The Obligatory Introduction Post

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.