Author: Funtime Ben

  • The Life and Times of a Rock-n-Roll Shut-in

    !(photo)https://www.upthetree.com/wp-uploads/IMG_1207.jpg(Sufjan Stevens)! _Sufjan Stevens at SouthPaw November 14th 2004._ I’ve decided, as one does from time to time, to go to more shows. I have been woefully inadequate on going to live shows for the last few months and I am thoroughly sick of it. I have absolutely no excuse for not going other than…

  • Blue siding

    !(photo)https://www.upthetree.com/wp-uploads/IMG_1567.jpg(Blue siding and chairs)! Blue siding with modern rusting grey chairs in Rosedale New York, a small cement mining town on the river.

  • Water Fountain in the Snow

    !(photo)https://www.upthetree.com/wp-uploads/IMG_1607.jpg(Water fountain in the snow)! I think it’s about time I reinstate the *Photo a Day* feature of my website. It’s been too long and my camera is collecting dust. Let’s see how long I can go before missing a post.

  • Broken RSS feed

    It seems that my RSS feed had gone all broken because of some poking around I did with the code. Let this teach you PodCasters out there not to mess with your code when you’re tired. The RSS feed has been restored to it’s former glory and I gratefully thank _Aging Geek_ for pointing the…

  • Cha-Cha-Cha-Changes

    Well if the new design wasn’t a dead give away, Up the Tree has been upgraded to a new piece of blogging software. Although the move seems to have gone successfully, I am sure there may be a few hiccups – so if you see anything out of the ordinary please give me a holler.…