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Benjamin Hackman

@bhackmanto

Writer. Composer. Frontman for @theholygasp. Career consultant for working artists and arts organizations.

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Have you ever timed how long it takes to reply to certain emails, and then looked in the mirror, at a new grey hair, and wondered who you’ve become?

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Dear Meinl Percussion, do you make a backpack style case large enough to fit your jumbo subwoofer cajon (SUBCAJ5WN)? And if not, can you please? 📦 🚲 🎶

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If someone were able to create an info graphic detailing the fluctuations of Kramer’s political leanings throughout the span of Seinfeld, I’d be grateful.

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Where in Toronto can you find a cafe w/ a heated, semi-covered patio—with wifi and wall outlets—and where it’s cool to work for 6 hours, take up a whole table, and only buy one coffee?

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Hey Donald J. Trump, I learned a new word today: #Prolepsis: the representation or assumption of a future act or development as if presently existing or accomplished. Thanks Merriam-Webster!

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Fun fact: in Matthew 6:5, Jesus commands people not to pray on street corners, so... to the dude with the giant cross at Dundas and Spadina... can you, like... not? 🐠 ✌️

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We give far too much attention to those whose fame has been manufactured solely for the goal of being seen, and not because they themselves have something unique and virtuous to offer the world. People’s fame ought to be a reflection of their talent and wisdom.

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When people claim that God is loving I wonder what Bible they’re reading, for I’ve read mine closely and have not found depictions of His love. Quite the opposite, in fact. A sensible reading of the Bible reveals that God is indeed the great villain of all its stories.

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Today a man called and asked me if he could clean my ducts. I asked him what his sun and rising were, then his blood type, mother’s maiden name, and social insurance number. He told me to fuck off and I counted that as a win.

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Hey Microsoft, why is there a profanity censor in the dictate function of Microsoft Word? Is it really anyone’s business what words we write in our own personal computers?

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Meet Writing for Dollars panellists JP Karwacki, Pasha Malla, Debra Sadowski and Benjamin Hackman! Register for The Writing Life at concordia-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Meet Writing for Dollars panellists <a href="/JPKarwacki/">JP Karwacki</a>, Pasha Malla, <a href="/rockitdeb/">Debra Sadowski</a> and Benjamin Hackman!

Register for The Writing Life at concordia-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
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Join our workshop Literature and Song with Benjamin Hackman on Monday, March 14th, at 1:30pm. Register for the webinar at concordia-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regist…, or email [email protected] to reserve a spot in person at 4th Space (1400 Maisonneuve Blvd W).

Join our workshop Literature and Song with Benjamin Hackman on Monday, March 14th, at 1:30pm.

Register for the webinar at concordia-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regist…, or email writersreadconcordia@gmail.com to reserve a spot in person at 4th Space (1400 Maisonneuve Blvd W).
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Proud to see my story, "Ask and Ye Shall Receive," as a finalist for Alberta Magazine Publishers Association Awards. The story, which originally appeared in FreeFall Magazine, is a period piece about homeless youth on the streets of T.O. in the year 2000. albertamagazines.com/award/fiction/