Apocalyptic Thoughts

Maybe it started with the downward turn in the U.S. economy, but regardless of its origin there nevertheless is a growing “apocalyptic” concern amongst Westerners – primarily, Americans. Of course, this dynamic is nothing new: the Great Depression, WWII, 1984, Y2K, and 9-11 are all instances that engendered vibrant apocalyptic expectation.
What sorts of things are [...]

What Church Should Not Be Like

I’d almost forgotten about my old church, The City Church, and how damaging it was to me both as a Christian and a human being, but then I came across this interesting review in the Belltown Messenger that brought all those memories back. Granted, some were good memories. I find this short review interesting in [...]

If I Wrote a Book of Proverbs…

So, while the William Buckley clan is pounding me below for my critical post on McCain and Palin, I am offering this new post for my intellectual, liberal, humanities-loving friends… all two of you (Meghan and Jason). As a 24-year-old grad student, I think it is apropos for me to share my wisdom with the [...]

Pack the Bags… We’re Moving to Venezuela!

A certain imminent fear grips me with the realization that McCain might be the next president of the U.S. If this tragedy becomes a reality, then a second fear arises – namely, that if McCain dies in office then we will have a soccer mom for president. Critics on both sides of the political spectrum [...]

Transportation Difficulties: What is the Real Problem?

This morning I walked into my favorite local coffee shop, the Rocket, and purchased my usual americano, sat down, and picked up a copy of the Pacific Northwest Inlander. The Inlander is a local paper that serves Eastern Washington and North Idaho. Flipping past the pages filled with the usual periodical banalities and curious [...]

Positions: An Online Journal That I Just Made Up

Perhaps the problem is too much free time, but despite the motive, the end result is a blog post that is too long and too much like a journal article. In order to find a place for this textual creation, I decided to start my own online journal where I can publish whatever I feel [...]

Life in Spokane Part 2

It’s day four in Spokane, and I’m still getting used to the changes of life. First of all, I am starting to get used to how different Seattle and Spokane are in terms of fundamental technology. Of course, being used to the debit card method of paying for parking, Spokane’s old-fashioned coin meter system was [...]

Life in Spokane

Leaving the skyscrapers, overpriced real estate, and traffic behind, Spokane invites me to new scenery and new challenges.

More pictures are available on my Pictures page. The above picture is actually a shot from my backyard, or, more specifically, from across the street. I moved into a cute little studio, which is complete with all the [...]

Trip to Spokane

Want to experience a city in one day, and on foot too? Go to Spokane.

This city, nestled in the hills of eastern Washington, boasts all the conveniences of city life, but without the traffic, the noise, and the expenses, of big city living. My eyes widened with excitement as I noticed the large wide sidewalks, [...]

Roskolnikov and I

Given all the free time that I have had recently, I decided to pick up Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and devour it. After only a few chapters I noticed that Raskolnikov, the protagonist, and I share some of the same personality characteristics. This block of text is what first caught my attention:
It was remarkable that [...]