Ben Raskin

Author: Ben Raskin

  • Herbert Needs To Ban Fireworks

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    EDITORS NOTE: I know there isn’t an editor for the blog but I didn’t know a proper way of apologizing for this post. I pride myself on not using a lot of profanity on the blog but I figured what the hell and write a little more like I talk. So, with that said, today’s…

  • Perverts and Cryptosporidiosis

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    Keys On Main had our company party on Sunday. It was a drunken affair complete with tubs of beer, bottles of booze and tons of food. Best of all, my boss decided the best way to thank his employees for a job well done is to rent over-sized inflatable waterslides. I am a sucker for…

  • Plaid Nightmares

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    Plaid is the new Affliction and plaid Affliction shirts are the devil’s creation. Remember the good old days when you saw a guy in a Raider’s jersey and you knew he was up to no good? It seems like every trouble maker these days at the club are sporting a new plaid button down and…

  • Super Glue Arms

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    The success of any given night behind the bar is not measured in the amount of sales that I ring or the thickness of bills I take home. I gauge any good night at the club on the level of stickiness of my forearms. From flipping the Boston shakers into the air, resting my arms…

  • Running Is Gay

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    It was too early to be up—much less going for a run. We were at the mouth of Memory Grove Saturday morning standing in line getting our race bibs. I think I might have slept 12 hours over the last four days. I was starting to feel like a character in The Machinist. Erin asked…