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

Everyone is agog over the new Airbus A380, the massive plane that was introduced yesterday. This plane, which is bigger than the White House, is being promoted as a luxurious way to fly, with on-board shop, gym, and [more...]

January 19, 2005

On the Board

Right = Wrong

Wrong oath

When George W. Bush was sworn in as president 4 years ago, it probably didn’t escape his notice that the oath said nothing about telling the truth. For instance, during Bush’s first inaugural speech, it [more...]

January 19, 2005

Right = Wrong

Screwy priorities

Tony Perkins, the fundamentalist nutcase who runs the “Family Research Council,” says: “I believe there is no more important issue for the president’s second term than the preservation of [more...]

January 19, 2005

General Annoyances

‘Cause it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople

You know how all those reporters, when they talk about Myanmar, always add “formerly known as Burma”? Why are they doing that? I’m will to bet that at least 80% of the American public have no idea [more...]

January 17, 2005

The War with the Customer

Early Adopters Remorse

January 17, 2005

Life... Don't talk to me about life.

look at me look at me lookatme

The other day, once I emerged from the bathroom all showered, shaved, and with waxed hair, I decided that I looked somewhat cute — this is unusual, so I figured that I should document it, and whipped out the [more...]

January 16, 2005

Life... Don't talk to me about life.

Adventures in exhibitionism

So, I moved around my home webcams a little bit, moving the upstairs camera onto the shelf over my desk so people could actually see me; I moved the wireless downstairs cam over to my reading chair. It sits beside the [more...]

January 16, 2005