Ben Raskin

Author: Ben Raskin

  • Sundance & Outdoor Retailers

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    He is a lot smaller than I thought. Robin Williams was heading southbound on Main Street in Park City Utah three years ago when I intercepted him. In a rare moment of being calm and collected, I simply reached out my hand and said that I loved The Fisher King. He shook hands with me…

  • Put Down The Gyro

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    DUI MATH: Eating a gyro while driving down a freeway at 73-mph is equivalent to being drunk on seven beers. I was speeding down I-215 with my knees steering the truck while I was trying to unwrap the tightest gyro this side of Greece. I was struggling with keeping the tzatziki sauce off my new…

  • The DABC Review Review

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    They weren’t just preaching to the choir. They were preaching to the pulpit, alter and the organist. Tuesday’s DABC review held at the downtown library was a mixed bag. Well, they were a mixed bag if you consider which type of Subaru or Prius they drove for the open meeting to discuss recommendations for the…

  • Love and Finland

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    What do we know about the Finland? Better yet, what don’t we know about Finland? I assume they are a hunter/gather culture that eats too many pickled herring and love wearing sweaters. They are probably feel just as good on a pair of skis as riding a reindeer from yurt-to-yurt throughout their frozen socialist paradise.…

  • Now On To New Hampshire

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    “I reserve the right to tell the truth.” That was Newt Gingrich’s final thought on Tuesday as he took fourth place in the Iowa Caucuses. He was defending his choice not to run attack ads against the front-running Mitt Romney. He told his supporters that he would not attack his fellow Republicans but he maintained…