<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198479385462554234</id><updated>2011-07-28T05:26:02.160-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ben Lenoir</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://benlenoir.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1198479385462554234/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benlenoir.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Ben Lenoir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08478994075906318872</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n2/tredarkmoon/bwme.png'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198479385462554234.post-2261792045509828809</id><published>2010-10-20T13:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-20T13:06:31.177-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MOVING TIME!!!!!!</title><content type='html'>I'm moving to Tumblr!  My new address:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://benlenoir.tumblr.com/&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1198479385462554234-2261792045509828809?l=benlenoir.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://benlenoir.blogspot.com/feeds/2261792045509828809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1198479385462554234&amp;postID=2261792045509828809' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1198479385462554234/posts/default/2261792045509828809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1198479385462554234/posts/default/2261792045509828809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benlenoir.blogspot.com/2010/10/moving-time.html' title='MOVING TIME!!!!!!'/><author><name>Ben Lenoir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08478994075906318872</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n2/tredarkmoon/bwme.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198479385462554234.post-369607115683576899</id><published>2010-10-07T17:36:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-07T17:36:57.788-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bad Axe</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="640" height="390"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EvKXBW4BAIY&amp;rel=0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;version=3"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EvKXBW4BAIY&amp;rel=0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sexuality and femininity/masculinity are not related! There are so many misconceptions created by the media's cookie cutter stereotypes! I will bring them to their knees.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1198479385462554234-369607115683576899?l=benlenoir.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://benlenoir.blogspot.com/feeds/369607115683576899/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1198479385462554234&amp;postID=369607115683576899' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1198479385462554234/posts/default/369607115683576899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1198479385462554234/posts/default/369607115683576899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benlenoir.blogspot.com/2010/10/blog-post.html' title='Bad Axe'/><author><name>Ben Lenoir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08478994075906318872</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n2/tredarkmoon/bwme.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198479385462554234.post-3755212213760500026</id><published>2009-11-17T10:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-17T10:56:04.294-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Preview!!!!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;So here are some photo previews of the video Ashlie and I just finished!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We had a long overdue funeral for my tarantula Frankie (who passed in September and spent a little over a month resting in the freezer). He can now legit RIP!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The video will be posted here soon so keep an eye out!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 320px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-W339K3UbaQ/SwLxTb1nuaI/AAAAAAAAAJI/xbGIcSXBKqQ/s320/IMG_0269.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405147818990483874" /&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 320px; " src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-W339K3UbaQ/SwLxTDxUEmI/AAAAAAAAAJA/xdd0qEzrEKE/s320/IMG_0263.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405147812529967714" /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-W339K3UbaQ/SwLxUOumouI/AAAAAAAAAJg/G-PcSLftpXo/s1600/IMG_0281.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-W339K3UbaQ/SwLxUOumouI/AAAAAAAAAJg/G-PcSLftpXo/s320/IMG_0281.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405147832651260642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-W339K3UbaQ/SwLxT4X2TtI/AAAAAAAAAJY/oxN1n6dMbHI/s1600/IMG_0265.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-W339K3UbaQ/SwLxT4X2TtI/AAAAAAAAAJY/oxN1n6dMbHI/s320/IMG_0265.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405147826650238674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-W339K3UbaQ/SwLxTqb52PI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/zEtNJvfCb3U/s320/IMG_0278.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405147822909151474" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1198479385462554234-3755212213760500026?l=benlenoir.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://benlenoir.blogspot.com/feeds/3755212213760500026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1198479385462554234&amp;postID=3755212213760500026' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1198479385462554234/posts/default/3755212213760500026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1198479385462554234/posts/default/3755212213760500026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benlenoir.blogspot.com/2009/11/preview.html' title='Preview!!!!!!'/><author><name>Ben Lenoir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08478994075906318872</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n2/tredarkmoon/bwme.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-W339K3UbaQ/SwLxTb1nuaI/AAAAAAAAAJI/xbGIcSXBKqQ/s72-c/IMG_0269.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198479385462554234.post-1597143031226236320</id><published>2008-08-22T09:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-22T09:59:30.298-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Story That Begins It All...</title><content type='html'>So here is the story that spawned everything.  Let's see how well it works.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Alan and Reese&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One late night little Alan was walking in the dark.&lt;br /&gt;He tripped over an obscured little object, in the middle of the park.&lt;br /&gt;A peculiar seed Alan found,&lt;br /&gt;Lodged on a rather harsh angle in the ground.&lt;br /&gt;It was plump, oblong, red and shiny,&lt;br /&gt;Then Alan thought to himself, "Why must I always walk so blindly?"&lt;br /&gt;Picking it up and stuffing it into his jeans,&lt;br /&gt;He thought, "Just maybe I've found one of Jack's beans."&lt;br /&gt;So he decided to return home,&lt;br /&gt;Because now 0 the clock had shown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The stars overhead had shown brightly,&lt;br /&gt;And Alan watched them ever so politely.&lt;br /&gt;They induced him with a state of euphoria&lt;br /&gt;As he admired their seasonal phantasmagoria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sneaking up the trellis,&lt;br /&gt;he could not be overzealous,&lt;br /&gt;Otherwise he would wake Ma and Pa&lt;br /&gt;And his father would switch him raw.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In through the tiny, tilted window he came,&lt;br /&gt;Then prompted with a dull, tiring pain&lt;br /&gt;Spawning on every nerve inside of his brain.&lt;br /&gt;Throwing the covers in a heap,&lt;br /&gt;He decided to go to sleep,&lt;br /&gt;But by no means would he count any god-forsaken sheep.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next morning when the sun arose,&lt;br /&gt;So did the cackle and caw of the crows.&lt;br /&gt;Now the clock would show seven,&lt;br /&gt;But Alan hardly stirred till eleven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After eating an untimely breakfast,&lt;br /&gt;His mother sent him off with a kiss.&lt;br /&gt;With the thought of his seed in his head,&lt;br /&gt;He set out for his own little flower bed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inside it held marigold,&lt;br /&gt;and an effervescent posy,&lt;br /&gt;of flowers young and old,&lt;br /&gt;some smelled sweet others blushed rosy.&lt;br /&gt;Some if eaten would induce one dozy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two steps north of the hollyhock&lt;br /&gt;Alan made his divot,&lt;br /&gt;And one step west of the hemlock&lt;br /&gt;There Alan did it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The seed had been sown,&lt;br /&gt;Sprinkled by meal of blood and bone,&lt;br /&gt;A quick sprout would hopefully be secured&lt;br /&gt;By all the water which the seed procured.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After three weeks he finally found the sprout,&lt;br /&gt;This was a slow grower without a doubt.&lt;br /&gt;Another few weeks passed by,&lt;br /&gt;as well as May, June, and July.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The green fuzzy sprout had grown four feet tall,&lt;br /&gt;and at the tip grew a sanguine, prickly ball.&lt;br /&gt;Just a few more days now and it would bloom&lt;br /&gt;But little did Alan know what grew in its plume.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ball's prickles fattened into bumps,&lt;br /&gt;then in time they flattened into lumps.&lt;br /&gt;In mid august it was rounded like a tomato,&lt;br /&gt;with black stripes appearing as a monochromatic &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;ostinato&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the 26&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; of September,&lt;br /&gt;It was a sight to remember.&lt;br /&gt;The stalk stood straight with &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;turgor&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;But its pod hung toward the east with fervor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the 18&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; of October&lt;br /&gt;The gigantic plant looked as if it were falling over.&lt;br /&gt;Alan knew frost soon,&lt;br /&gt;and only hoped it a quick bloom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the day of the full moon,&lt;br /&gt;Alan saw something odd that afternoon.&lt;br /&gt;The bloom sort of twitched,&lt;br /&gt;Alan asked himself, "Is it bewitched?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That night he returned to his garden,&lt;br /&gt;And begged the full moon's pardon.&lt;br /&gt;He wished the plant to flower,&lt;br /&gt;with help from some higher power.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So Alan waited and waited,&lt;br /&gt;Feeling more and more sedated.&lt;br /&gt;But then something suddenly began to occur,&lt;br /&gt;This curiousness happened in a blur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The bloom's black and red stripes began throbbing&lt;br /&gt;And then the plant began an offbeat bobbing.&lt;br /&gt;The flower then parted into quarters,&lt;br /&gt;With luminescent slime leaking from its fission's borders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then out the flower fell an odd looking creature.&lt;br /&gt;Complete with feather, claw, and scale,&lt;br /&gt;It was uglier than his 5&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; grade math teacher.&lt;br /&gt;It even came out with a long flicking tail!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It ruffled its plumage and shook off the slime.&lt;br /&gt;When Alan saw its teeth,&lt;br /&gt;He began to run in a matter of no time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After he tripped and fell,&lt;br /&gt;Alan's petrified face it began to smell.&lt;br /&gt;It gave him a lick and started panting,&lt;br /&gt;Then a squawk and some playful ranting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alan realized this thing was no harm,&lt;br /&gt;So he scooped it up under his arm.&lt;br /&gt;Off to his room with his Chihuahua sized friend,&lt;br /&gt;His long wait finally came to an end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next morning Alan found it by his side,&lt;br /&gt;waiting cheerfully with its eyes bright and wide.&lt;br /&gt;Alan thought to himself, "It needs to be named."&lt;br /&gt;"Reese it is!" he exclaimed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Ma first met Reese,&lt;br /&gt;She looked as if she would decease.&lt;br /&gt;Pa's reaction was the same,&lt;br /&gt;Until he realized Reese was tame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the time Reese was born Alan knew it could walk,&lt;br /&gt;But after a few days it began to talk.&lt;br /&gt;Its voice was high pitched and squeaky,&lt;br /&gt;And Reese was becoming very sneaky.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After a meal was done Reese would steal scraps from the table.&lt;br /&gt;Late at night Ma would catch him watching cartoons on cable.&lt;br /&gt;And after Reese decided to eat the remote,&lt;br /&gt;Reese found it could change channels by clearing its throat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alan and Reese became the greatest of chums,&lt;br /&gt;Reese would even help him prune the mums.&lt;br /&gt;Every day they would walk together,&lt;br /&gt;But Reese really hated being on a tether.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another thing that Reese really didn't like,&lt;br /&gt;Were children that rode on a bike.&lt;br /&gt;He would bite at their tires and gnaw on the rims,&lt;br /&gt;Some children would even fall off and break their limbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After 26 children were hurt by Reese,&lt;br /&gt;Ma and Pa said, "We have to give him to the police!"&lt;br /&gt;Alan knew that Reese would be subject to euthanasia,&lt;br /&gt;So he planned to run away to Africa or Asia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alan knew his parents would stand in his way,&lt;br /&gt;So Reese took care of them that very day.&lt;br /&gt;With his long sharp teeth it ate them bit by bit,&lt;br /&gt;Ma and Pa screamed all the way down in a panicking fit!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All that was left of Ma and Pa,&lt;br /&gt;Was a burp, some slobber, and a bra.&lt;br /&gt;So Alan took Ma and Pa's stash,&lt;br /&gt;And headed to the airport with all of their cash.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Two tickets to somewhere," Alan told the stewardess,&lt;br /&gt;And she asked, "What's that some kind of tortoise?"&lt;br /&gt;She said, "I have a flight to Hanoi, Vietnam."&lt;br /&gt;Alan and Reese responded, "Yes ma'am!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So Alan and Reese boarded the air craft,&lt;br /&gt;And somewhat happily ever after they lived and laughed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS - Please mind my punctuation; I was never good at it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1198479385462554234-1597143031226236320?l=benlenoir.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://benlenoir.blogspot.com/feeds/1597143031226236320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1198479385462554234&amp;postID=1597143031226236320' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1198479385462554234/posts/default/1597143031226236320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1198479385462554234/posts/default/1597143031226236320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://benlenoir.blogspot.com/2008/08/story-that-begins-it-all.html' title='The Story That Begins It All...'/><author><name>Ben Lenoir</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08478994075906318872</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n2/tredarkmoon/bwme.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
