Chronicles is a running record of civic participation, technical experiments, creative work, and local community life—documenting not just what I build, but what I notice, question, and contribute along the way.
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100 Word Stories: The Ledger of the Woods
A silent, one-eyed owl watches the forest like a carved sentinel, his presence hushed and heavy beneath the moon’s reflected beauty. Rarely speaking, he challenges wanderers not with “who,” but “whom,” demanding accountability before anyone dares to pass. read more
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Papers, Please: Prove You’re the Author
My Dreamy Tags plugin hit an unexpected checkpoint: proving I owned my own code. What followed was a crash course in WordPress identity, domain email forwarding, forgotten accounts, and DNS quirks—ending with verified ownership, cleaner infrastructure, and hard-won lessons learned. read more
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Public Domain Isn’t the End of the Story
While turning pre-1930 Virginia newspaper ads into block prints, I ran into questions about public domain, archive scans, and attribution. This post documents that legal gray area, explores Virginia Chronicle’s terms of use, and explains why I chose to ask for guidance. read more
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Kena Shrine: Apple Valley Shrine Club: Secretary
An unexpected nomination turned into a fast lesson in handwritten minutes, dues tracking, and club logistics. Stepping in as secretary mid-meeting highlighted the difference between structure and improvisation—and offered a small glimpse into how a newly formed club begins taking shape. read more
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I Went to a Clown Lounge and Won Something
I arrived late to a Clown Lounge Art Revue expecting to observe, not participate. Instead, I found myself quietly awarded “most inner-clown energy,” holding a sad gyrating Elvis, and reconsidering whether waiting to be ready was the right approach at all. read more
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On Being Smart Without Feeling Smart
I’ve never been sure how smart I am. Instead of chasing a number, I treated years of conversation as data and asked an AI to reflect it back. What emerged wasn’t a score, but a shape—uneven, contextual, and human. read more
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Putting on a Hobo Clown Face: A Practical Guide
A practical guide to putting on a hobo clown face, covering preparation, materials, history, and technique. This step-by-step tutorial documents tradition and practice while encouraging experimentation and generosity as each clown develops a face that feels authentic and their own. read more
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County Supervisors Approve 7 Public Hearing Matters Following Public Input and Thank Fire & Rescue for Royal Cinemas Response
Royal Examiner: It was reported that I spoke on multiple topics during the Board of Supervisors meeting, including during the restored early public comment period. My remarks were part of citizen input preceding zoning and permit votes, reflecting my ongoing role in local transparency and civic engagement. read more
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Supervisors OK permit for warehouse, storage yard
Northern Virginia Daily: This article reported that I addressed the Board during the Wendy Hill Road hearing. I urged clearer county guidance requiring neighbor consent when setback rules aren’t met, placing civic advocacy directly into the public record. read more
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After a Majority of Speakers Favor a Rooster Enabling Zoning Text Amendment Supervisors Table Proposal for Additional Work
Royal Examiner: This article covers a Warren County public hearing on a proposed rooster zoning amendment, where supervisors tabled the measure after mixed testimony. I participated by supporting progress toward a compromise while emphasizing the need for clear, enforceable noise standards before adoption. read more
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After residents squawk, supervisors delay action on rooster rules
Northern Virginia Daily: I spoke in support of allowing roosters in residential zones while raising concerns about enforceability and noise standards. My comments focused on balancing rural traditions with clear, measurable rules so residents, staff, and neighbors aren’t left in conflict. read more
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Skull & Moss Dice Set
A resin dice set with embedded skulls and moss brings strong undead atmosphere to the table, but visual details sometimes sink out of view. A thoughtful review of theme, play experience, and how novelty dice perform beyond first impressions. read more
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The Light Was Fixed. The Ceiling Was Not.
A burnt-out light was fixed quickly. The peeling ceiling above it became a recurring character. This post documents how a small facilities issue was noticed, acknowledged, joked about, apologized for, and ultimately preserved as a matter of civic record. read more
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Balancing Backyard Agriculture And Residential Peace
During the January 20, 2026 Board of Supervisors hearing, I addressed proposed amendments allowing one rooster on qualifying R-1 properties. Drawing on lived experience, I supported clearer enforcement standards to balance agricultural flexibility with neighbors’ reasonable expectation of residential quiet. read more
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Data Centers And Truck Traffic
A focused exchange from the January 20, 2026 public hearing on the 444 Baugh Drive contractor storage yard. Discussion centered on data center equipment, truck traffic, roadway geometry, sight distance concerns, and engineering responses before the Board approved the Conditional Use Permit. read more
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Transparency In STR Decisions
A January 20, 2026 exchange during multiple short-term rental hearings highlights how neighbor input influences setback waivers, questions about scoring criteria transparency, STR application trends, and calls for clearer public guidance before applicants pursue conditional use permits. read more
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Beyond The AS/400: ERP
During the January 20, 2026 ERP modernization discussion, I supported replacing the AS400 financial system while urging finalized scope clarity — particularly regarding Treasurer inclusion, FOIA responsiveness as a defined use case, and oversight reporting tools before releasing the RFP. read more
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When “Stuff” Isn’t Enough: A WordPress.org Lesson
A follow-up reflection on submitting my first WordPress plugin, discovering how a joking profile placeholder triggered automated safeguards, and learning that context, presentation, and identity matter just as much as clean code when contributing to shared open-source platforms. read more
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Cibus Mission: Ordained Minister
Cibus Mission provided immediate digital credentials, a mailed certificate, and a formal letter of good standing, explicitly authorizing marriage solemnization. The process was fast and professional, though the annual renewal requirement highlights how modern religious bodies face obligations traditional clergy do not. read more
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Universal Life Church Headquarters: Ordained Minister
A surprise human-reviewed ordination, a mailed certificate with no upfront cost, and a brochure dense enough to qualify as spiritual archival material. Universal Life Church Headquarters revealed a very different, deeply analog side of online ordination. read more
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A Day Preparing Dreamy Tags for WordPress.org
A day spent preparing my Dreamy Tags WordPress plugin for publication turned into an unexpected deep dive into licensing, performance checks, block polish, and the surprise of a disabled WordPress.org account—proof that even familiar platforms still hold surprises. read more
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Pocket-Sized Magic Coloring Book
A pocket-sized take on a classic magic coloring book, this review explores simplicity, presentation, and audience reaction. Small enough to carry anywhere, it proves that familiar tricks still spark wonder when paired with thoughtful performance and playful interaction. read more
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Monica Podcast: Effective Output, Uneasy Terms
This review documents an early-2026 evaluation of Monica Podcast, an AI podcast generator that delivers compelling results while surrounding them with pressure-driven pricing, opaque policy terms, and consent-shaping interface design. Effective output, uneasy terms. read more
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100 Word Stories: Superpowers of Spooker Boy
Behind this Paranoid challenge story, I leaned into Gen X childhood nostalgia, streetlights signaling curfew, and turned paranoia into awareness. Spooker Boy’s superpower is simply observation. I recorded it with Audacity, shaped producer.ai music, and aimed for playful tension throughout. read more
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Dreamy Tags
Dreamy Tags is a WordPress plugin that creates meaningful, filtered tag clouds by narrowing results to specific categories and tags. Built for real archives and evolving projects, it surfaces recurring themes while hiding administrative noise. read more
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From Shortcodes to Blocks: A Small WordPress Victory
After years of fighting awkward tag cloud plugins, I built my own. This post walks through the frustrations, the leap into WordPress plugin development, the realities of Gutenberg blocks, and how a filtered tag cloud finally helped surface patterns in my Dreamy Audio podcast. read more
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Navigation over Narrative: A Minimalist Cyberpunk Overhaul
I’ve overhauled my homepage into a streamlined cyberpunk navigation hub. By transitioning to icon-based routing and a transparent “open-calendar” contact system, the site now functions as a true command center for my technical projects, civic advocacy, and historical archives. read more
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Dogbert’s Clues for the Clueless
Purchased days after Scott Adams’ death, this fifty-cent Dogbert collection mixes biting office humor with oddly formal etiquette. Its four-panel strips invite quiet, compulsive giggling, making it both a time capsule of 1993 and a small, affectionate memorial. read more
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Samuels Library relying on fundraisers to finish year without county money
Northern Virginia Daily: As a Samuels Public Library trustee, I’m referenced asking whether any programming would be cut if fundraising slows. My question prompted staff to explain how grants and donations are sustaining services, highlighting my focus on planning and continuity during financial uncertainty. read more
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Restoring Blue Hair: A Digital Archaeology Project
A forgotten virtual-world podcast is reborn through archival digging, audio restoration, and digital forensics. From dusty USB drives to the Wayback Machine, Blue Hair now lives again, preserved for future explorers of early metaverse culture. read more
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The Slide Whistle That Didn’t Become a Chew Toy
An Amazon approved review of the American Song Whistle shows how this nickel-plated slide whistle moves beyond novelty. With real pitch control, stable harmonics, and surprising musical range, it proves that even comic instruments can sing. read more
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Where I Lived, Who I Became
I’m building a living archive of the places I’ve lived, blending memory, documents, and my mother’s final journal. As I fill in the gaps, I’m learning not just where I lived—but how I became who I am. read more
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Bright, complex-sounding tingsha with a fast decay
An Amazon approved review of Boao Tibetan tingsha bells examines their bright, high pitched tone, measured decay time, and harmonic complexity. Spectrogram analysis reveals shimmering overtones, making these weighty meditation cymbals well suited for sound cues, mindfulness, and audio experiments. read more
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Cartilage-Powered Music, Finally
An Amazon approved review of the Original Blue Kazoo explores its anodized aluminum body, replaceable membranes, and surprising durability. From silent shipping mishaps to cartilage powered nose playing, this pocket sized instrument proves novelty and engineering can happily collide. read more
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Tartan, Twirls, and the Library Till
I bought a ticket to Samuels Public Library’s first Scottish Cèilidh, a lively night of kilts, fiddles, food, and dancing. Part fundraiser, part cultural adventure, it’s my small step toward supporting the library’s future. read more
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Trust, Art, and the Machine
AI music isn’t just changing how songs are made—it’s changing who we think is making them. As virtual performers emerge, the real conflict becomes trust, authorship, and narrative, not sound, forcing us to rethink what it means to connect with an artist. read more
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Designing a Website That Thinks Like a Library
A behind-the-scenes look at reorganizing my website into a living archive, separating career, hobbies, and civic writing while transforming the blog into Chronicles. It explains how structure, metadata, and AI-assisted search turn years of content into an explorable, evolving personal record. read more
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100 Word Stories: Alone With a Broken Bulb
Wrote and produced a 100-word microfiction story for Weekly Challenge #1029, crafting thematic audio using producer.ai and Audacity with intentional pacing, emotional music layering, and narrative timing to enhance mood and storytelling impact. read more
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Marvin’s Magic: Kings to Aces
A $5.99 collectible card trick purchased in a small-town toy store becomes part of a growing magic archive. Kings to Aces documents packaging, performance, and the role simple tricks play in building confidence while entertaining children. read more
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American Song Whistle
A nickel-plated American Song Whistle is tested after my dog destroyed several toy slide whistles. With spectrogram analysis and musical trials, this curious aerophone proves itself a true melodic instrument, hidden within a famously comic sound. read more
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Boao Tingsha
A pair of Tibetan tingsha cymbals acquired for playful curiosity and pocket-sized performance, explored through ritual meaning, acoustic analysis, and clown mischief. This entry blends meditation bells, spectral frequencies, knot-tying mishaps, and everyday experimentation into a living sound artifact. read more
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Blue Kazoo
An anodized aluminum tubular mirliton with replaceable membranes, acquired in 2026 for durable pocket-sized music making. Used for playful experimentation, nose-based resonance, and novelty performance, demonstrating how voice-activated membrane instruments transform human vibration into comic, buzzy sound. read more
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Remo Thunder Tube
A compact spring drum used to create rolling thunder and lightning-like effects through a vibrating metal spring attached to a membrane. This thunder tube is explored as a tactile sound-design tool, blending physical motion, rumble, and playful experimental percussion. read more
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Supervisors Meeting: Not All Transparency Looks the Same
An ordinary email of mine became part of the public record when it was read aloud in a tense boardroom. This post reflects on how process, power, and transparency collided—and how quiet procedural questions reshaped a highly political vote. read more
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What the Public Needs to Know Before It Sells A County Asset
When curiosity revealed a consent agenda land sale sat on one of Front Royal’s busiest roads, Lewis Moten asked why its value had halved and urged clear appraisal, adjacency, and marketing data before Warren County sold public property to a buyer. read more
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Royal Examiner: What’s at Stake Thursday? Is Transparency a Board Priority or a Slogan?
Supervisor Richard Jamieson casts the January 8 meeting as a defining choice between openness and retreat, arguing that reconsidering the Legal Services Transparency and Review Policy would weaken public trust by undoing requirements for written legal analysis, narrow closed sessions, and cost reporting. read more
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Royal Examiner: Categorical Legal Cost Reporting Is Common Sense
Supervisor Richard Jamieson argues that quarterly, categorical legal-cost reporting will expose Warren County’s unusually high spending by showing who requests legal work and for what, while the response cautions that true accountability depends on fixing the underlying workflows, not just publishing expense totals. read more
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Royal Examiner: Closed Sessions: The Standard We Should Meet
An article by Supervisor Jamieson defends strict FOIA-based limits on closed sessions through advance notice and written justification, while a process-focused response argues that compliance alone is insufficient unless governance systems reliably create durable, auditable records that prevent misuse and support real transparency. read more
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Royal Examiner: Transparency, Meeting Rules, and Library Board Repeal Headline January 8 Supervisors Meeting
An article on the January 8 meeting highlights removal of a closed session, debate over the transparency policy, proposed rule changes, and a library board repeal, while a process-focused reflection shows how agenda structure and timing, not shifting values, determined who could participate and how effectively. read more
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Royal Examiner: Why Legal Reasoning Behind Legislation Must Be Public Record
An article by Supervisor Jamieson argues that legislative legal analysis must be written and public under FOIA to support informed lawmaking, while a process-focused response cautions that documentation alone does not ensure accountability unless record creation, governance, and use are carefully engineered. read more
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Royal Examiner: Transparency vs. Closed Doors: Warren County Policy Debate Heads Into the Spotlight
An interview with Supervisor Rich Jamieson outlines a transparency policy requiring public legal analysis and stricter closed-session rules, while a process-focused response cautions that real accountability depends on how information systems are designed, recorded, and preserved over time, not simply whether discussions occur in public or private. read more
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Lewis Moten: Legal Policy
I agreed to have my views presented publicly, emphasizing accuracy and context. I clarified that my concerns focus on process, not opposition to transparency, and noted I was still evaluating whether additional policy layers were necessary beyond existing FOIA requirements. read more
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Cheryl Cullers: Legal Policy
A county supervisor requested permission to present my written perspective on the Legal Services Transparency and Review Policy during the January 8 supervisors meeting, acknowledging the value of the input and signaling that my comments would be incorporated into the public agenda discussion. read more
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Richard Jamieson: Perspective on the Legal Services Transparency and Review Policy
A follow-up email from a county supervisor continuing a detailed defense of the Legal Services Transparency policy. It adjusted recipients, noted undisclosed BCC distribution, removed reporters, and expanded a point-by-point rebuttal grounded in FOIA law, governance norms, and legislative transparency principles. read more
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Royal Examiner: Why Is the Board Reconsidering Legal Services Transparency and Review?
An article by Supervisor Jamieson defends a transparency policy requiring public legislative legal analysis, while a process-focused response argues that stalled ordinances reflect information-handling failures rather than missing rules, and warns that poorly designed procedural layers can introduce risk, distort behavior, and weaken governance. read more
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Letting JSON Define Who Writes the Story
What began as character prompts became a system of constraints. By binding personas to canon through JSON, Story Forge generates authors who write consistently, ethically, and in-world—less like AI outputs, more like real voices embedded in a living archive. read more
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Royal Examiner: Transparency Can’t Be the First Casualty of a New Term
A Royal Examiner article warns that a new transparency policy may be undermined by closed sessions, while a process-focused response argues that true accountability depends on how records, exemptions, and workflows are designed and maintained, not simply whether meetings are public or private. read more
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We Keep Asking the Wrong Question About Voting
Voting itself mostly works. What feels broken are the incentives, tone, and culture surrounding it. Low participation, polarization, and performative politics distort outcomes, turning governance into a popularity contest and shifting focus away from accountability, collaboration, and problem-solving. read more
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100 Word Stories: The Scissor Situation
Fifteen years later, I finally returned to the 100 Word Stories challenge, submitting a new audio-produced microfiction complete with narration, custom music, clever timing, and clown chaos. A fun, heartfelt reconnection with creativity, community, and storytelling joy. read more
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The World is Alive
After plenty of trial and error, Story Forge is finally breathing: a space-themed world, futuristic date codes, auto-tagged WordPress posts, and a hardened worker pipeline. Feeding distilled world docs sharpened the canon—and now the next step is fully automating story, image, and publishing. read more
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Prototyping a Canon-Aware Story System
I’m experimenting with an automated, multi-author blog using the OpenAI API while wiring up WordPress. Personas generate stories and songs with shared memory, structured JSON, and evolving canon—an in-progress exploration of turning world-building notes into a living, distributed narrative system. read more
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Your Life Deserves More Than a Status Update
Social media posts fade, but blogs endure. By organizing stories, backdating memories, linking reflections, and shaping design, a website becomes an intentional archive—part journal, part memoir, part history—where experiences gain context, meaning, and a home you truly control. read more
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Timeline for Virtual Consciousness
Experimenting with an LLM, I fed it my dystopian notes about EEG tech and virtual consciousness. It produced “The First Borrowed Step” and a fictional robot gospel, transforming loose timelines and questions into unsettling, scripture-styled world-building that expands my future. read more
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Richard Jamieson: Perspective on the Legal Services Transparency and Review Policy
A public reply from a county supervisor reframing a private policy discussion into a transparency debate, copying other supervisors, staff, and local press. The message defends the Legal Services Transparency policy, cites FOIA law, and positions legislative legal analysis as part of the public deliberative process. read more
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Royal Examiner: When the Law Is Made in the Dark, Democracy Suffers
A Royal Examiner article advocates for public access to legislative legal analysis under FOIA, while my response emphasizes that transparency alone is not enough. The design of record-keeping and disclosure systems matters because poorly structured processes can introduce legal, operational, and governance risks. read more
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Richard Jamieson: Perspective on the Legal Services Transparency and Review Policy
A brief reply from the WCFAC chair acknowledging the substance of my policy concerns, indicating a forthcoming detailed response to the full board, and referencing Virginia FOIA statutes and advisory opinions as relevant legal context for the discussion. read more
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Lewis Moten: Materials for Our Data Review Discussion
A reply to the WCFAC chair explaining my custom data-analysis workflow, limits of automation without stable county data access, and rationale for separating policy concerns into a broader supervisory discussion, while keeping this exchange focused on tools, methods, and transparent financial analysis. read more
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Lewis Moten: Perspective on the Legal Services Transparency and Review Policy
An email to the full Board of Supervisors outlining concerns with the Legal Services Transparency and Review Policy, arguing it creates legal, financial, and operational risks. Emphasized balancing transparency with attorney–client privilege, risk management, and effective governance. read more
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Richard Jamieson: Materials for Our Data Review Discussion
A follow-up email from the chair of the Warren County Finance Audit Committee responding to my data analysis work. It acknowledges the tools I built, asks about automation, repeatability, and analytical methods, and reflects continued dialogue on audit practices and transparency following a public meeting. read more
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13 Years Later… My Domain Finally Came Back to Me
After 13 years wandering the web, my original domain finally came home. I discovered it dormant while browsing the Wayback Machine, reclaimed it, and secured it for the next decade—along with memories of tiny pages, lost history, and unexpected adventure. read more
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The Art of the Rat Tickle
Rodent joy-marker analysis via Purdue’s free certification. This “Comedic Science” elective provides empirical legitimacy to clowning studies, proving “useless” knowledge is a social superpower—from peer-reviewed romantic maneuvers to potential interstellar communication as a specialist in interspecies joy. read more
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Marshall Electronics: VS-PTC-200 Camera Controller
Expertly manage multi-camera live-stream broadcasts using the Marshall VS-PTC-200 controller. Utilize 4D joystick precision and custom presets to deliver seamless, high-definition visual transitions, ensuring professional-grade production for church services and community events. read more
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Sons of the American Revolution: Bronze 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution Medal
Awarded by the Sons of the American Revolution for active participation in the 250th Anniversary commemoration program. Earned through consistent attendance at historical lectures, Color Guard service, and public outreach, demonstrating a commitment to preserving and promoting Revolutionary War history. read more
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Wreaths Across America
I was proud to make my debut in the SAR Color Guard during Wreaths Across America. Despite the biting wind and cold, I bore the chapter flag and laid a wreath in honor of our fallen heroes. read more
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Youth Protection Training
To better serve our community and the next generation, I’ve completed the SAR University Youth Protection Training. This certification allows me to safely lead and support youth-focused events, starting with this year’s Wreaths Across America and our local Scouts. read more
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Lewis Moten: Materials for Our Data Review Discussion
An email sent to the chair of the Warren County Finance Audit Committee outlining the tools, methods, and datasets used to analyze county financial records. It documents the technical context behind audit-related findings and a follow-up to a public meeting discussion. read more
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Church of the Open Road: Ordained Minister
I’ve added another “Ordained Minister” credential to my collection. Through the Church of the Open Road, I’ve adopted a structured, six-step roadmap to ensure that my foray into ministerial authority is as legally sound as it is meaningful. read more
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From “Bag of Rocks” to Public Advocate
A year ago, a leaked insult pushed me to start speaking at Board of Supervisors meetings. Since then, I’ve grown into a public advocate—researching, analyzing, and showing up. This post reflects that journey and encourages others to find their voice, too. read more
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Warren County supervisors OK short-term rentals
Northern Virginia Daily: During a Board of Supervisors public hearing, I’m quoted as a resident raising concerns about vague short-term rental ordinances, unpredictable approvals, and transparency gaps. My comments addressed housing affordability, tax accountability, and the need for clearer standards, which supervisors acknowledged as valid. read more
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One Voice Matters: An Unexpected Dialogue with the Board
On December 9, 2025, I stood before the Warren County Board of Supervisors to advocate for transparency in housing and public comment policy. What began as a series of technical critiques ended in a meaningful call to action for civic engagement. read more
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Samuels Public Library: 100-Hours Recognition
Awarded for technical mentorship, makerspace education, and policy advocacy. As a Trustee, authored data-driven audits to protect library funding, facilitated “What the Tech!” workshops, and led specialized laser-cutting and 3D-printing training while preserving local heritage through original Wikipedia publications. read more
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Two Dinners and a Gospel-Singing Camel
Today brought a clear head, a raspy voice, and the possibility of two dinners in one night—proof that fellowship comes in many forms. Between bronchitis, translation experiments, and a gospel-singing camel, midweek life feels wonderfully unpredictable and full of grace. read more
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Unity Lodge No. 146: William N. Wood Award
Recipient of the prestigious William N. Wood Meritorious Achievement Award, conferred by unanimous decision of the Past Masters. Recognized for outstanding contributions to Lodge digitizing initiatives, community outreach, and dedicated service, reflecting the highest standards of Masonic character and leadership. read more
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Unity Lodge No. 146: Junior Warden
On December 3, 2025, I reached a major milestone at Unity No. 146. Being elected as Junior Warden is one of the highest honors a Lodge can bestow—though my journey involved a last-minute sprint that my brothers won’t let me forget anytime soon. read more
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The Flu Said No — But the County Said Yes
A doctor visit, new medications, and a week of exhaustion didn’t stop unexpected progress. From county corrective actions to Rotary history requests, AI music reels, Masonic preparations, maker-space projects, and finally joining the Mah Jongg League, it became a strangely productive stretch despite feeling awful. read more
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First Baptist Church: Technical Media Operations Lead
December 2025 – Present (weekly). Manage live audio, lighting, and multi-camera video production for church services and events. Operate digital mixing and streaming systems, support bilingual content preparation, document technical workflows, and troubleshoot equipment to ensure reliable broadcasts, onboarding continuity, and consistent service execution. read more
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Jingle Bell Stick
Purchased a jingle bell stick as a low-cost percussion experiment. Evaluated unpitched rhythm, shaken-idiophone behavior, and durability. Observed animal responses to sound. Assessed suitability for early childhood use, noting safety considerations related to attached bells and small components during testing. read more
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Double-Ended Rattle
Purchased a double-ended rattle as a low-cost musical experiment. Evaluated sound amplification, grip techniques, and rhythmic use. Observed animal responses and considered suitability as an introductory percussion instrument for toddlers, offering controlled noise and tactile engagement compared to household objects. read more
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When Modern Accountability Meets 1980s Technology
A canceled county meeting led me into a surprising look at our decades-old financial system—complete with telnet screens and missing programmers. Between illness, community kindness, and late-night coding, I built a powerful new tool to analyze general-ledger data and push modernization forward. read more
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Universal Ministries: Selected, Appointed, Empowered, and Ordained Minister
In November 2025, I was formally ordained as a Minister through Universal Ministries. Equipped with official credentials and diverse ceremony scripts—ranging from brief vows to contemporary blessings—I am now empowered to officiate marriages and support my community during life’s most sacred milestones. read more
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Standardizing the Standards: My Feedback on Special Housing and ADUs
I challenged the Town Council to refine “confusing” definitions for Accessory Dwelling Units and raised concerns over favoritism in housing permits. However, I also took time to praise the Town’s budget for its exceptional clarity compared to other local reports. read more
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A New Way to Serve: Finding My Place in the Tech Booth
One week after joining First Baptist, I found myself behind the soundboard. Swapping flight simulators for a 32-channel mixer, I discovered that technical skills can be a powerful way to serve a congregation in real-time. read more
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PreSonus: StudioLive 32SX 32-Channel Digital Mixer
Operate the PreSonus StudioLive 32SX 32-channel digital console for live worship services. Expertly manages 32 XMAX preamps and Fat Channel processing to balance high-dynamic audio, including pulpit transitions, choir reinforcement, and real-time gain/EQ adjustments for diverse vocal ranges. read more
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Steps Toward Transparency
At the Nov. 11 BOS meeting, I thanked the board for addressing senior center issues and raised concerns about scanned cash, unreadable financial reports, and limited delinquent tax data. Supervisors later acknowledged the problems and agreed to review reporting formats at the December Finance/Audit Committee meeting. read more
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Puzzles and Photocopies: Challenging “Unreadable” Financial Reports
While I thanked the Board for finally addressing Senior Center flooring, I raised alarms over “unreadable” financial reports featuring scanned physical cash and fragmented tables. The Board agreed the format was a “puzzle” and committed to reform at the December Finance meeting. read more
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Discordianism: Popehood
According to the Principia Discordia, you were born a Pope—you just didn’t have the paperwork to prove it. On November 17, 2025, I finally printed my credentials, embracing a faith where every human is their own highest authority. read more
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A Gentle Change of Direction
I’m grateful for my former church, but I’ve found a new place that welcomes my whole self. After visiting several congregations, I discovered a church where I can grow, serve, and connect deeply with my community. read more
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A Place to Take Root: Joining First Baptist Church
On November 16, 2025, a quiet search for community led me to the front of First Baptist Church. It wasn’t a dramatic scene, but a simple, peaceful moment of joining a congregation ready to walk beside me. read more
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A Tale of Two Vendors: Why the Ledger Raises New Questions
Recent ledger entries reveal payments to Vision Government Solutions that occurred before Board approval, used incorrect account codes, and exceeded documented contract amounts. Several high-value invoices lack visible authorization, raising questions about procurement compliance, timing, and the accuracy of the FY24 audit-delay report. read more
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Kena Shrine: Apple Valley Shrine Club: Parade Coordinator
When founding a new club, you look for the right tools for the job. For the Apple Valley Shrine Club, that meant reaching back into the history books to bring back a classic office—and I’m honored to be the one stepping into it. read more
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