by aaron | Mar 30, 2015 | Essays, reviews
I’ve been on a bit of a mystery kick lately with several friends. We’ve read through some classic American tough-guy fiction—Dashiel Hammet’s The Maltese Falcon, Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye—and contrasted the books...
by aaron | Mar 24, 2015 | Essays
Every now and then I read something in the news that makes me scratch my head hard. I’m not talking about a gentle forehead rub or even a brief temple massage. I’m talking about the sort of nail-scraping abrading guys like me, ones with already dangerously...
by aaron | Feb 5, 2015 | Essays
After years of arduous searching, I am proud to announce to Americans everywhere that I have found the bridge that will unite our divided and polarized country. It is the most unlikely of bonds, and it is called science. Now, by science I do not mean science, the...
by aaron | Jan 27, 2015 | Essays
This post could just as well be re-titled, The scariest thing I’ve read in some time. What I’m referring to is not the Koch brothers’ aspirations for governance but a recent New Yorker article titled: “When I Grow Up”. Since this article...
by aaron | Jan 16, 2015 | Essays
It’s something new every day in a restaurant. Earlier this week I served two women at the bar who wanted to share a bottle of wine with their dinner. This process took a while, for the woman who was “in charge” of the decision [1]I cannot comprehend...
by aaron | Jan 1, 2015 | blog, Essays
2015 started with a bright blast here in Seattle: the thermometer struggled to reach 32°, the skies above cleared themselves wide open and bluer-than-blue, and the sun, visible for once, permitted a scroll of wonders: snow-tipped mountains sparkled everywhere along...