BELIEVE

As the holidays approach I find myself thinking about Ben daily. Due to both of our illnesses, we haven’t spent a Christmas together in a few years but I think we had a 10 year run before we broke our streak. On the years we weren’t able to reunite we …

Um, I’m not really sure what’s happening here but if memory serves Ben was attempting to dress a pumpkin up to look like me.  He and I adored Halloween and would celebrate all month long.  I imagine his conundrum here was how he was going to carve it’s mouth into …

JENDER BENDER

Ben and I liked to consider ourselves the original Will and Grace.   Our sarcastic personalities and codependent intertwined friendship is where the similarities stop, however.   Our Los Angeles residences were never very swanky although I can attest that Ben’s digs were always way more vogue than mine.  He …

MY DEAD FRIEND BEN

Ben died this morning. Ben was a fabulously hilarious person.  You’d have liked him.  Well, then again, maybe not.  Truth is, he was wildly opinionated and stubborn.  He could have me gnashing my teeth in frustration one minute and laughing until I shit peed my pants the next.  He was also my best …