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Ben Wilkoff

3,652 posts since 2005. My name is Ben Wilkoff, and I Teach. And Learn. A Lot.

  • The Comparison GameI like going to bars to write. I like that it is casually social and also that there are drinks. I like that people ask about my dumb digital…Stories
  • It is a burden to believe that you can change the world.I think I like time loop movies so much because freedom from consequence far more than I like the ability to doms things over again. I don't want…
  • We aren't so far.arent ao far fror the insurrection act. We aren't go for out from riots in the streets. we aren't so far out fron IvE 'fficers & polling places.…Politics
  • Distraction isn't best.I somotino kaYo to distract mysolf from distraction. I distract myself from my life, from the things that hre happoning right in front of with…
  • Father Mother Sister BrotherI watched a movie last night where almost lothing happened. There were three nearly lao. ated storine ab u! family, w• toll anothor. within a…Movies
  • A Karass Built for TwoMy parents are (or were, at least) so incredibly weird together. They would amplify one another and the weirdness would caacade. down upon them…Family
  • Seeing the Real NumbersI thought that I oniy had a few hundred miles until I had. to find a new car or buy mine outrighh. I had signed a contract that only gave me…Growth
  • Your Favorite Band at 42When you are younger, you get asked about your favorite band all of thetime. "Who is your ' favorite band? ' is almost the first. question you…Typewriter
  • A New Way to BlogI have fully given up on running my own server. After 20 years of "owning" my own space online, I have finally moved everything over to running it…
  • My Oldest Son’s Last Week of High SchoolI remember blogging on this very site when I was turning 25 and I was about to have my first child. I remember the goals I had for myself then.…