Jan 212012
 

Okay, this isn’t exactly a full rayality primer, but since this is my website, this stuff should be about me!

To get you started, here’s a short quiz to give you a better picture of me and some idea (or warning) as to what you might expect here. The CORRECT answers (and more) are after the jump:

1. In 8th grade at John F. Kennedy School in Milford, I:
a. accidentally got a tattoo of the Foghat logo.
b. accidentally locked braces with Karen Loch while playing spin the bottle.
c. fist fought Ed Taylor on the front lawn of the “pink house” on West Avenue, where all the after-school fights were held.
d. won the broad jump at field day with a leap of 13 feet, 6 inches.
e. all of the above.

2. At Boy Scout summer camp at Camp Sequassen in Winstead, I:
a. got my first aid, canoeing and swimming merit badges.
b. got poison ivy so bad that I had to be sent home.
c. learned that everything—EVERYTHING—will burn in a sweet, sweet raging campfire, with the exception of glass and tooth-paste tubes.
d. liked to feed the racoons.
e. won the greased watermelon competition for Troop 14.

3. In the Jonathan Law High School Class of 1983 (yeah, I’m that old), I was voted:
a. most likely to succeed.
b. most witty and most talkative.
c. most athletic.
d. class clown.
e. most likely to end up living in a van down by the river.

4. During my college years at Southern Connecticut State University, my nickname was:
a. Boom Boom.
b. The Sledgehammer.
c. Shoes.
d. Rayven Thunderlove.
e. I didn’t have one.

5. Which of these celebrities were totally in to me when I interviewed them? (And I have actually interviewed all these people!)
a. Ann Margret.
b. Kate White, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan.
c. Debbie Gibson.
d. Tony Curtis.
e. All of the above.

Okay, hit “Continue reading” to find out the answers …

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Jan 132012
 

 

A long time ago, in a blogosphere far, far away . . .

 

EPISODE IV: A NEW BEGINNING

It is a period of civil unrest.
Rebel bloggers, striking
from anonymous places, have posted
countless entertaining stories across
the limitless bounds of cyberspace.

During the early days, one
blogger was
discovered and exposed,
ultimately forced to

blow up his old site
as if it had
been the
DEATH
STAR.

No longer pursued by
humorless agents, that
cranky old blogger

has now returned
to post
in the hopes of
once again adding
his craptastic views to the
blogosphere ….

 

So yeah, I’m blogging again.

I have no idea how this is going to turn out, but the plan is to create something here that’s a little bit of all the things I do and have done, hopefully churning out something that’s entertaining and worthwhile as well as totally in my own voice and on my own terms. No more hiding behind (poorly constructed) pseudonyms or running from what I dare to write.

What could possibly go wrong?

By the way, you may have noticed the brandy new, full-service site here, which I totally built myself! [*runs thumbs along Urkel-like suspenders, sprains shoulder attempting to pat self on back*] Okay, I got a few tips from someone who knows what she’s doing, but I did all the actual work myself, although I’ve already got someone making me a better banner. But things like the tabs, Flickr stream and written content–all 100% me, baby!

As you can see, I have my “legitimate” work here as well as some of the “illegitimate” stuff that I do (and have done). It’s a Ray Bendici Open House, so feel free to poke around, go through the stuff I’ve been keeping in my closet, open my junk drawers—just don’t complain if you find something you didn’t expect (or like).

Thanks for coming by. Let me know how you like the new place …