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My Article In Reader’s Digest, Interview In GOOD Magazine
By April 3, 2008







Nice!
This butt-kicking you refer to, its proverbial correct?
Otherwise, I’ve got some serious physical feedback to start dolling out.
TimeWarner – you and me, flagpole, 3pm. BE THERE
Good job Ben. I have been a RD reader since I was lil… Very respected content in that lil book
Reader’s Digest, huh? Your grandmother must be so proud. Just kidding, good luck Ben.
Good job Ben.
Although I hate to admit it, the only place I have ever seen a Reader’s Digest is in the um, ‘library’, next to the, um, ‘throne’ at my octogenarian parent’s house.
Nice work! Will keep an eye out for it
Great job, Mr. Popken! This’ll get you closer to regular contributor status!
@BloggyMcBlogBlog: Actually, she is!
@savvy9999: It’s been a throne staple at the elder-folks houses in my family for generations.
@DeepFriar: You do realize that they have the cash to hire bouncers, bodyguards, and other goons, right?
It’s great to see the word spread about this site. So many people benefit from it
Congrats Ben!
Did you also get $100 because they published a joke you sent in?
Just kidding. Good on ya, Ben.
So I see that now WE’VE gotten one of OUR articles published in Reader’s Digest (tip: resist the urge to make the comment about old people and people in dental waiting rooms – the publisher doesn’t like it), suddenly the royal WE has gone right out the window.
Hrmph.
2300 words? i thought this was a “reader’s digest” version!
hahah i love reader’s digest. good job ben!
Congrats Ben!
This is the big time! And to think we knew Ben “when.”
W00T!
Way to go, Ben!!!
@Troy F.: Hey yeah, Ben! Site style guide sez I must’ve written it too. Pls send me money.
Could someone please leave a copy in the men’s room? Thanks in advance
Looking forward to reading it.