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New Cars Are Amazing (Terms and Conditions Apply)
Last week I bought a sofa and a dehumidifier. These things are too large to fit in my Miata, and so the store I purchased them from allowed me the use of their new Toyota Pixis pickup truck. Historically, I am not a fan of pickup trucks. I associate them with terrible driving dynamics, bloated […]
Doctorification
I started my PhD in 2018. I finished my coursework in 2021. After that, there was a sort of “floating” period where I published research and lived a mostly-normal life. Then, from 2024 until last Wednesday, there was the thesis. Sitting here, as the newly minted Dr. Garrido, I feel I can offer some clarification […]
Reminiscent of “The Red Tent”
I think the folks over at the Bookish Elf liked my little historical novel. https://www.bookishelf.com/joshua-and-the-chosen-people-by-ben-garrido/?amp
Contradictions and Curiosities in the Conception of “Equality.”
This is my paper, published and freely downloadable from the Korean Society of Education Ideas Journal. Contradictions And Curiosities in The Conception of “Equality” in Education 교육 평등주의 개념의 모순 탐색 Garrido, Benjamin Ross (Shimonoseki City College) ————————–<ABSTRACT>————————— Equality is one of the most widely discussed ideals in modern education discourse. For all this prominence, […]
How to Be an Artist on Our Team
We are looking for artists to illustrate our book series and we want you to apply! What You Get J & B Publishing is always on the lookout for talented artists. We accept a variety of mediums – everything from comics-style pencil-on-paper to illlustrated calligraphy to silk screens – and prefer to work with artists […]
How to Write as a Member of Our Team
Jamal Barbari and I are looking for writers at J & B Publishing and we want you to submit. What You Get J & B Publishing recognizes the need to operate differently from most publishers in the dynamic new version of the books industry. As such, we offer a comprehensive package of coaching, development and […]
The Universe-Centric Approach to Publishing
When I proposed co-founding J & B Publishing to my friend Jamal Barbari, I knew that we’d need to come up with something unique, some way to stand apart from the thousands of other small publishers. We both dove into the industry, cased the competition and contacted the most commercially successful authors we knew. What […]
Launch of My New Business
I’m very happy to announce my newly established business, J & B Publishing. Co-founder Jamal Barbari and I have just released our first book, Joshua and the Chosen People. We have a lot of cool projects ongoing, exciting artists already onboard and opportunities for new writers, all of which you can peruse at jandbpublish.com. If […]
The Case For Religion
It’s best to be religious for two reasons. First, religion by its very nature gives us something greater than ourselves to live meaningfully in service of, an alternative to moral relativism and other forms of nihilism. Secondly, and perhaps even more important, being religious in any intelligent sense logically necessitates ambiguity tolerance or, more prosaically, […]
The Return of Bendysseus
Sing, oh Muse, of the man of many ghetto-fabulous devices, who wandered LAX of the land of California and Incheon of the land of Korea, doing so after sacking the shops and wineries of the famous Citadel of Oregon, taking with him many treasures and presents. Many were the security offices he saw and varied […]
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