Ben's Journal

We're in the middle of the holiday of Sukkot , where we'll shake the Lulav and Etrog daily. The Lulav, which consists of a bundle ...

A huge Mazel Tov to our friends Grant and Dawn on their marriage! What an amazing weekend of festivities. From the signature drink , to de...

Weddings. Who doesn't like to contribute to the festivities? If you've got a magnificent voice, you'd want to sing for the new...

Yesterday I had an awesome run with friend and long time running partner , Elizabeth. We managed to catch the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial shor...

I know the old hand trick for measuring how much daylight is remaining, and I know how a string of beads can be used to measure distance....

OK, technically they aren't billy goats, they're our friend's teenage kids. However, given how they flew down the trail, they m...

I was debugging a problem with virtual users in vsftpd and narrowed down my issue to this: how do I convert the Berkeley DB file filled us...

So far, life without a kitchen isn't proving to be especially difficult. Today's breakfast: Fisherman's Eggs in an improvised...

While I continue to rest a sore tendon , I dragged Shira to Bell Haven Marina for a bit of kayaking. Specifically, we explored Dyke Marsh...

Over the weekend I managed to watch Hello My Name Is Frank , a movie that I surely would have never seen had it not been on Amazon Prime. ...

While waiting for a sore tendon to heal I've found myself with a fresh opportunity: what to do while I'm usually out running? Earli...

And you tell me this isn't the cutest caterpillar you've ever seen?!