So this one is for my Mom. She gets impressed by this stuff. I stopped into the Academy of Country music yesterday for some brief business and as soon as I walked in it was, “Show Ben, show Ben!” Someone pulled out their (The ACM’s) magazine, highlighting the show I helped em with a few [...]

Almost done with two projects I directed. Long gestating projects. Painful at times projects. Should be done in the next week. And it’s gonna feel very good. And then on to the next one. I am also working on a new website and I was going through a bunch of production photos (there are many) [...]

Maybe its cause I was born a month early but I’ve always felt like I was late. Late bloomer. Late to the game. Maybe you get it and maybe you don’t. I’ll tell you this, if I actually am going to be late for something, it affects me physically. A kind of darkness creeps into [...]

Life is like an EKG. Waves rise and fall. Up and down. I was riding high. Running every day. Feeling stronger. Lighter. Younger even. Last Sunday was to be my first 5 mile run. But I worked all weekend. Shooting late on Saturday and then up early for a 12 hour shoot Sunday. Happy Valentines [...]

I’ve been rolling around a post about some of the very cool websites I read. Maybe soon. But for now, I just stumbled upon THIS and it’s awesome. Staley Out Tweet

This is the third week of “Official” training. I ran 4 miles on Sunday and 3.5 this morning. The last mile and a half this morning were actually easy and fun. I felt like I had another 3 in me. Maybe I’ll be able to do this thing. From here out I add a mile [...]

The task of the narrator is not an easy one, he said. He appears to be required to choose his tale from among the many that are possible. But of course that is not the case. The case is rather to make many of the one. Always the teller must be at pains to devise [...]

Last night was a surprise birthday party for Dani’s brother. He turned 40. It was at a nice local restaurant in a private room and featured an open bar for select drinks. This is dangerous for me. I knowingly lack a few degree’s of self restraint when faced with certain pleasures of life, like free [...]

That’s me with my back to camera, in baggy underpants and socks with my hand on Snoopys Good Grief Glider. And that’s my brother, David Staley, sucking his finger and mugging for the camera. He doesn’t do that anymore, suck his fingers I mean. He is still very much a mugger for any camera. God [...]

This is hands down my favorite day of the year. Tweet