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@bencrew.bsky.social

"Van Helsing's Guide to Monsters and Dating" out Fall 2025. Increasingly incoherent ramblings about Mad Men here: https://bencrew.substack.com/

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Posting for the first time in months for that sweet, sweet self promotion.
My first book "Van Helsing's Guide to Monsters and Dating" came out last month. If you've ever liked my stuff or want to date a vampire, you can order here:
Amazon: a.co/d/4Kj2N6f
B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/van-helsin...

16.10.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Watching a jump scare, my heartrate doesn't even raise but if you show me a movie set in the 1800s where they have real candles burning on a Christmas tree I'll be gripping the seat

02.12.2024 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Betty has an obvious dislike for Polly because the dog just reminds her of her marriage to Don. I think Betty started mostly keeping Polly outside and then gave her away when they moved out of Ossining.

02.12.2024 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll get on social media, type "My top 5 theories on what happened to Don Draper's dog," briefly question what I'm doing with my life, then delete that post and type "Every Mad Men character ranked by who would be the best at basketball."

01.12.2024 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Me if a movie set in ancient Rome has trebuchet warfare: "Fuck if I know. Get 'em, boys."
Me if a movie set during WWII has a plane painted the wrong color: "Hollywood must be destroyed."

30.11.2024 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I like to think the Muppets realized how easily Fezziwig from A Christmas Carol could be changed to Fozziwig and were just like "Well, we gotta do the whole thing now."

30.11.2024 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The day after Thanksgiving is meant for doing this

29.11.2024 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Scrooge actor from The Goodman Theatre in Chicago, IL

Scrooge actor from The Goodman Theatre in Chicago, IL

It's that time of year. Post the Scrooge from your city's Christmas Carol production.

29.11.2024 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Going through White House turkey pardon photos and LBJ is the only one who looks as if he can hear the bird speaking.

28.11.2024 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Would give up anything in my career if it meant I could run a presidential library's social media with this kind of freedom

28.11.2024 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bluesky can hit its stride if it has prosperous bit accounts. Like "Munsters Screenshots" and "Addams Family out of context" accounts that post 200 times a day and have openly threatened to kill each other.

17.11.2024 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ringo: "So we're going to a new social media platform then?"
George: "But I don't want to go to a new social media platform, I want to stay on Twitter."
Paul, tears in his eyes: "They call it X now, lads."
*George leaves the band*
John: 🎡EVERYBODY HAD A HARD ON🎢

16.11.2024 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Drinking a mojito, eating a burger, putting on a Spielberg movie I've seen many times.
Folks it does not get better than this.

05.07.2023 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

There's a scene I cannot stop thinking about in Dial of Destiny where Mads Mikkelsen says "My real name is Naziface Goosesteppen" then a character working for him is like "Wait... you guys are evil? πŸ₯Ί"

03.07.2023 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trying to find your mutuals on a new app

02.07.2023 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Columbo holds a basketball and smokes a cigar

Columbo holds a basketball and smokes a cigar

This is the first "baller Columbo" post on Bluesky

02.07.2023 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Accepting a Bluesky invite before they paused the creation of new accounts

01.07.2023 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My Twitter followers watching me join Bluesky today

01.07.2023 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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