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</header> <div class="entry-content clear-fix"> <p>Welcome to Ben Fast! Check the pages above and the categories below left to see what’s happening here. Share with friends through social media on the right, I’d love to get to know them too. I’m not selling anything, just keeping track of my life, and maybe writing something you might find interesting. Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoy!</p> <p>See the newest posts on the <a title="@what’s new" href="https://befasterblog.wordpress.com/whats-new/">@what’s new</a> page.</p> <div id="gr_challenge_207" style="border:2px solid #EBE8D5;-moz-border-radius:10px;padding:0 7px;max-width:230px;min-height:100px;"> <div id="gr_challenge_progress_body_207" style="font-size:12px;font-family:georgia, serif;line-height:18px;"> <h3 style="margin:4px 0 10px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;"><a style="text-decoration:none;font-family:georgia, serif;font-style:italic;font-size:1.1em;" href="http://www.goodreads.com/challenges/207-2012-reading-challenge">2012 Reading Challenge</a></h3> <div class="challegePic"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/challenges/207-2012-reading-challenge"><img style="float:left;margin-right:10px;border:0 none;" alt="2012 Reading Challenge" src="https://i0.wp.com/photo.goodreads.com/challenges/1324418912p2/207.jpg" /></a></div> <div><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/9358340-ben">Ben</a> has<br /> read 5 books toward his goal of 5 books.</div> <div style="width:100px;margin:4px 5px 5px 0;float:left;border:1px solid #382110;height:8px;overflow:hidden;background-color:#fff;"> <div style="width:100%;background-color:#d7d2c4;float:left;"><span style="visibility:hidden;">hide</span></div> </div> <div style="font-family:arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:70%;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/425717">5 of 5 (100%)</a></div> <div style="text-align:right;"><a style="text-decoration:none;font-size:10px;" href="http://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/425717">view books</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 style="text-align:center;">History</h3> <address><strong>January 9, 2012: Joined WordPress, began transferring content from the old blog</strong></address> <address><strong>January 10, 2012: Busiest day so far at 98 views (Thank you all!)</strong></address> <address><strong>February 9, 2012: First month anniversary, celebrate with an article on <a title="BioLite: Camp Stove with a Conscience" href="https://befasterblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/biolite-camp-stove/">BioLite CampStoves</a> and their great poverty alleviation business plan. Total views to date: 461.</strong></address> <address><strong>April</strong> <strong>19, 2012: After a few months off to focus on school, getting back into the creative mode with some summer project ideas. 3 subscribers, 699 views.</strong></address> <address><strong>May 8, 2012: 800 views, 6 subscribers (3 in one day!)</strong></address> <address><strong>May 23, 2012: The day after my birthday my blog reaches 900 views all-time. “Paljon kiitoksia, kuka sinä olet” to the person from Finland who helped me reach that mark! Summer book reading challenge is failing……</strong></address> <address><strong>June 3, 2012: 1,000 VIEWS!!! Thank you to everyone!</strong></address> <address><strong>June 19, 2012: 1,250 views! Things have started to really pick up on this site, I’m so excited. In the past month I’ve had professional authors follow my blog, I’ve won contests, I’ve scored some writing opportunities, and ‘met’ some really cool people. Keep those views coming, June is set to have the highest average views per day yet!</strong></address> <address><strong>July 3, 2012: 1,500 views, I won a <a title="So…I won a writing contest!" href="https://befasterblog.wordpress.com/2012/07/03/so-i-won-a-writing-contest/">writing contest</a>, and published a new <a title="Stephanie: the Living Room Session" href="https://befasterblog.wordpress.com/2012/07/03/stephanie-the-living-room-session/">Flickr Gallery</a>!</strong></address> <address><strong>July 30, 2012: 2,000 views. 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Looking forward to checking back and seeing what you’re up to! 🙂</p> </div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-benfast bypostauthor odd alt depth-2" id="li-comment-22"> <article id="comment-22" class="comment"> <footer> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <img alt='' src='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2e5e14633053804abe2f2bfd9ac81a5feec65379a0f8af78402429f7e9d369c?s=40&d=identicon&r=PG' srcset='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2e5e14633053804abe2f2bfd9ac81a5feec65379a0f8af78402429f7e9d369c?s=40&d=identicon&r=PG 1x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2e5e14633053804abe2f2bfd9ac81a5feec65379a0f8af78402429f7e9d369c?s=60&d=identicon&r=PG 1.5x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2e5e14633053804abe2f2bfd9ac81a5feec65379a0f8af78402429f7e9d369c?s=80&d=identicon&r=PG 2x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2e5e14633053804abe2f2bfd9ac81a5feec65379a0f8af78402429f7e9d369c?s=120&d=identicon&r=PG 3x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2e5e14633053804abe2f2bfd9ac81a5feec65379a0f8af78402429f7e9d369c?s=160&d=identicon&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <span class="comment-author vcard"> <cite class="fn"><a href="http://twoab.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">befaster</a></cite> </span> <a href="https://befasterblog.wordpress.com/#comment-22" class="comment-date"><time pubdate datetime="2012-04-19T20:57:21-07:00">April 19, 2012 at 8:57 pm</time></a> <span class="sep">·</span> <span class="sep">·</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://befasterblog.wordpress.com/?replytocom=22#respond" data-commentid="22" data-postid="65" data-belowelement="comment-22" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to befaster" aria-label="Reply to befaster">Reply</a> → </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Hi there,<br /> Thanks so much for finding me! Sorry I don’t have much new stuff to show you, I’ve had a very busy semester this year at school, but I’m planning on starting up with a bunch of travel things from last summer and tons more photos really soon, so check back maybe half way through May for new things! Where are you from in Canada?<br /> Ben</p> </div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-aimsphotos even depth-3" id="li-comment-23"> <article id="comment-23" class="comment"> <footer> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <img alt='' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c475444e75425635e5e6cc14ed4af2a4c1b20a5e22a89aa0869eb199de13a77e?s=40&d=identicon&r=PG' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c475444e75425635e5e6cc14ed4af2a4c1b20a5e22a89aa0869eb199de13a77e?s=40&d=identicon&r=PG 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c475444e75425635e5e6cc14ed4af2a4c1b20a5e22a89aa0869eb199de13a77e?s=60&d=identicon&r=PG 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c475444e75425635e5e6cc14ed4af2a4c1b20a5e22a89aa0869eb199de13a77e?s=80&d=identicon&r=PG 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c475444e75425635e5e6cc14ed4af2a4c1b20a5e22a89aa0869eb199de13a77e?s=120&d=identicon&r=PG 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c475444e75425635e5e6cc14ed4af2a4c1b20a5e22a89aa0869eb199de13a77e?s=160&d=identicon&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <span class="comment-author vcard"> <cite class="fn"><a href="http://aimsphotos.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">aimsphotos</a></cite> </span> <a href="https://befasterblog.wordpress.com/#comment-23" class="comment-date"><time pubdate datetime="2012-04-19T21:53:46-07:00">April 19, 2012 at 9:53 pm</time></a> <span class="sep">·</span> <span class="sep">·</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Awesome, I’ll be sure and check back then! I’m also planning to add pictures and talk about my past travel experiences (England and Germany so far!) on my blog. Where did you travel last summer? I’m mostly from Kelowna but part time Vernon a lot as well. 🙂</p> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-benfast bypostauthor odd alt depth-3" id="li-comment-24"> <article id="comment-24" class="comment"> <footer> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <img alt='' src='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2e5e14633053804abe2f2bfd9ac81a5feec65379a0f8af78402429f7e9d369c?s=40&d=identicon&r=PG' srcset='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2e5e14633053804abe2f2bfd9ac81a5feec65379a0f8af78402429f7e9d369c?s=40&d=identicon&r=PG 1x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2e5e14633053804abe2f2bfd9ac81a5feec65379a0f8af78402429f7e9d369c?s=60&d=identicon&r=PG 1.5x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2e5e14633053804abe2f2bfd9ac81a5feec65379a0f8af78402429f7e9d369c?s=80&d=identicon&r=PG 2x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2e5e14633053804abe2f2bfd9ac81a5feec65379a0f8af78402429f7e9d369c?s=120&d=identicon&r=PG 3x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2e5e14633053804abe2f2bfd9ac81a5feec65379a0f8af78402429f7e9d369c?s=160&d=identicon&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <span class="comment-author vcard"> <cite class="fn"><a href="http://twoab.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">befaster</a></cite> </span> <a href="https://befasterblog.wordpress.com/#comment-24" class="comment-date"><time pubdate datetime="2012-04-20T20:57:19-07:00">April 20, 2012 at 8:57 pm</time></a> <span class="sep">·</span> <span class="sep">·</span> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>I spent last summer working in Normandy at the Juno Beach Centre as part of a university co-op. I travelled to eight countries while I was there, so quite a few photos to go through and upload! Ah, very nice to hear from someone in the Interior. I have a few friends from there and I have been to Kelowna a few times for the RUSH Youth Conference which happens in February/March each year. Great town!</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-torimcrae even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-108"> <article id="comment-108" class="comment"> <footer> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <img alt='' src='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/80ea023d1b29b67e1597dffa95353860eef9421b014f4a299d3f60b21939ff4a?s=40&d=identicon&r=PG' srcset='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/80ea023d1b29b67e1597dffa95353860eef9421b014f4a299d3f60b21939ff4a?s=40&d=identicon&r=PG 1x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/80ea023d1b29b67e1597dffa95353860eef9421b014f4a299d3f60b21939ff4a?s=60&d=identicon&r=PG 1.5x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/80ea023d1b29b67e1597dffa95353860eef9421b014f4a299d3f60b21939ff4a?s=80&d=identicon&r=PG 2x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/80ea023d1b29b67e1597dffa95353860eef9421b014f4a299d3f60b21939ff4a?s=120&d=identicon&r=PG 3x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/80ea023d1b29b67e1597dffa95353860eef9421b014f4a299d3f60b21939ff4a?s=160&d=identicon&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <span class="comment-author vcard"> <cite class="fn"><a href="http://torimcrae.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">torimcrae</a></cite> </span> <a href="https://befasterblog.wordpress.com/#comment-108" class="comment-date"><time pubdate datetime="2012-06-08T03:22:46-07:00">June 8, 2012 at 3:22 am</time></a> <span class="sep">·</span> <span class="sep">·</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://befasterblog.wordpress.com/?replytocom=108#respond" data-commentid="108" data-postid="65" data-belowelement="comment-108" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to torimcrae" aria-label="Reply to torimcrae">Reply</a> → </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Ben, Thanks for following my blog and for trying the writing exercise contest. Please revisit the post. I inadvertantly repeated one of the words for the prompt. </p> <p>The list should read:<br /> remain trailer music family alarm</p> <p>I hope this doesn’t cause too mucb inconvenience.<br /> Tori McRae<br /> p.s. Took a day away from my computer. When I catch up on e-mail i intend to read your posts. Your site looks very interesting.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jenniferworrell odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-155"> <article id="comment-155" class="comment"> <footer> <div class="comment-meta commentmetadata"> <img alt='' src='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83d35a2abb5b0fb526658a56717171593b77152ae3a440a6baae8da73ea3ef23?s=40&d=identicon&r=PG' srcset='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83d35a2abb5b0fb526658a56717171593b77152ae3a440a6baae8da73ea3ef23?s=40&d=identicon&r=PG 1x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83d35a2abb5b0fb526658a56717171593b77152ae3a440a6baae8da73ea3ef23?s=60&d=identicon&r=PG 1.5x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83d35a2abb5b0fb526658a56717171593b77152ae3a440a6baae8da73ea3ef23?s=80&d=identicon&r=PG 2x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83d35a2abb5b0fb526658a56717171593b77152ae3a440a6baae8da73ea3ef23?s=120&d=identicon&r=PG 3x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/83d35a2abb5b0fb526658a56717171593b77152ae3a440a6baae8da73ea3ef23?s=160&d=identicon&r=PG 4x' class='avatar avatar-40' height='40' width='40' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <span class="comment-author vcard"> <cite class="fn">Jennifer Worrell</cite> </span> <a href="https://befasterblog.wordpress.com/#comment-155" class="comment-date"><time pubdate datetime="2012-06-14T17:53:40-07:00">June 14, 2012 at 5:53 pm</time></a> <span class="sep">·</span> <span class="sep">·</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://befasterblog.wordpress.com/?replytocom=155#respond" data-commentid="155" data-postid="65" data-belowelement="comment-155" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Jennifer Worrell" aria-label="Reply to Jennifer Worrell">Reply</a> → </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"><p>Sounds like YOU have an interesting life:) Good luck with school!</p> </div> </article> </li> </ol> <div id="respond" 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