by aaron | Jun 22, 2012 | Essays
It’s that time of year again: this Sunday is Seattle’s Gay Pride Parade, which means the Hill where I live has gotten FESTIVE! Rainbow flags hang from shop windows, light posts are striped in colors, and despite the ceaseless rains (welcome to summer in...
by aaron | Jun 14, 2012 | Essays
Just over a year ago I wrote about Pastor Terry Jones of Gainesville, FL, who had decided to commemorate the anniversary of 9/11 with a little Quran barbecue, or what I liked to think of as a Quran-A-Q. Mr. Jones is back in the news, having shifted his public protests...
by aaron | Jun 7, 2012 | blog
It has been a long, long time since I wrote anything on this site. I wish I could state that this has been a planned absence, an intentional break for head-clearing adjustments and soulful introspections, a joyful sabbatical and etc. (what I believe Europeans refer to...