About Ben

The 5 Ws and an H

Who I Am: I’m a guy who migrated to Australia from the USA almost 20 years ago. I migrated here to be with someone but we split up already. I am married (to an Indian guy who was also an international student in the past) and I have had a background in information technology.

What I Am: I work in the medical field and love what I do (though I might complain about it a lot). I also do some work on the side in IT when I want to buy more stuff.

Where I Am: Melbourne, Australia (or depending on what time of the year, Houston, Texas USA). Australia is my home now and I love and adore this country. I feel lucky to be able to stay here.

Why I Am: Hopefully I can explore this through terrible writing and overthinking. That’s why I am here.

How I Am: I love dachshunds, good food, good scenery, and I really like the time I have to myself. I am a gamer, but not very serious about it. It just gives me an escape from a hard day or week.


More In-Depth

I know having a personal website isn’t in fashion anymore and most people have moved on to apps like Snapchat, Instagram, and other social communities. The problem with those services is that I like my freedom to say and do whatever I want.

Don’t think for a moment that it’s some excuse to be an idiot and say things that are controversial, unpopular, or anything. No rules. No censorship. No describing my feelings to my immediate family. I don’t have to deal with any of that. And you know something else? I’m glad.

On my weblog and personal website, I will not intentionally trick you and I don’t personally track you. I do use some Google services for fonts and form validation and sadly, they probably do.

I used to make a podcast, but stopped producing new episodes back in 2022.

I sometimes stream at Twitch. Try that. You might get lucky if you’d like to see an old guy play games.


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If you’re interested in supporting my creative endeavors, you can see ways how to do that on the support me page or links in the sidebar.