Author: Ben
Originally, I was thinking of titling this, “You Know How To Do WHAT???”, but I realized there’s a slightly different tack I want to take on this. I’ll still start from that perspective, though, so hang on – there’s a…
Yesterday (Saturday), my high school alumni held an “all classes” reunion. Quite a few years ago, my class had a small one that I attended, and I’m aware many of the other classes also have held some. But, this time,…
And, once again, it’s time to delve into the collection of this season’s anime. It’s a bit late into the season (already approaching the half-way point), but … what can I say? Been busy / distracted with a bunch of…
[Author’s Note – Based on some feedback / input. I did some major hack-and-slash-ing at the original version of this story (found here). Mostly, it’s a combination of structural reordering as well as slashing out some of the “Walls’o’infodump”ing which,…
For a while, I’ve been annoyed by some of the quirks and foibles of the design of my site. I won’t get into the details of what I was annoyed about – it’s not important – but it’s been something…
The harsh blizzard was still blasting, even after returning to the valley from the summit of the mountain. Another flag planted and another story to share over brandy and cigars back in the Adventurers’ Club once he’d returned home. The…
In many ways, this is a follow-up post to Finding Profound Wisdom in Fiction. If you haven’t read that one yet, you really should as you probably won’t understand some of the basic ideas here otherwise. Note that this post…
First off – Yeah, it’s been a while since I posted anything. I wish I could say I’ve been busy, but that would be far from the truth. The reality is more a combination of an extreme lack of inspiration…
I realize I hadn’t included a “wrap-up” post for Summer ’23, but things hadn’t really changed from where they started. Mushoku Tensei was powerfully emotional and very good. (Who would’ve thought most of a season devoted to the main character…
Ok, so not really, but maybe just a tiny bit? One of the common activities of parents, at least throughout all of my early childhood, was the creation and assembly of photo albums as a method of documenting the early…
Well, maybe it was a few days ago years old, but it’s still a very recent revelation, What Are You Talking About? I’ve been cooking for well over four decades. Yes, I’m in my mid-fifties now, but I am Gen…
[See at bottom for update.] From my previous post regarding technology ahead of its time, I now jump to a current frustration. Within the last few weeks, I decided I wanted to migrate my “gaming PC” upstairs to be close…
