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bæn

the brave man dies once; the timid man dies daily

About Me

i sustain insightful, in-depth analysis of complex ideas; i develop and support main points with logically compelling reasons and/or highly persuasive examples; i am well focused and well organized; i skillfully use sentence variety and precise vocabulary to convey meaning effectively; i demonstrate superior facility with sentence structure and language usage although i may have minor errors that do not interfere with meaning

My Interests

love, music, wine, and revolution

I'd like to meet:

will shortz

Movies:

werner herzog

Heroes:

bruno stroszek edward r. murrow daniel johnston timanderic

My Blog

message in a bottle

not sure if you guys caught the interview with this guy on 'all things considered' last week, but this shit blew my mind. i tried unsuccessfully to post this in a bulletin, but i think it's too large....
Posted by bæn on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:31:00 PST

how bout that

so i'm riding into school this morning, listening to an a.m. radio station, WASP, home of the angry white male republican voice, who so obviously has been marginalized by society over the years, and h...
Posted by bæn on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:33:00 PST

pacman suspended for season?!

how the titans gonna win any games this year? whatever happened to celebrities and athletes getting a free pass? it's my contention that the good he does (the joy he brings to myself and other titans ...
Posted by bæn on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:30:00 PST

re: dreams, mountaintops, and unknown co-conspirators

"...what in the course of history, has happened repeatedly to the theories of revolutionary thinkers and leaders of oppressed classes fighting for emancipation. During the lifetime of great revolution...
Posted by bæn on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:55:00 PST

i kill you dead, time! die!

1. Something that you recently changed:mind2. Never in my life have I sucked at:eating3. The one person who can drive me nuts, but then can always manage to make me smile is:baby jeebus (sometimes he'...
Posted by bæn on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:46:00 PST

i gotta say...today was a good day

i play mah jongg (on the myspace)...a LOT...anywhere from 4 to 5 games a day. what can i say, i like it. anyways, i just achieved a personal landmark. fifty-fucking-thousand points. in fact, it was 55...
Posted by bæn on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:57:00 PST

totally fucking creepy man

so i'm watching footage of the 1976 republican convention - a convention marred by the fanaticism of all the whack-ass pro-reagan folks...seriously, the evening before (aug 17th) a senator ripped a ph...
Posted by bæn on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:05:00 PST

i'm almost in tears

http://www.responsiblelending.org/other/action.cfm   okay guys, let's talk about overdraft fees for a minute... so yesterday around noon, i wrote a check to the electric department, for a bill th...
Posted by bæn on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 10:02:00 PST

do yourself a favor

buy this fucking cd
Posted by bæn on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PST

pee pee doo doo

Ten years ago, it was 1996. Take this survey, post the results, and see how many things have changed since then.1) How old were you?THEN: 17NOW: 272) Where did you go to school?THEN: riverdale high sc...
Posted by bæn on Fri, 19 May 2006 09:52:00 PST