by aaron | Sep 3, 2011 | blog
This blog is not a very popular corner of the internet. I have a steady readership of about four (4), and I’m just fine with that. Not all of us can—or want—to be The Pioneer Woman. Most people come to this site because they know me, but occasionally folks...
by aaron | Sep 1, 2011 | blog
Every city has its stereotypes—New Yorkers are gruff; folks in Savannah are hospitable; Los Angelenos are photoshopped to perfection; people from Phoenix are gun-toting racist ass-clowns; etc. We here in Seattle have our types—it’s a big enough city with...
by aaron | Aug 25, 2011 | blog
Earlier today, Thursday, August 25, 2011, I was at the drugstore when I came across the following sign. In truth I am unsure why of all people the drugstore folks have access to this information—it seems to me the sort of knowledge better reserved for religious or...
by aaron | Aug 24, 2011 | blog
Earlier today I was thinking back on a time when a lady friend said to me one of the worst things you can tell another person in a relationship: “We need to talk.” When my partner says, We need to talk…, I know it’s going to be bad. I hear We...
by aaron | Aug 23, 2011 | blog
Occasionally I have one of those moments that’s so absolutely perfect it gives me hope for all sorts of things—I can’t specify what exactly: ephemeral notions of spiritual transcendence and kingdoms-coming and etc., but mostly they’re...
by aaron | Aug 15, 2011 | blog
After sifting through the news over this past week—The stock market goes schizoid; Republicans draw cutesy, seemingly-meaningless straws in Iowa—I think the most important story I came across is the following: Last week, in response to an online petition requesting...