The prologue of a story is in many ways the most important part--it sets the stage and the tone for everything to come. In many ways a prologue can either make or break a story entire. Now I am not so pretentious to describe my daily goings-on as some sort of epic, nor the stuff I think about to even be worth a story, but my philosophy is that if you're going to do something--you do it right the first time. As master Yoda said, "there is no try--do" (paraphrased of course).
So this is the obligatory introductions post where I talk about who I am and, more importantly, why you should care. So...
My name is Ben, or Benjamin, or Benny if you're feeling smart. I love bad horror movies, talking about metaphysics, and red Starbursts. I currently live in Cambridge outside Boston. A lot of the people I know would love to live in this area, but I don't like it here--and I'm not quite sure why yet. I love reading, lifting weights, and vanilla ice cream with peanut butter in it. I have an M.S. in Physics, but my three major interests are writing short stories, paleontology, and astrobiology (my undergraduate degree is technically Applied Physics with a concentration in Astrobiology). Despite all this, my idea of a "best day ever" would probably involve an early morning work out, an excellent book (currently I'm reading A Clash of Kings), and a nap--and I'd probably like to end the day by ordering a pizza (extra sauce, mushrooms, and meatballs of course) and watching Mystery Science Theater 3000 or Farscape reruns.
Now as far as the "why you should care" part is concerned I believe that is something best left for experience rather than explanation. I won't promise that you will care at all--or even that I will be updating this page as often as I would like...
...this is usually the place where I would put a "...but..." and go on to offer something cute to convince you to read on, but who am I to do anything that is expected of me?
...puppies...puppies are cute.
