Ben Ruset on May 5th, 2008

No new pictures. Besides taking Dana to the Claws-N-Paws Zoo, I pretty much did nothing but hide in the hotel room and sit on my laptop.
I’m sure I could have found some adventures taking the Jeep out by myself, but with Laura and Dana in tow it would have just been ugly.

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Ben Ruset on December 28th, 2007

I’ve been thinking a lot about archives.
I’m an amateur historian, so I spend a lot of time looking into the past. Part of looking into the past is field work - in my case, going out into the Pine Barrens and exploring where these ghost towns were. Another big part of that is doing research. [...]

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Ben Ruset on August 14th, 2007

Last Sunday I decided to give Laura a break and took Dana down to Batsto Village for some father-daughter bonding time. You can see pics in the gallery.
I was discussing Batsto with a few people and they asked what and where it is. Despite me running a rather comprehensive site about the Pine Barrens of [...]

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Ben Ruset on July 14th, 2007

Today Laura, Dana, and I went to the Ocean County Fair with Rob Rome, Brian, Rosalyn, and their kids Katelyn and Brandon.
Dana got her first ride on a merry-go-round:

In other news, I have been spending a lot of time listening to some new music. Found this great band, Boards of Canada,  through MySpace. They’re on [...]

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