benj wesley
@benjwesley.bsky.social
Piano, theology, theater. Previously @foyercoffee on Twitter.
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I am an inveterate car hater and agree that american car culture is an altar to sin, or, as I unironically believe, an altar to some kind of road rage demon that has claimed dominion over all of our roadways, so I don't disagree with the thesis overall
January 10, 2026 at 3:38 AM
I am an inveterate car hater and agree that american car culture is an altar to sin, or, as I unironically believe, an altar to some kind of road rage demon that has claimed dominion over all of our roadways, so I don't disagree with the thesis overall
25 days until I get to dress up like a jester and recite Ecclesiastes on a tiny stage again!
January 7, 2026 at 2:28 AM
25 days until I get to dress up like a jester and recite Ecclesiastes on a tiny stage again!
I just realized that a full set of Calvin and Hobbes is definitely near the top of the list of things I want to buy when I have hundreds of dollars of completely discretionary money
I can still remember getting upset when I couldn’t find Calvin & Hobbes in the comics section of the newspaper the next day & found out it was because Watterson had ended its run.
Thirty years ago today. The most beautiful, hopeful farewell.
December 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I just realized that a full set of Calvin and Hobbes is definitely near the top of the list of things I want to buy when I have hundreds of dollars of completely discretionary money
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the federal government is trying to regulate what kind of underwear I can buy and wear
love the party of small government
love the party of small government
December 19, 2025 at 1:53 AM
the federal government is trying to regulate what kind of underwear I can buy and wear
love the party of small government
love the party of small government
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This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.
December 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.
Catching up on Clone High and looked up the Wikipedia page of guest star Tom Green. I never heard of this man, but he
- was briefly married to Drew Barrymore
- inspired Joe Rogan to get into podcasting
- was called out in the lyrics of "The Real Slim Shady" for humping apparently dead moose
- was briefly married to Drew Barrymore
- inspired Joe Rogan to get into podcasting
- was called out in the lyrics of "The Real Slim Shady" for humping apparently dead moose
December 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Catching up on Clone High and looked up the Wikipedia page of guest star Tom Green. I never heard of this man, but he
- was briefly married to Drew Barrymore
- inspired Joe Rogan to get into podcasting
- was called out in the lyrics of "The Real Slim Shady" for humping apparently dead moose
- was briefly married to Drew Barrymore
- inspired Joe Rogan to get into podcasting
- was called out in the lyrics of "The Real Slim Shady" for humping apparently dead moose
Unpopular opinion: we need to stop asking which stories should be remade with Muppets and one primary human actor. They successfully did that only two times 30+ years ago. Instead, we need to invent a slate of characters anyone can recreate and use THEM to retell classic stories
December 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Unpopular opinion: we need to stop asking which stories should be remade with Muppets and one primary human actor. They successfully did that only two times 30+ years ago. Instead, we need to invent a slate of characters anyone can recreate and use THEM to retell classic stories
Even though (perhaps bc) I identify as Xian, I wonder if anyone has attempted a quasi-IFS approach to atheism: "Thank you, religion, for doing your best to keep us safe in the earlier stages of civilization. But now you're fomenting division and ignorance and it's time to let go of that control."
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Even though (perhaps bc) I identify as Xian, I wonder if anyone has attempted a quasi-IFS approach to atheism: "Thank you, religion, for doing your best to keep us safe in the earlier stages of civilization. But now you're fomenting division and ignorance and it's time to let go of that control."
thinking that the best possible Frankenstein movie would have
-del Toro's 2025 Captain Walton
- Bride of Frankenstein's sequence with the elderly blind man
- the creature makeup from the 2004 Hallmark miniseries
- the climactic adaptational twist from Branagh '94
- del Toro's ending and final shot
-del Toro's 2025 Captain Walton
- Bride of Frankenstein's sequence with the elderly blind man
- the creature makeup from the 2004 Hallmark miniseries
- the climactic adaptational twist from Branagh '94
- del Toro's ending and final shot
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
thinking that the best possible Frankenstein movie would have
-del Toro's 2025 Captain Walton
- Bride of Frankenstein's sequence with the elderly blind man
- the creature makeup from the 2004 Hallmark miniseries
- the climactic adaptational twist from Branagh '94
- del Toro's ending and final shot
-del Toro's 2025 Captain Walton
- Bride of Frankenstein's sequence with the elderly blind man
- the creature makeup from the 2004 Hallmark miniseries
- the climactic adaptational twist from Branagh '94
- del Toro's ending and final shot
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Memorial service done, here's the final piece:
Psalm 113:3
Psalm 113:3
November 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Memorial service done, here's the final piece:
Psalm 113:3
Psalm 113:3
After attending a murder mystery dinner theater production last night, I'm envisioning a one-person show variant where just one actor in costume is wandering around delivering increasingly unhinged monologues
October 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
After attending a murder mystery dinner theater production last night, I'm envisioning a one-person show variant where just one actor in costume is wandering around delivering increasingly unhinged monologues
Finally watched John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness (1987), a movie in which Satan a liquid goo trying to free his Father (the Anti-God) and Jesus was apparently a space alien sent to warn us. Honestly, I don't mind such heresy in service of Lovecraftian horror, but you gotta... (1/2)
October 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Finally watched John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness (1987), a movie in which Satan a liquid goo trying to free his Father (the Anti-God) and Jesus was apparently a space alien sent to warn us. Honestly, I don't mind such heresy in service of Lovecraftian horror, but you gotta... (1/2)
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I’ve read this 3 times now and it is actually excellent advice for meditating on the Word of God
October 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I’ve read this 3 times now and it is actually excellent advice for meditating on the Word of God
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I've never written a musical but one of these days I'm going to sit down and write a musical about Joseph just to prove it can be done better than the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat version
August 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I've never written a musical but one of these days I'm going to sit down and write a musical about Joseph just to prove it can be done better than the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat version
I don't really like every single song on the album, but damn if Randy Newman's Faust doesn't have some real tearjerkers (and catchy songs in general)
August 3, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I don't really like every single song on the album, but damn if Randy Newman's Faust doesn't have some real tearjerkers (and catchy songs in general)
Am I getting old? Or are people in their 60s and 70s — not always, but fairly often — starting to get good at Facebook?
July 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Am I getting old? Or are people in their 60s and 70s — not always, but fairly often — starting to get good at Facebook?
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Went to beach yesterday. We made fun of him at the time but Anakin Skywalker was 100% correct about sand
July 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Went to beach yesterday. We made fun of him at the time but Anakin Skywalker was 100% correct about sand
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Tennessee's youth transition ban is straightforwardly discriminatory. It bans puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries *only* when they are used to affirm a trans identity
www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bi...
www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bi...
June 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Tennessee's youth transition ban is straightforwardly discriminatory. It bans puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries *only* when they are used to affirm a trans identity
www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bi...
www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bi...
Hi everyone—I made my BlueSky account a while back but I figure it's time I actually give posting here an honest try.
My name is Benjamin; I was foyercoffee on Twitter. I play piano for churches, musicals, and college voice students. I buy lots of theology books but rarely read them.
My name is Benjamin; I was foyercoffee on Twitter. I play piano for churches, musicals, and college voice students. I buy lots of theology books but rarely read them.
May 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Hi everyone—I made my BlueSky account a while back but I figure it's time I actually give posting here an honest try.
My name is Benjamin; I was foyercoffee on Twitter. I play piano for churches, musicals, and college voice students. I buy lots of theology books but rarely read them.
My name is Benjamin; I was foyercoffee on Twitter. I play piano for churches, musicals, and college voice students. I buy lots of theology books but rarely read them.