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

The end of the minority

An example of how the Republicans have changed the rules to create their permanent majority, this one outlining the process of confirming judges. As we know, Democrats have been filibustering to keep certain extreme  [more...]

January 31, 2005

On the Board

General Annoyances

The gas stove treatment

So, last month I told you about weirdness with my clock radio — it had been set ahead by some mysterious force. I decided that the culprit had a power outage at a specific time of day which would have resulted in  [more...]

January 30, 2005
Fun Stuff

Phun with Phones

The only way to learn is to do, right? That’s why I spend a decent chunk of my free time playing with my G5 and trying to learn new web stuff. The equivalent of the old days when I would take things apart to see  [more...]

January 30, 2005
Right = Wrong

Maybe the cue cards were fuzzy

Meanwhile, the figurehead at the top of the conservative agenda continues to show that he’s the Oaf of Office: President Bush tucked a rather startling revelation into the middle of his news conference Wednesday  [more...]

January 30, 2005
Right = Wrong

It was tax evasion that brought down Al Capone

You know all those big rules the Republicans keep breaking? Oh, like, the rules against torture and such? Well, maybe it will be the little ones that finally bring them down: What would be the purpose of an inaugural  [more...]

January 29, 2005
Fun Stuff

Fat pipe

Broadband access here in my neighborhood has been something of a pain in the rear. Strangely, I think it’s because my neighborhood was ahead of it’s time. Let me explain. My neighborhood was wired in 1983  [more...]

January 29, 2005