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.

Monica who?

Salon.com helpfully collects a list of 34 scandals from Dubya’s first term, each one worse than the ridiculous Whitewater nonsense. Consider the raw materials of scandal that this administration has produced:  [more...]

On the Board

Johnny Carson

There are few celebrities who almost nothing ill can be said of. I think that Johnny Carson is one of them. We’ve been missing him terribly since his gentle brand of humor vanished from our television screens  [more...]

Chicken Little’s second term

Today’s Washington Post Outlook section has a fascinating series of articles about Social Security and the Bush plans to change it. Nearly every article debunks the rhetoric coming from the president. James Randi  [more...]

Snow job

Perhaps it’s just me being stereotypically gay, but now that the apocalyptic snow storm they were forecasting seems to have petered out, all I can say is:
3 inches? Is that all?

Evidence

When it snows, the world becomes almost virginal — a quiet blanket of white that is pristine and beautiful… until people ruin it. They leave the evidence of their presence everywhere. Last Wednesday, when we  [more...]

The yellow agenda

Dontcha just love them fundamentalist right wing nutjobs? Thank goodness they’re protecting our families from the likes of Tinky Winky and now, Sponge Bob: “Does anybody here know SpongeBob?” Dr James  [more...]