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Ben

theburgessshale

About Me

I like naps

My Interests

Skinny Skiing, going to bullfights on acid...

I'd like to meet:

You. You are a special and unique snowflake.

Music:

I'm for it

Movies:

Big Lebowski, The Big Blue, The Machinist, Starship Troopers, Fight Club, A Life Less Ordinary, Ravenous, the Serpent and the Rainbow, Doctor Strangelove, the very remarkable version of The Merchant of Venice recently done by Al Pacino. Did you know that there have been over 50 versions of Hamlet since 1920 but Al Pacino's Merchant was the first film version since 1916? (little star shoots over my head with the banner: "The More You Know").

Television:

I'm agin' it

Books:

Excellent sources of fiber.

Heroes:

Odysseus, son of Laertes. Kelly's Heroes...

My Blog

the QUOTE BOOK

Never mind why I haven't written a blog in nearly 6 months; I'll chalk it up to a subtle perfection. But I decided to physically start something that I've used as a quick turn of phrase: the "Quote Bo...
Posted by Ben on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:45:00 PST

I just finished 'Deadwood'

Now I have to mourn one of the goddamn greatest television series of all time. I will never, ever, ever in my life have a conversation even a 1/10th as well thought out by any of the parties involved...
Posted by Ben on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:38:00 PST

The Right Stuff

Okay, here's the thing. A recent NASA review found that some astronauts were drunk prior to being launched into space.Discuss this fellow Mooninites, because I really want to know what you think. If...
Posted by Ben on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:47:00 PST

A quick test of your judgement skills

Look at this picture:if this looks like a terrorist-concocted explosive device to you, then you are a retard.Enjoy your new career in law enforcement....
Posted by Ben on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:18:00 PST

You can't spell 'friend' without 'enabler'

This weekend was my 29th birthday. A lesser man would become introspective and start to take stock of all the things he hasn't accomplished yet and would start to think: "Hey, maybe I should grow up a...
Posted by Ben on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:31:00 PST

quickie..

This one is short and brief, for no good reason at all. Went fishing on the Sauk river and Squire creek near Darrington today. Caught several rainbow and a couple were keepers (released though). Brad...
Posted by Ben on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 09:57:00 PST

Screw it

Like the D-Day of old, I got bored and went home. I did actually post a follow-up to my last entry, but for some reason it didn't go through and I literally was to lazy to re-write it. Oh well, meanti...
Posted by Ben on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:23:00 PST

D-Day for blog updates

Where do I begin? Like a Chinese buffet that shows no signs of letting up, I have decided to indulge in a little blog writing to keep my cyber-self going strong. And like a good buffet workout, this m...
Posted by Ben on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 09:05:00 PST

If nineties are retro...

    Can I start wearing my bowling shirts again? Can I? I'm really asking. Because those are comfortable shirts and I think they're timeless. Don't you think? Yea?Nay?...
Posted by Ben on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:45:00 PST

Performance Art

    Is there an unspoken pretentiousness that I must acknowledge at every turn when someone says: "I'm a _(fill in dance, paint, instrument of choice here__"? Because that would fucking...
Posted by Ben on Sat, 11 Mar 2006 09:32:00 PST