll your own

If you live in the DC metro area, you probably shout “amen” to my missives about motorcades, which have become an order of magnitude worse in the current administration. Here’s another example of the  [more...]

January 31, 2005
Right = Wrong

Straight Bashing

Couldn’t resist two more entries from this week’s Top Ten Conservative Idiots list: The Family Research Council So last week we noted James Dobson’s beef with SpongeBob SquarePants, and this week  [more...]

January 31, 2005
Right = Wrong

Controlling the message

One thing the Bush administration has done quite well is controlling information — not only information going out to the public, but information going in to the president. After all, Bush doesn’t read  [more...]

January 31, 2005