by aaron | Oct 31, 2015 | Essays
I’ve been enjoying a nice separation from writing on this site. I loaded myself up with too much stuff this summer and got swamped, and in an effort to find some balance by jettisoning non-essentials, writing got thrown overboard. I promised myself I’d...
by aaron | Aug 1, 2015 | Essays
This weekend in Seattle it’s Seafair once again. Yeah… I’m going to do a first for this site and re-post something I wrote about this event four years ago. Though some of the specifics of our foreign involvements have changed, the feelings this...
by aaron | Jun 19, 2015 | Essays
I begin with an admission—I don’t want to spend the next 16-months talking about politics. It’s summertime and the beaches are calling, these conversations can be exhausting to perform and listen to, and frankly I hope all of us have better things to do....
by aaron | Jun 9, 2015 | Essays
Earlier this week a middle-aged man sits down at the bar-top across from me and looks at the menu. When I ask if I can help him he says, Yes, I’m trying to figure out what I can eat because I have a salt allergy. Now, I’ve been working in restaurants a...
by aaron | Jun 4, 2015 | Essays
“Trust is such a short word and yet it takes such a long time to earn.” Dear readers, consider that pearl. You might think that it came from a fortune cookie, which is the usual source of the pithy wisdoms I encounter, but no. And while it also might...
by aaron | May 23, 2015 | Essays
I was asked earlier this week by a potential employer if I had any experience naming. In business lingo this is exactly what it sounds like: creating a name or slogan for a product. Now this is a very significant act, this business of naming, one that resonates with...