Author: Ben Raskin
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Crossing the Threshold
It takes 75 signatures to get on the ballot. That’s about a mile a signature. Find out how I got my 75.
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Knocking on Doors, Meeting the Folks
Nothing humbles you like knocking on a stranger’s door. However, it’s the best way to meet your neighbors.
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The Pain of Defeat
Knowing When It’s Time to Move On There’s was no place to hide in the crowded auditorium. There was over a hundred people crammed in the Jot Travis Student Union waiting for the results of the student election. The air was electric—there’s nothing quite like the atmospheric taste of political ozone—as candidates and supporters waited…
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Got Skunk?
Getting sprayed by a skunk is a makes for a memorable 4th of July. Find out how to get rid of skunk spray.
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So, How Your Quarantine Going?
It was a Corona. As God as my witness, the last drink I served on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, was a Corona. He was a handsome fellow in his early 30s. REI-chic with a good hairline and the makings of a sleeved tattoo creeping under his short-sleeved shirt. He said he was from Michigan and…
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