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Apr.04.2008 - 10:17 am
Top Ten Impossible Concerts
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An impossible concert is a performance by a musician who is currently deceased, a condition which makes standing and singing for extended periods extremely difficult. Here is my...
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Apr.03.2008 - 4:07 pm
Bertrand Russel
"No one can deny, in the face of the evidence, that it is easy, given military power, to produce a population of fanatical lunatics. It would be equally easy to produce a...
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Apr.03.2008 - 1:29 pm
let's go O's!
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Baseball season has started, and I am filled with a sort of elation that I rarely feel, particularly on weekdays. The Baltimore Orioles, who I love in a way that defies any sort...
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Article: Anti-theism
Article: Greatest 2nd Basemen in Baseball History (excepting Frankie Frisch, who I forgot)
Article: Greatest Shortstops in Baseball History

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Comments from Ben

Mar.13.2008 - 5:03 pm
In response to: The Trophy-Wife President
I couldn't agree more
Thanks so much for this well thought out post.   Ben Feldman, Red Room.
Mar.05.2008 - 10:48 am
In response to: If It's Not My Guy, I'm Not Voting
Superdelegates
It seems at this point, that Hillary Clinton becoming the Democrats nominee without intervention of the Superdelegates...
Mar.03.2008 - 12:05 pm
In response to: The Trophy-Wife President
Why Obama
I too find myself captivated by Barack Obama. I struggle against a vitriolic dislike of Hillary Clinton, and I am aware...
Feb.28.2008 - 11:56 am
In response to: Get Real
Ohio
We have a tremendous desire to view all groups in absolutes. Obviously it is rarely as simple as that. The politically...
Feb.14.2008 - 3:14 pm
In response to: Obama, Ben Franklin and Mark Twain among the world's largest minority _ and was George Washington a lefty or a righty?
Sandy
I'd give my right arm to help Sandy Koufax change a tire...is that too much? Ben Feldman, Red Room.
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About Ben

I was born in Annapolis, MD. I lived there for some time. I went to Kenyon College in Ohio, where I majored in American Studies, writing my thesis on Lenny Bruce, and conceptions of obscenity in American Society. I moved to San Francisco a couple of years ago...
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung The New Bill James Historical Abstract 40 Stories The Tidewater Tales Ficciones The End of Faith