BenSpark: The Human Behind the Avatar

The other day I posted about the FuelMyBlog book ‘The Human Behind the Avatar’. Well today I have my submission. This is my submission for the FuelMyBlog Book. I had Allison take it for me as, well, you can see that my hands are quite full. This image will appear in the FuelMyBlog book that is being created. The theme is The Human Behind the Avatar. It shows that behind each blog there is a human being who is working hard to make that blog the best it can be. It is so easy to think of people online in terms of their avatars but with this book we (the FuelMyBlog Community) aim to show that there is a Human behind that avatar. More submissions are coming in each day. Check out the photo pool. Below is what I’d like to have inthe book but I only have room for 100 words so I have to cut it down.

“My name is Drew Bennett. I have been blogging for 4 years. I started my first blog as a way to have a creative outlet. It was also a place to document my travels across the world. It quickly became my outlet for everyday happenings.

In the past 4 years time I have created 5 blogs and each with a different focus. The BenSpark is where I talk about things from my life as well as where I showcase my photography project of a Photo-A-Day. I’ve been doing this project for nearly three years. Benspark 2: Electric Boogaloo is where I talk about all things pop culture that I enjoy. Flatwater Tech is my gadget blog. The Wired Kayaker is a blog about kayaking and gadgets and it is host to a fledgling "On the Water" Video podcast. Read to Me, Dad was started as a way to include my daughter into my blogging. The blog is for new dads and a great resource for children’s books.

Visit my blogs –
The BenSpark – https://benspark.com
BenSpark 2: Electric Boogaloo – http://benspark.blogspot.com
Flatwater Tech – http://flat-water.blogspot.com
The Wired Kayaker – http://www.wiredkayaker.com
Read to Me, Dad – http://www.readtomedad.com

That was 201 words so I cut it down to this. 100 words exactly.

“My name is Drew Bennett. I have created 5 blogs and each with a different focus. The BenSpark is where I talk about things from my life as well as where I showcase my photography project of a Photo-A-Day. I’ve been doing this project for nearly three years. The Wired Kayaker is a blog and podcast about kayaking. Read to Me, Dad is for new dads and a great resource for children’s books. BenSpark 2: Electric Boogaloo is where I talk about all things pop culture that I enjoy. Flatwater Tech is my gadget blog.”

Photo-A-Day #961 11/25/07

Today Allison and I took Eva to her first North Attleboro Parade. Let me first say that each year that we go to this parade I wonder where all the people come from. There must be 15 different dance studios in town as well as 15 girl scout and brownie troops. I just wonder where all these people are half the time. It is incredible.

For the most part I like the parades. I like that people int he parades have a good time and get out there so we can cheer and enjoy their hard work. What I don’t like is the way people are at parades. Some people should just not leave the house because they cannot behave in civilized company. and what is worse they are creating kids just as bad. It is infuriating.

Eva slept through the parade, which is good because the fire trucks were quite loud at times. We did see many nice things and enjoyed the parade. It is great to have it down the street from us. Here are three more photos that I liked.

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