You wouldn't believe this but there was actually an echidna in my backyard

 It's the Australian answer to the porcupine, extremely spikey, you don't want to touch it. My neighbour Paul was lecturing how I should still love my son if he turns gay, a tremendously deep two dimensional conversation I didn't really want to have. Then his Mrs comes and announces the echidna. Sure enough there was an echidna tucked between the fence I helped Paul build years earlier and my garage where I spoke to Rudy Giuliani on his radio show and of course Chris Salcedo. Echidnas bro....

https://youtube.com/shorts/zqrT7Xyafts?si=n51HPzfdmVXGANHh

"And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct | John Woinarski for the Conversation | The Guardian" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2025/oct/11/and-then-there-were-none-australias-only-shrew-declared-extinct

Ok here's Bill Burr, he just made well over a million dollars performing in Saudi Arabia, nothing that involves getting stoned or beheaded. And he still makes time for his Monday morning podcast. He takes a letter from mid life crisis guys and uses terms like "growing" and "taking time to grow". My issue is Bill and everyone just tossing the term "psycho" around. What's wrong with "empathy challenged"? Or "unpredictable and simultaneously empathy challenged," or even, "culturally rich as pertaining to law enforcement"? Just saying "psycho" a lot can just sound derogatory. It's 2025. Come on Bill and come on Riyadh.

Bill's podcast, disclaimer, people who may feel triggered by the seemingly derogatory nature of terms like "psycho" being bandied about insensitively, be warned:

https://youtu.be/8HkgSk4xJew?si=oKUaIVedltZfMol6

Benji discusses outer and inner personality

 

Former CIA agent Andrew Bustamente discusses psychology of the outer self.

In the church accepted gospel accounts of Jesus and the Pharisees and Sadducees, we have Jesus describing the inner selves and the outer selves of aforementioned Jewish sects as nasty like the interior of a grave, and nice looking like the outside of a tomb, well painted and swept.

Right there we have two selves clearly defined: the inner self and the outer self.

With the atheist in China America, Europe and elsewhere, it's not commonly understood the inner self survives death of the body and reincarnates and the outer self goes through disintegration with the body at death. These are concepts that people can understand in their own way but not something they might feel comfortable talking about.

Most modern psychology deals with observations of the outer self. Interestingly the legal system is most likely to search for inner evil, inner deceipt, and etc. But people in marketing and espionage may be interested in these topics. 

The story of Job in the Bible shows us a case of a person's outer experience being dramatically shifted and you can listen to a reproduction of Bustamente talking about people's baseline personalities when they're up against the wall.

Still, there's a total lack of understanding about the rhythmic cycles of the inner self. The best descriptions of the seven different types of inner selves comes from Spencer Lewis' Self Mastery and Fate with the Cycles of Life.

Second inaugural coveted Benji award, and the winner....

 

The nominees for the second inaugural coveted Benji award are as follows:

Ramesh, the past year's sole survivor from the Air India crash...

https://youtube.com/shorts/kcgqa-8piqo?si=WGvrS5nXnI7SZsbj

China in Focus TV show based in America by NTD...

https://youtu.be/CPPC7nCKviA?si=n2jTT9YtPBBYQKeD

David May marine corps drill sergeant yelling at candidates for United States marines...

https://youtu.be/-Ns2FkZNTC0?si=dINkBa3MS-A0tQSc

Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and more recently attendee at Jeff Bezos' big wedding...

https://youtube.com/shorts/uoU_1KORocQ?si=io7UrK0rVUYPkmaX

Florida State Law Enforcement, big 2025 child pornography bust. The coveted Benji award IS open to Law Enforcement from jurisdictions with feasible democracies. 

I'll throw in 80s BritPop XTC ,"senses working overtime", dear to autistic folks no doubt, in tandem with De Souza and Da Silva, Nashville Bull riders... Just to pad the group out a bit I guess....

https://youtu.be/NrcemZpOmpI?si=kSG_OvIK9oYigYAD

I mean shoot I can throw in one of the hos from the PsC Do ya Thing video clip, it's my award show, the reality is they probably won't win the first prize.... Technically I'd actually just get her to present the award not be like a backup contender but whatever....

And the winner and the winner and the winner is....

https://youtu.be/594smhY4o6U?si=4TAx2TR9xCktflKi

While Benji calculates the winner, check out this YouTube video on AI analysis of plant communications, yes plants! Like flowers and such....

https://youtu.be/ft9W8G44VPU?si=3UmqhKj2484Kbqy0

Can big name stand up comics get stoned in Saudi Arabia and how would that work exactly?

 

Hannah from the mildly matriarchal sounding "Guardian" asks the toughest questions:

CK’s stance on murderous dictatorships seems to have changed since this full-throated criticism of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi. But fair play to him in one sense for getting out of his comfort zone – he has a whole bit about giving up weed and yet here he is visiting a place where getting stoned is common.

"‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival | Comedy | The Guardian"

 https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/oct/09/backlash-builds-against-comics-who-played-riyadh-comedy-festival

It's unclear just how red Towelie's eyes would get after getting stoned in Saudi Arabia after catching Chappelle on stage 

Blast from the past

 

What's up?

Just shot an email to an old buddy from back in the day, Tanya. She's Ukrainian and married a Korean, Enoch. She's in the left side of the photo, likely shown pregnant with her daughter. Next to her the mother in law, Russian. Next to her her daughter, the Mrs. With the Mrs, our daughter Scarlet. To the right, our son Alex and next to Alex Tanya's son Isaac.

As per my beliefs in the afterlife and the resurrection and the hereafter and Last Day and so forth, I believe it's very possible Tanya's son Isaac could be the reincarnation of my father who passed away in 2008, July, aged sixty five and a quarter. I was living in Bulgaria at the time completely understanding and immersed in the general evil of Russian communism at the time* - the same evil now blanketing Ukraine and Russia in dire war. Call me sensitive.

Tanya says her and the family left New Zealand for Korea and Enoch's family life there. And subsequently left Korea to live in Georgia.

*5 senses working overtime, understanding the theatre homey. Watch out for chapter 3 of my great Australian novel 'Girt by sea' in case I describe the New York theatre (9/11) recollecting my days in America during 9/11. 

5 cuz (net)

https://youtu.be/NrcemZpOmpI?si=TSAk1jHbOYnBBWKA

Nirvana Bleach: Blew...

https://youtu.be/7E-KAP359ys?si=hSIvui4yX6C-TUch

Pooty Tang is like the da Vinci of ass kicking...

https://youtu.be/QZ-ATg8LTjY?si=wledVKPA8KGEzsZM

Former FBI director Jim Comey pleads not guilty to pseudo perjury charge, similarities with Australian Marcus Einfeld case

 

"Marcus Einfeld - Wikipedia" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Einfeld

I'd be willing to swear on oath I roller skated on the tail of an ice cream van travelling at over forty miles per hour as like a ten year old kid. It was both scary and exhilarating and I wasn't wearing any personal protective equipment. Approximately thirty two years later and thirty six years later I went through a phase of skateboarding intensively. I would say I expressed an avid albeit short-lived passion for roller skating and skateboarding at different phases of my life. 

Here's Jimmy McElroy:

https://youtu.be/dicPDNHsqKE?si=ByOEj9c1FM4APsjU

Ok wow, remember I just mentioned on this blog I have a fancy leather briefcase? I mean I normally would never have a briefcase. I had a briefcase in film school and would put VHF videos in there like if I was working on a project. Anyway so far all I had to put in my fancy newly acquired briefcase is a pending passport application. Actually just a started one not actively pending. But then earlier today I put my first aid certificate in there, it's two years old and possibly not valid anymore, and some paperwork for applying to the Australian Federal authority for a level of seaman skill certification (deckhand), pretty basic level but still complex, indicates a comprehensive but basic level knowledge of seamanship.

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Generally I would say infighting in democratic countries shouldn't get dragged into the legal systems therein.

Decoding China, YouTube channel... Will it received a nomination for the coveted Benji award?

https://youtu.be/D2UetXC0ywI?si=SI0G5VNvuh_volFB

Pivoting back away from communist China back to the Judaic Christian mindset, have you ever heard of the Gospel of Thomas? Not sure if it's real? Moi aussi. I'll have to pay it closer attention. Unlike most self professed Christians, I value other world philosophical leaders like Buddha and Lao Tzu, less fond of the Greco Romans in general who are highly regarded in Europe. Still much of what we see in the gospels makes perfect sense. Jesus makes sense. But what is this gospel of Thomas really all about? Let's take a deeper dive:

Could this really be something that Jesus actually said? I'm not sure. So I'll just take these words on their face value....

In a law enforcement context I suppose this would explain why criminals sleep well in prison after being arrested and the innocent toss and turn and are mightily perturbed? I mean I don't know that's what they say about criminals that confess I suppose. I mean I've seen a lot of my family members kind of destroying themselves. Were they kind of repressing something? I don't know. I'm not sure about this maxim however it seems interesting. 

More to the point I think people just kid themselves into identifying with some kind of bullshit, not sure how that relates to this maxim.

I guess it sounds like something a law enforcement interrogator would say to a suspect to prompt a confession.

AI assisted video production on the gospel of Judas (Iscariot).... 

https://youtu.be/ag-XtQLooF0?si=e9hBQbH9nIBdp_Mw

Notes, after ten days of intensive hayfever due to onset of spring and extreme pollen I nixed anti histamine pills yesterday for the first time. 

Call private marine school regarding AMSA deckhand certificate 

Form 426 on AMSA website, first aid certificate valid through May 2026.... Course completion certificate from Tafe. Certificate medical fitness and sea service 

Australia's long running dopey Home and Away shoe

 

Is bad acting and a shit script the worst crime? Or could something worse be lingering at the bottom of it all?

As mentioned, I took acting lessons with a small acting school opposite Warringah sea eagles rugby stadium. Having an extremely fertile and unusual imagination, kind of like Mozart when he gets ideas seeing his mother in law rattling off. I wondered, could the three principles at the acting school, two men and a woman, be the exact same two men and a woman that the only eyewitness to the William Tyrrell kidnapping case witnessed?

While getting a bad rap, mother in laws beat the hell out of kidnapping murderers....

https://youtu.be/oKoGL4Q6hHY?si=_SsLmSpKzYpJsI8H

Debt crisis en France.. . France 24 news

 

Salut, Benjamin. J'ai mon French hat on maintenant.

France owes too much money. 'er debt levels are too high. Option one, drink more addictive sucre in the form of more borrowing coupled with sugary sweet government spending. Option two, tighten your belt.

Meanwhile, every week we 'ave a nouveau prime minister.

I get it.

Bull riding USA: Oklahoma vs New York

 

New York wins.

Kansas City vs Nashville....

De Souza, Da Silva & Cody Jesús ride for Nashville btw. There's like five guys on each team.

Nashville wins....

Austin Gamblers vs Carolina cowboys 

Not sure who won that 

Trump y Venezuela

 En español 

https://youtu.be/9vWkpiFdqSU?si=wqnhMMM1Wr92DOpC

Western hemisphere....

https://youtu.be/7UyzQc9d5Hg?si=prB5Bclabp7VZy93

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Like Churchill drawing up maps of the Middle East, his Benjiness would create a new State: Benjistan. To the west, greater Afghanistan including or perhaps excepting Bagram air base. To the south Pakistan, to the north, Tajikistan, to the east Xinjiang. There would be an open door policy for ethnic Uyghurs and ethnic Tajiks and the like coming from what's now China. I would facilitate their relocation to Benjistan, including with martial force within China.

Vote 1 uncle Benny Bears

 

What's up? I was at the discount rack at Avalon Woolworths supermarket today after a little Red Herring beach adventure with the Alvarezes...

So I see there isn't much I want except a packet of biscuits with 'no added sugar' on the packet. Pretty much just for the kids as I only like fancy cookies and generally eschew biscuits.

So we head to the nearby playground and guess where the biscuits were from? The Martinezes (mother's side of the family) hometown: Aguilar de Campoó. No shit. I still remember my grandmother or aunt telling me about the biscuit factory in Aguilar de Campoó being the main employer in the small town. I'm pretty sure I have a photo from 1996 when I was nineteen visiting my grandparents old cornerstore in Aguilar de Campoó. I'm actually enrolled to vote in Palencia province.

Just sayin'

Oftentimes (a menudo) stairway to heaven is denied, consider:

https://youtu.be/8f13FY94BKI?si=Caien_ISMX8XSJaL

Alternative to stairway...

https://youtu.be/_lK4cX5xGiQ?si=Uer-zNsBgUqcpBRJ

Netflix show from Italy, Rivals

 Stairway not denied 

https://youtu.be/QkF3oxziUI4?si=OKIxtErz5440Y_5U

Young teens in Pisa, high school angst, all in Italian.

My regular customer Terry's old house has been knocked down as per schedule. He has two new structures in the backyard since years ago now. But now the super old house has been knocked down.

My buddy Alex from Sofia just returned to Bulgaria from a little holiday in Lombardi. He's actually Italian. He's a real character. If I go back to Europe some time I'll probably just kick it with him in northern Italy.

Movie review: the Golden Child, Eddy Murphy, NITV channel

 

Check out my vest:

It's from William the Fourth, a replica paddle steamer named after the English monarch William the Fourth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_IV

It's also got the Australian flag sewn onto the back (of the vest).

Fee fi fo fum.... Finally something positive to say about the Englishman; movie director John Landis 'Twilight Zone' fatal helicopter crash ,- subsequent criminal negligence court case

 

Specifically: Percy Fawcett....

Intrepid explorer of South America...

"Percy Fawcett - Wikipedia"

 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Fawcett

Fawcett would have been greeted by a traditional tribal dance looking like this....

When exploring the Americas European explorers are sometimes greeted with a traditional local tribal dance. As yet none of these dances have been nominated for a coveted Benji award. 

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movie director John Landis 'Twilight Zone' fatal helicopter crash, subsequent criminal negligence court case

https://youtu.be/bkjXqfqR2dM?si=53sOQdpHaCZwVXdC

Involuntary manslaughter charges brought. Trial begins in late 1986. Verdict, not guilty.

Chaz Michael Michaels new commercial; SBS robodebt Alan Tudge - Australian of the year; John McEnroe yelling at folks

 

Hey guys you know that loveable actor, he plays Sherlock Holmes and also Chaz Michael Michaels, you love him for his hijinx and buffoonery the same way Hamlet loved Yorrick. But you can't remember his name. Still you love that guy, but not in a suck on his earlobe and stick your finger up his asshole then threaten him with a blowtorch way. Gee I can't remember his name now but he's also in wedding crashers. He has a new commercial for Paypal on Australian tv, isn't he a hoot and a holler?

Ok let's go to another loveable American, John McEnroe. When it comes to his epic meltdowns and righteous indignations, it's possibly always best to let him speak for himself, consider:

https://youtu.be/NJ5nmM5xW-o?si=XO5PAvU4uf2psg7Y

Finally, Australian of the year, Alan Tudge, robodebt: