Benjamin Roesch

Author: Benjamin

  • Post #72: Pure Bliss

    A skateboarder was in the middle of the road when I turned the corner, spinning himself in rapid circles (technical term anyone?) like a figure skater. When his momentum would lag, he’d stop, quick rotate by jerking his body sideways and begin spinning again, the board at forty-five degrees, all…

  • Post #71: My Ideal Bookshelf

    Of her website and small business, My Ideal Bookshelf, painter Jane Mount says “I paint portraits of people through the spines of their favorite books: the ones that changed your life, that defined who you are, that you read again and again.” It’s a very cool concept that started (and still…

  • Post #70: KG and Karl Rove

    Here’s a couple of Slate pieces that caught my eye the past couple of days. The first, available here, is a tribute to the one and only Kevin Garnett, power forward for the Boston Celtics, physical anomaly, occasionally scary human being, and beacon of warrior passion. This piece complies some…

  • Post #69: Elementary

    I want to take a brief moment to plug the BBC’s Sherlock, a spunky, savvy and devilishly fun re-boot of the oft mined Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I stumbled upon Sherlock by chance while flipping through selections on Amazon Prime, and though I originally thought “Oh…

  • Post #68: Fallen Idols? Not even close.

    Out of nowhere a couple days ago I found out that one of my favorite rock bands, the criminally underrated and barely known Canadian quartet Sloan, were making a stop at Higher Ground here in Burlington and last night I drove over and caught the show. There’s something utterly bizarre…

  • Post #67: One Down

    A little over a year ago I decided I’d give blogging a try. The result is this. Us. Here.  Sixty-seven posts later, I’m still having fun. And if it’s okay with you, I’d like to keep going. From all of us here at The Almost Right Words, thanks for reading.

  • Post #66: Speaking Truth to Tired

    Though I’m a writer in my heart, and supporting myself through my craft (whatever that looks like) is my ultimate goal, I’m a high school English teacher by day and have been for seven years.  I love my work.  I do.  But as I sit here on an average Tuesday…

  • Post #65: Lifting the Veil

    I am a huge fan of Jay-Z.  I don’t listen to a ton of hip-hop, but what I do listen to (mostly Tribe Called Quest, Jurassic 5, The Roots), I listen to fervently, and the Jigga is right at the top of my list.  I can’t get enough of his…

  • Post #64: The Master

    I saw P.T. Anderson’s new film The Master last night, and though the range of feelings I experienced during and after watching the film could best be summed up by Huh?, I can say assuredly that The Master was an exhilarating filmic experience and I can’t stop thinking about it.  Can’t…

  • Post #63: Is This What Progress Looks Like?

    If you watched the Olympics, and I’m betting you watched at least a little, you saw commercials for a new NBC (Jimmy Fallon produced) comedy called Guys With Kids in which a supposedly modern trio of men take care of babies and, not knowing any better because they’re really just…