This past week was the best week of fishing at Hot Creek in my life. I've always heard about the 30-fish days, but the most we've ever...

As with many ex evangelicals, my journey out of faith took me on a path down the left-hand side of the religious spectrum. I was raised...

After finishing part 3 of the Census ordeal, I was surprised at how stressed I felt as I relived the experience. After I came home from...

Originally posted 1/9/2021 We sometimes refer to a moment of reckoning as a “come to Jesus” moment, as if returning to Jesus is akin to...

I looked up the weather forecast for the next week in Bakersfield. 110 degrees every single day. Fuck it. I was in. Work was pretty much...

One of the reasons I kept working as a census enumerator, outside of the hopes of a new guitar, was the fact that the count for each...

When I think back on the five total weeks I spent as a census worker, I remember an endless string of angry, mean, suspicious and scared...

My parents are conservative evangelical Christians. In most ways, they are what you’d think they are. They identify as republican and...

Like many angst-ridden kids, I found an identity in rock music. As an Asian kid in a predominantly white suburb of early 80’s Los...

This was my first "popular" post on Facebook ten years ago. I have updated it for today. Bah Humbug. Conservatives are always...

Given the daily and sometimes hourly apocalyptic news happening (fall, 2019) these days, it’s almost comforting to think back to simpler...

When I was in college, a white friend and I were talking about our families, telling stories and sharing insights into the things that...

Prominent evangelical leaders and celebrities seem to be raining down from the heavens, announcing they are no longer Christians. ...

Preface If we’re honest with ourselves, there are countless reasons for a parent to be mad in every sense of the word. Whether due to...

There’s a scene at the end of the movie, A Beautiful Mind, where John Nash, having found a way to deal with the people his mind has...

As the debate rages about what went down at the nation’s capital this past weekend between Nathan Phillips and his Native American...

A lawyer gets labeled a troublemaker because she gives her opinion and asks questions. A professor gets ousted from her department for...

Old guy music rant. This one should annoy everyone. Including me. My friends hate it when I make fun of some commercial hip hop and let...

Blog update: After starting off the year writing regularly here, I regained the rhythm and momentum to return to finishing my book about...

I wrote this little rant this morning on Facebook: I'm losing faith in education. While I always believe the liberal arts is the only...