Benjamin Recchie
@brecchie.bsky.social
Chicagoan, dad, intermittent essayist (medium.com/@brecchie).
Fun fact: the lawn sculpture prevents Allied landing craft from approaching the house at high tide, making their embarked troops vulnerable to machine-gun fire from the house.
February 14, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Fun fact: the lawn sculpture prevents Allied landing craft from approaching the house at high tide, making their embarked troops vulnerable to machine-gun fire from the house.
My mom's reaction to Caleb Williams' incredible game-tying touchdown pass:
January 19, 2026 at 3:01 AM
My mom's reaction to Caleb Williams' incredible game-tying touchdown pass:
Logo designers have a nasty tendency to update logos by making them more generic. I don't think anyone will get mad at the FLWBC in the way they did at Cracker Barrel, but compare their old, unmistakably Wrightian logo (red, below) with their new, could-be-anything one.
January 8, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Logo designers have a nasty tendency to update logos by making them more generic. I don't think anyone will get mad at the FLWBC in the way they did at Cracker Barrel, but compare their old, unmistakably Wrightian logo (red, below) with their new, could-be-anything one.
Is that better or worse than when the White Sox had an all-Garcia outfield?
December 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Is that better or worse than when the White Sox had an all-Garcia outfield?
“I just thought of a name for where we’re going--New England!”
“Oh that’s real creative. What do you call your foot, New Hand?”
“Oh that’s real creative. What do you call your foot, New Hand?”
October 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“I just thought of a name for where we’re going--New England!”
“Oh that’s real creative. What do you call your foot, New Hand?”
“Oh that’s real creative. What do you call your foot, New Hand?”
Check out this head-scratching figure that's supposed to describe boiling--excuse me, "boiting"--water on the stove.
(This is not the bad writing example; it's going to be used to show how not to use a figure. But I thought I'd have some fun with the figure itself, too.)
(This is not the bad writing example; it's going to be used to show how not to use a figure. But I thought I'd have some fun with the figure itself, too.)
August 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Check out this head-scratching figure that's supposed to describe boiling--excuse me, "boiting"--water on the stove.
(This is not the bad writing example; it's going to be used to show how not to use a figure. But I thought I'd have some fun with the figure itself, too.)
(This is not the bad writing example; it's going to be used to show how not to use a figure. But I thought I'd have some fun with the figure itself, too.)
The most out-of-left-field thing I learned from the Trump-Epstein news coverage is that Donald Trump might actually be a not-terrible artist. Like, look at this sketch of the George Washington Bridge. That's better than I could do!
Ugh.
Ugh.
July 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The most out-of-left-field thing I learned from the Trump-Epstein news coverage is that Donald Trump might actually be a not-terrible artist. Like, look at this sketch of the George Washington Bridge. That's better than I could do!
Ugh.
Ugh.
Great Falls of Tinker's Creek, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, June 2025. #nationalparks
July 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Great Falls of Tinker's Creek, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, June 2025. #nationalparks
If you see this, post a beach photo from your phone.
April 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
If you see this, post a beach photo from your phone.
Winter birding hike at Devils Lake State Park, Wisconsin. A much needed hiking weekend getaway.
January 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Winter birding hike at Devils Lake State Park, Wisconsin. A much needed hiking weekend getaway.