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Benny the Mudflap

Mickey Mantle don't pay my bills...

About Me

This is close. "Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity."
- Socrates

My Interests

I'm interested in getting more of these...

I'd like to meet:

Kurt Vonnegut, John Bonham, Robert Johnson, Hugo Chavez, Pete Rose, Rene Belbenoit, Benjamin Franklin, Paul Robeson, Jeffrey Eugenides, Frances McDormand, Tom Hanks, Method Man and Jimmy Carter...

Music:

"If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music... and of aviation."
— Tom Stoppard

Movies:

"The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder."
— Alfred Hitchcock

Television:

"Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?"
— Al Boliska

Books:

"I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy."
— Frank Zappa

Heroes:

"We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by."
— Will Rogers

My Blog

Phoenix is hot, and reminds me of Stand and Deliver.

I've always dug Edward James Olmos, especially as the upstart calculus teacher who turned a young Lou Diamond Phillips into the man, he admittedly, always wanted to be.  But, when I saw Lou's co...
Posted by Benny the Mudflap on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:18:00 PST

Gravy should be eaten, and not worn as pants...

you ever get that no so fresh feeling in the morning?you ever get it for a week?you ever wonder why some days you rise with vigor and others with distaste?I often wonder it all, 5 hours of sleep a nig...
Posted by Benny the Mudflap on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:13:00 PST

sleep deprived tour babble.

Much like any other morning, it's 9AM, and I'm awake well before anyone else.  I usually write in my journal, or grab first shower...but today, I will bless the microchip world with my unrelentin...
Posted by Benny the Mudflap on Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:43:00 PST

Lifetime...

made me feel 15. The sweaty sea of bodies and familiar faces made me feel like I found the fountain of youth. I'm not an old, jaded bastard like the bulk of my contemporaries. But last night, I fe...
Posted by Benny the Mudflap on Mon, 22 Aug 2005 08:02:00 PST