Harriet The Spy
February 26, 2025
When I was in 3rd or 4th grade, the teacher read to us in class a little bit from Harriet the Spy. But then one day before she finished, she stopped, telling us that the book was available in the library. I wanted to know what happened so badly, but I never checked it out because I thought it was a "girl's book."
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A Bad Book Recommendation
February 18, 2025
My Kindle advertises a book when I shut it off. That's fine, but it picks some that really make very little sense. I mean, they have my reading history. How hard would it be to pick something I might like?
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What Did Your Pet Eat That He Ought Not Have?
February 14, 2025
I probably ought not tell this one, but what the hell. This is about one of our tour guides in Dominica -- a colorful character who went by a colorful name. And all of the herbs that he sent us back with.
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Death and Other Ways to Break All Your Expensive Shit
January 28, 2025
There's a mystery in this show. And the mystery isn't the show's mystery. The mystery is whether this thing that's bothering me is sloppy production or a clue meant to be found.
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Family Wedding and Record Snow
January 24, 2025
Since we spoke last, theskinnyonbenny family caught up with family at a wedding and then enjoyed the biggest snow storm ever.
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Benny's Book Review - Horror Movie
January 15, 2025
2024 was a big year for reading books for me. I log them on Goodreads, mainly to help prevent me from re-reading something that was forgettable. I rate them, but I don't write reviews. I just did a quick search, and it looks like the last time I mentioned a book before this post might have been in 2015. And 2009 before that.
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Favorite Albums 2024
January 10, 2025
I love and also hate going through different Best Albums lists this time of year. It's a little overwhelming -- so many albums that are supposedly great but that I never heard of.
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