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

Votestrong

I’ve ordered mine – are you ordering yours?
I only wish I had gotten one of these bracelets in time for next weeks fascism-fest downtown.

January 13, 2005

On the Board

The War with the Customer

Customer Avoidance

Ah, the Cingular saga. I’ve been fighting with Cingular for about a month. The story is really very simple, but I’ve told it so many times to so many customer “service” reps that it’s  [more...]

January 13, 2005
Right = Wrong

The propaganda war

You know a line has been crossed when George Will turns his guns on… conservatives. In communist East Berlin, one sign of the government’s swollen self-regard was the cluttering of public spaces with  [more...]

January 13, 2005
Fun Stuff

On the box

It’s quite rare for me to find a television show that rates a Season Pass, but here’s a new one: Medium on NBC. Quirky, compelling… just a great show. I figured out why: one of the producers is Rene  [more...]

January 12, 2005
The War with the Customer

Not worth waiting for

Oh, Hollywood — they’re so worried about all of us “consumers” (a synonym for “pirate”) copying their precious content. You know, that stuff that’s hardly worth watching, much  [more...]

January 12, 2005