Epic Day at Hot Creek- And Did Those Old Guys Call the Police on Us?
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...
The Road Taken- Sex and Waffles Triumph Over Church
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...
The Last Census Post...Forever
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...
It Was You, Jesus- It's Time to Let Christianity Go
We sometimes refer to a moment of reckoning as a “come to Jesus” moment, as if returning to Jesus is akin to submitting to some kind of...
My Census Story- Why I Hate Most of the World- Part 3
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...
My Census Story- Why I Hate Most of the World, Part 2
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...
My Census Story: Why I Hate Most of the World- Part One
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...