Author: Ben
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…
Most of this post, at least the background portion, harkens back to the early 1990s – to give you a reference timeframe. Several years after graduating college and a very brief interlude attempting to pursue a career in <REDACTED TO…
I never hide the intensity with which I have always read science fiction and fantasy. After all, I’ve been a voracious reader since I was ten years old. I’ve slowed down some lately, so I’m not consuming a novel a…
Preface: While I discuss some shopping activities here, I am making absolutely zero mention of the specific brands or any related details of what I purchased. I’m not trying to shill, nor to sell anything. This is merely a recap…
Wow … it’s actually been just about a year since I started this site. While it was originally intended as a way to showcase (or some other word to that effect) my creative writing skills (and the products thereof), I’ve…
[Caution – This is a looooong post as I go into a bunch of details. So, you may want to come back here a few times to read more. You have been warned.] [Also, I started to write this on…
I have two sons. I generally don’t talk about them here because, well – this is my page / these are my posts and this should not be about them. However, I am becoming increasingly more and more convinced my…
