Category: Everyday

Happy New Year everybody. Well, it’s good to be back at Fun Time Tree House, especially with an entire new year ahead and a hopeful outlook that maybe this year will be even better than the last. You may have been wondering… “Why the hell hasn’t Funtime Ben updated the site?” Well, for most of…

So, my beautiful girlfriend, and Risa, her very fun roommate, are having a non-denominational holiday party this year celebrating the winter solstice. This will be my first Winter Solstice party and I am very excited by the prospect of attending. Past solstices featured my girlfriend drunk, gatherings of various characters with stories I have heard…

Now, I’m not one of those screw the system, give it to the man, rebellious types. I’ve never been the guy who got the watch free because of the promotion. Never knew somebody who knew somebody. I always pay retail, not because I want to, but because I have to. I even have trouble accepting…

Well, it’s about that time to go on home and prepare for an insane weekend ahead. This weekend I have been roped into acting in a movie for my friend Jay. The movie is great, but this time of year, the last thing I want to do is have a half-dozen crew members examining me…

When it rains in Manhattan, you avoid it. If you’re going anywhere, take the subway and do whatever you can to avoid the rain. Unless you have to go a few blocks away, then you take a cab. Unless you are a true New Yorker, then you walk. I walked. I got soaked. There is…