Acclaim

“I’d like to commit a little journalistic heresy and laud a competitor. I love the ‘Ask an Uptight Seattleite’ column in the Seattle Weekly … As with all good satire, it parodies the powers that be. And in this case, we are the powers that be … Every week it is a guaranteed belly laugh. … If you are reading this, Mr. Uptight Seattleite, why do you think so many of us seek out your goofy advice of nothingness? Whatever it is, keep it coming.”
—Andrea Otanez, former Seattle Times editor

“It is so dead-on accurate that when my wife first came across it in the paper, she didn’t realize it was a parody … In each issue, he answers queries from readers in the classic, fussy, moralizing Seattle manner.”
—David Klinghoffer, in Shattered Tablets: Why We Ignore the Ten Commandments at Our Peril

“It has multiple levels of satire built on an extremely keen reading of classic Northwest types. Like all good parody, it sends up the people we hate while at the same time hitting occasionally too close to home. And it’s satisfyingly cruel to its targets. Merciless, even. Especially when it’s hitting close to home. It’s not only better than any column the Weekly has ever published, I would say it’s the best column in the city. The level of detail—from the name of his dog to the passive-aggressive arrogance—is the mark of a very astute social observer.”
—Hellbox

“I dare you not to laugh out loud.”
—Fernsehturm

The back cover of A Sensitive Liberal’s Guide to Life spurs an extended discussion of placenta on the Bob Rivers Show (KZOK):