by aaron | Feb 9, 2021 | blog, Essays, not-fiction
A couple years back a member of our staff playfully rewrote a famous Biblical passage dealing with the punishment of sinners.1 Somehow our essay ended up in the inbox of Senator Mike Lee (R, Utah). This isn’t surprising, for in addition to being a stalwart...
by aaron | Jan 25, 2021 | not-fiction, Scribbles&Scraps
Bonnie Prince Billy. Showbox at the Market, downtown Seattle. Monday August 9, 2010. Doors at 8PM. All Ages. $22 General Admission, plus a $1.90 charge, the latter presumably for the pleasure of the paper ticket I recently found scurried away in the pages of Sam...
by aaron | Sep 30, 2020 | blog, Essays
With the recent death of RBG and President Trump’s nomination of ACB, the Democratic Party finds itself facing the football equivalent of a 4th and long with time running out. While ACB’s nomination raises reasonable concerns about women’s reproductive rights, the...
by aaron | Sep 15, 2020 | blog, Essays
The thing about insanity is that, despite believing in its existence, each of us is certain we don’t have it. While it might be difficult to determine what, exactly, is the insane, most of us are fairly certain that whatever it is — it’s not who we...
by aaron | Aug 11, 2020 | blog, Essays, not-fiction
[This is a multi-part essay that begins with a pleasant and rolling introduction (definitely worth reading). That’s followed by a lengthy skewering of arguments in favor of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. And ends with a brief...