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About benjaminfrog

Yo. I'm a 30-something Christian guy and published author with a love for gaming, fantasy and sci-fi. I blog about pop culture, living as a young Christian guy, and living with A.S.

The Humble and the Modest

Posted on December 7, 2010 by benjaminfrog

I’ve come to realize that modesty is wrong. Modesty, as I’ve seen it used, is down-playing one’s own worth in front of others for the sake of not appearing big-headed. People are modest when they know they are awesome, and … Continue reading →

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How To Train Your Dragon – (a film review)

Posted on December 4, 2010 by benjaminfrog

When this movie was first advertised I didn’t think much of it – just another lame kids movie trying to appeal to dragon lovers while taking advantage of the 3-D craze. Then I got a look at the main dragon … Continue reading →

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Lethal Weapon 4 – (a film review)

Posted on November 29, 2010 by benjaminfrog

This was actually the first Lethal Weapon movie I saw. It came out in theaters just as my mother decided I was old enough to watch blood & guts on the big screen. Since then I’ve watched the original trilogy … Continue reading →

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Times Have Changed

Posted on November 22, 2010 by benjaminfrog

While watching a video cassette of some TV shows from the early nineties, I came across this ad in which one kid says to another kid, “Well I don’t do drugs because when I grow up I wanna be a Baseball player…”

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Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles – (a eulogy)

Posted on November 17, 2010 by benjaminfrog

It was a big hit to me when this show got cancelled. I never felt it got the attention it deserved, I had come to really love the characters, and worst of all it ended in a very awkward place. … Continue reading →

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Deep Question #1

Posted on November 12, 2010 by benjaminfrog

If a tree falls in the woods and no one’s around………who cut it down?

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The Last Temptation of Christ – (a review)

Posted on November 8, 2010 by benjaminfrog

(Warning: This entire post is one big spoiler.) I think this story would’ve been more effective (and less attacked) if the vision of a possible future had made up the majority of the film, instead of the entire film being… … Continue reading →

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Technical Difficulties

Posted on October 29, 2010 by benjaminfrog

Have you ever had one of those moments where you tell a computer to do something and it doesn’t do that? – In fact it sends you a message stating that it can’t do that? – And you know full … Continue reading →

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Highlander – (a poem)

Posted on October 20, 2010 by benjaminfrog

I was a Highlander, with my war clan I did ride, Until the day that I died, The next day I woke up and all my wounds were healed, My brothers kicked me out and drove me from the fields, … Continue reading →

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Masquerade

Posted on October 15, 2010 by benjaminfrog

Re-watching Labyrinth unexpectedly opened up another memory from my childhood – my distrust of grown-ups. I can’t think of a particular event that started this, I just remember having a general awareness that who adults were when they talked to … Continue reading →

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