Ben Raskin

Author: Ben Raskin

  • Wed Nes Day Knight

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    A rapist in an electric wheelchair. A bohemian starting a revolution vis-a-vie a poorly written manifesto with no money. A table full of Brits with no manners and a belly full of Utah booze. Cheap Russians wanting to know why the dueling piano shows doesn’t have shrimp for their Caesar salad. A rode hard pair…

  • Junior Goes A Surfin’

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    Buddy of mine told me his wife caught his kid looking at porno on the computer the other day. While going through his interweb history, a series of particular naked websites came up and it is causing problems at the house. How do you respond to a 12-year old checking out things online? How do…

  • Hashtag Hacky

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    Lord, oh Lordy, it’s been awhile! The blog has been down. The podcast is dead. My mid-section grows and my hair is thinning. I’m looking more and more like Peter Boyle without the sex appeal. Fortunately, my fair Irish skin has gotten every ray of UV in the 801 and my forehead is a beautiful,…

  • A Nursery of Raccoons

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    Like a row of porcelain dolls, they stared blankly at me. Rows upon rows of people stood motionless in awkward positions in front of the bar. Neither drunk or sober, their blood was the equivalent of driving down the center of the road. I genuinely wanted to help them but they were beyond help. They…

  • The Venn Diagram

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    It was only a matter of time. The pushing and shoving was getting too intense, too personal for it to continue before it escalated to the next level. I had been watching it unfold since the beginning and years of doing the work, I knew it was a matter of when not if. If your…