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Ben

About Me

I have special powers. Sometimes, I know what people are going to say before they say it. Once, I predicted the death of a goldfish. Oh, I could go on, but you'd not believe me. I see you soon growing bored and clicking on another more interesting person's page.

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My Blog

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***WARNING, THIS POST IS A LITTLE CORNY!*** A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of tagging along with my friends Karena and Natasha on a trip to the Bahamas, where Karena's mom lives. The momen...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:58:00 GMT

I am having a relationship with a kitchen appliance

I thought about calling this one, "I am going crazy again," but that seemed hardly informative. Truly, though, I am going just a little crazy right now over my new juicer. It is a Z-Star manual auger-...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:05:00 GMT

of course I ran out of duct tape before I was done

This is not going to be funny, so don't get your hopes up.  In fact, this is a pretty serious issue so I'm not going to beat around the bush about it. Have you taped plastic tarp over your window...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:08:00 GMT

You Must See this Documentary

fascinating documentary, check out others in the series.
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:16:00 GMT

99, fine like wine

How boring is it that I am obsessed with the 99 Cent Only Store?  I am amazed over and over, and I don't know why.  A Dollar General Fan?  Not I.  Family Dollar?  No...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:49:00 GMT

Not to be confused with mittelschmerz

Weltschmerz I was watching the spelling bee finals tonight and came across this word. Pronunciation: 'velt-"shmertsFunction: nounUsage: often capitalizedEtymology: German, from Welt world Schmerz pain...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 20:07:00 GMT

On a (stolen) roll

I've managed to avoid going to the grocery store for weeks now.  I don't know how I'm doing it, it's amazing.  scrounging around my cupboards for something, some scrap, some morsel, som...
Posted by on Sun, 28 May 2006 20:35:00 GMT

Senator you're no Jack Kennedy -- media rant

Is anybody else sick of hearing this?  It really irritates me for some reaon.  I knew when I saw that Senator Lloyd Bentsen had died that we'd be treated to this 1988 v.p. deb...
Posted by on Sun, 28 May 2006 08:19:00 GMT

Annie Hall

I've been re-obsessed with Annie Hall (1977) lately, it is such a good movie.  It's one I'd always end up with when I went to the video store without anything in particular in mind to rent.&...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:44:00 GMT

Synchronicity alert!

It is a strange time right now.  I see it all around me, there are so many strange coincidences and things falling into place and stories coming full circle with my friends and me, and my family ...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 23:49:00 GMT