Ben’s Weblog

No…not that New York. I’m in northern New York for the next 8 months. More specifically, a little town called Lowville. Now I have a bigger apartment (paid for!)…but I’m also twice as far from Marcie

The series over at ESPN’s Page 2 on a Cubs-Red Sox World Series continues…good for a laugh or three. Speaking of Page 2, I’m kinda PO’ed that they ditched the Tuesday Morning Quarterback column by Gregg Easterbrook after he made a comment that might be interpreted as anti-Semitic over at his blog on The New [...]

Apparently, approaching life from a more relaxed perspective has health benefits later in life, according to an article in today’s Sun-Times. Researchers say that’s a good way for people 18 to 30 years old to reduce their risk of high blood pressure later in life. A large study led by Northwestern University medical school researchers [...]

What if the Cubs and Red Sox actually won their respective League Championship Series? ESPN’s Page 2 has the answer.

Apparently, being tall means you make more money over your life. Good thing I’m 6’3″…

1. Name five things in your refrigerator. Soda with caffeine, soda without caffeine, water, beer, salami 2. Name five things in your freezer. Steaks, ice cubes, chicken breasts, frozen veggies, ice pack 3. Name five things under your kitchen sink. Empty grocery bags, dishpan, cleaning supplies, dust bunnies, Drano 4. Name five things around your [...]

The BBC is running a rather interesting article on the most popular/interesting ways data is lost on computers. Not too surprisingly, human error has a lot to do with it… Taking the number one spot is the US man who was so frustrated with his laptop, he shot it in a fit of e-rage, then [...]

From Wired.com: Former Royal Navy Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Dalzel-Job, the inspiration for James Bond, has died at age 90. While Dalzel-Job considered Bond “far too dramatic” and shunned his womanizing ways, Ian Fleming, Dalzel-Job’s former naval intelligence colleague and creator of 007, insisted the British war hero was the model for the secret agent. Dalzel-Job [...]

The blog’s back in operation, so I might as well…. 1. Do you watch sports? If so, which ones? Baseball (especially in the postseason), football (college and pro), and basketball (college only) 2. What/who are your favorite sports teams and/or favorite athletes? Baseball – Cardinals, Football – Rams, College sports – Fighting Illini 3. Are [...]

My alma mater is pretty well represented in the Nobel Prizes this year: Illinois Nobel prize winners – the first three winners were all from the state, and two of the three prizes went to faculty at the University of Illinois. Don’t look for me on the Nobel list anytime soon though…somehow I doubt there’s [...]

Well, now that the site’s up and running again, I was able to upload my Alaska pictures. Here’s a sample – you can see the whole album over at my photo gallery: Let’s just say it’s an impressive sight to see in person. I’ll add in some entries about vacation and slip them into the [...]