If you sit at the right kind of table with the right kind of things in front of you and the right kind of people behind you and next to you and talking to you, you expect to be waited on. You have a reasonable expectation of service. You can’t really be held accountable for […]
A reasonable expectation of service
Posted by Ben on September 7, 2003
https://www.swordbilled.com/a-reasonable-expectation-of-service/
Entro
Listen to you. You’re rambling. You don’t make any sense.
Calm down. Breathe. Swallow. That jabbing pain probably means you need to urinate.
That tingly sensation? In your fingertips? Your fingers are burning; take them out of the fire.
Posted by Ben on September 7, 2003
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Disassembling Oppositional Culture: cooperation & monkeywrenching the system
A (half-hearted) attempt to identify cultures by their oppositional or cooperational elements; and an attempt to step away from the oppositional elements.
Posted by Ben on May 27, 2003
https://www.swordbilled.com/disassembling-oppositional-culture-cooperation-monkeywrenching-the-system/
The Swainson’s Hawk in Argentina: Possibilities for Success in Migratory Bird Conservation [A Thesis] (PDF)
A thesis on the Swainson’s hawk. Precursed by a much shorter, more general paper called Migratory Birds and the Legislative Landscape of the United States. Abstract: In 1994, a U.S. Forest Service biologist, noting a marked decline in the Swainson’s hawk population in the western United States, decided to investigate further, and used radio transmitters […]
Posted by Ben on March 31, 2003
https://www.swordbilled.com/thesis/
Lewiston High School Science Fair
Lewiston High School Science Fair Procedurals (PDF) Lewiston High School Science Fair Organizing Report, 2001 (PDF) Lewiston High School Science Fair Organizing Report, 2002 (PDF)
Posted by Ben on May 8, 2002
https://www.swordbilled.com/lewiston-high-school-science-fair/
Migratory Birds and the Legislative Landscape of the United States
The goal of this paper is to act as a review of wetland science and legislation in answering the question of how adequately the needs of migratory birds are met by current legal measures. First I will present a very brief history of wetland-related legislation in the U.S. in order to provide a background for […]
Posted by Ben on December 8, 2001
https://www.swordbilled.com/migratory-birds-and-the-legislative-landscape-of-the-united-states/
Die Fotografie: Auffassung, Kunst, Fakten Die kleine Figur meines Vaters von Peter Henisch
An essay on the significance of photography in Peter Henisch’s Die kleine Figur meines Vaters.
Posted by Ben on October 27, 2001
https://www.swordbilled.com/die-fotografie-auffassung-kunst-fakten-die-kleine-figur-meines-vaters-von-peter-henisch/
Alberto
It starts with noticing someone else’s wristwatch, and before you know it, you’re a regular time-traveler.
Posted by Ben on April 21, 2001
https://www.swordbilled.com/alberto/
The Wonderful World of Michael Spammy (How to be a Villain)
1. They’re everywhere, you know. All around us. Ready to close in on us at any moment, gnash us in their teeth like giant mice. This isn’t a story about giant mice, though. Oh, sure, there are giant mice involved, but that’s not the focus of the story. No, not at all. So naturally, I’m […]
Posted by Ben on August 13, 2000
https://www.swordbilled.com/the-wonderful-world-of-michael-spammy-how-to-be-a-villain/
Survival Cards
These survival cards are more of a teaching aid than they are a game, though presumably you could hack a game out of them. The deck consists of 16 cards, each of them some sort of equipment (e.g., hatchet) or resource (e.g., cave). There are numerous ways in which they can be used (the cards, […]
Posted by Ben on September 8, 1999
https://www.swordbilled.com/survival-cards/