Ben Raskin

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  • West Valley Lolita

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    How many times have you said: “Man alive! I need a 7-year old girl?” The first time I uttered these words was in 2007 when Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson starred in the movie The Game Plan. It seems pathetic today but at the time, I really, really wanted to see that movie. The problem is…

  • The Nuptials

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    Little known fact about me: I am an ordained minister. While never attending seminary, nor rarely seen in the pews at mass and only having a precursory knowledge of the Bible, I am a man of the cloth. Granted, I am more Friar Tuck than Thomas Aquinas. In fact, I just recently learned that there is…

  • Night of the Trollopes

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    The menacing Harry Payne once asked a mouth breathing Officer Jack Traven, “Pop quiz, hotshot. There’s a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? What do you do?” I think we’ve all been in…

  • Travis Drinks a Gorilla Fart with Hope Solo

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    Do you know how to make a Gorilla Fart? [Insert high fiber banana joke here] I had a fellow last week order a dirty gin martini for his lady friend and a Gorilla Fart for himself. He asked me if I knew how to make one and I lied saying of course I know how…

  • My Interview With Gavin’s Underground

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    I was approached by Gavin’s Underground to do a background piece on me for his blog. I have always been a fan of his on-line column. He gets a wide breath of people from the cultural scene in Utah and I like anyone who spends time defending the community as oppose to tearing it down.…