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I got SWATed, what is love, what is freedom

Posted by Benjamin Wildflower on

On the night of October 28 around 9:30pm I awoke disoriented to a man shaking me by the shoulders. I was still in my work clothes, sound asleep beside my son in his twin size bunk bed. A couple feet away my daughter slept in her crib.

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Imprecatory poems, piano movers, tofu sandwich, Sharia, Vonnegut interview, Chat Pile

Posted by Benjamin Wildflower on

The Kurt Vonnegut Playboy interview is a good read. There's a recipe for a good fried tofu sandwich in here. I only insult car culture once in this one. I also discuss Sharia, Chat Pile, and mayonnaise.

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Real London, fries, rats, missiology, Wendell Berry, trash

Posted by Benjamin Wildflower on

Trash and treasure from the camera roll, some thoughts on prayer and proselytization, fan mail, and an ode to London, Ontario, a pretty OK city in my opinion. 

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Mysterious singlespeed, joyful toad-handlers, Zebrano, bad dads, hope

Posted by Benjamin Wildflower on

I built a couple bikes, I splashed around in nature with the gang, I'm angry about ICE, I go on some of my usual rants. The world is still a beautiful place. 

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Luddites, Dieter Rams, "terrorists", carpets and garages, Poro, the bicycle wheel of samsara

Posted by Benjamin Wildflower on

I remember once as a kid explaining what a garage was and what carpet was to some men who had never encountered either. 

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