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Ben

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I'm 25, and work at a Bennett Machine after flunking out of college three times in my fruitless search for a history/econ major. I exercise my love for history now by writing alternate-history stories and papers, and try and argue with my history professor father about their logic.I'm a huge NPR geek. The AM station out of Iowa City broadcasts BBC world service after 11 every night and it's a life saver.I play in a band called Boomstick!, and we rock right now. Make us your friend.My wife Amber is the love of my life.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

(in chronological order...) Arturus, Jesus Christ, John an Abigail Adams, Andrew Jackson, Sam Houston, Winfield Scott, Thomas Hart Benton, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, William Tecumseh Sherman, George Custer, William Gordon, Lilly Schull, Theodore Roosevelt, Eugene V. Debs, Woody Guthrie, John Pershing, Woodrow Wilson, The Black Sox, Emma Goldman, Michael Collins, Churchill, Eisenhower, Rommel, Henry Wallace, FDR, Buck Owens, Johnny Horton, Johnny Cash, Lyndon Johnson, George Dukakis, Adam Duritz, Bill Clinton, Bob Dole, Al Gore, Howard Dean, Ben Nichols, Jay Farrar (again), myself circa-2000.

My Blog

Solo act?

So this one time, a long time ago, my best bud Danny showed me (i.e. sat in front of the computer and did it for me) how to set up a myspace. Now I've thought that maybe I should have some sort of sol...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:25:00 GMT

Cowboys and Mounties...

I know I said I was going to talk about my hatred of the smoking ban, but I decided I can't wait on this one right now.See, I've been reading a lot of Canadian history. I've done a lot of that over my...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:37:00 GMT

Internet, eh?

So, it's true: Ben Prewitt finally got the internet. It took...uh...three years and a marriage to get it, but it worked. So now I suppose I'm going to rant more. In any case,  I know people don't care...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:11:00 GMT

Solo shows and smoke

After much long and anxious waiting, Ben Prewitt finally got to a computer long enough to post a blog. The show last night, in Devin's basement, was pretty enjoyable. I met some cool new folks from De...
Posted by on Sun, 20 May 2007 10:01:00 GMT

What's a car, now?

Well...long time, no post. There's a good reason for that. It appears that on the day the Bears lost the Super Bowl, my head gasket went, so my car was in the shop for about three weeks. Two hours aft...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 01:18:00 GMT

My toe...my precious toe...

Well, folks...Ben's on the disable list. I had a toenail removed and hurts like a bitch. I don't think I'll have footstomping fun at the show tonight. That would hurt horribly. At least I don't have t...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 09:57:00 GMT

Maybe Lilly Schull will finally stop talking...

The Life and Times of Lilly Schull is finally coming within sight. I think that Lilly Schull, the band, and Lilly Schull, the fictional dead girl that's been living with me for going on two years now,...
Posted by on Thu, 04 May 2006 18:49:00 GMT

This Machine Kills Fascists.

I decided to jump back into blogging. Lilly Schull (my band) is really kicking into gear, and Johnny and Bambi got moved in on the first floor of their place. Everything's looking pretty good. The hou...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:28:00 GMT

The Needs of Friends and the Desires of Self

After downing ten aspirin, I'm about ready to go into town. I don't think I've had enough of them, personally, but I get this way before shows. Dan called and said that his girlfriend's friend needs s...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:24:00 GMT

Tired and Tried.

After a practice that stretched until midnight, I got home for a cozy 3 hours of sleep before getting up for work. The plant was gray metal and solder fumes like usual, but the Son Volt songs kept me ...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Jun 2005 15:48:00 GMT