The Back Porch

So I’m sitting here in a café in Seattle (to keep this cliché from going any further, no, it isn’t raining), and I’m thinking to myself that I haven’t written much for the Back Porch lately.
So I find myself thinking back through the past few months to figure out what has changed or developed or […]

This particular link is probably going to grind some gears, but I thought it was a good one. I’m not going to say what it’s about, per se (so as not to ruin the opening line in the article), but I will say that it’s worth reading.
http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2007/02/teetotalist_gif.html
Keep it real, folks.
Peter

For as long as I can remember I’ve never felt at home. I’m not sure if it’s some kind of strange insecurity or what, but I feel almost perpetually out of place. Family reunions are basically the worst, followed thereafter by sporting events, birthday parties, normal parties, and bachelorette parties. Then after that is basically […]

The problem with faith is that you don’t know if it worked until it’s too late.
Of course, that creates a paradox, since if you knew it was going to work, would it be faith? Probably 8 out of 10 discussions about faith end up referring to a chair… I suspect it is because of the plentiful nature of chairs, except of course in desert wastelands, as well as movies that are set to take place in ancient China. So, to carry on the tradition, I’ll talk about a chair.