Welcome to Internet Benjamin Pierce Butkus!
Just wanted to send a special shout-out to Nick, Kate & Tommy to thank them for such a great idea. If you are wondering how in the world did Nici & Luke come up with an idea like starting a blog for Benjamin, stop now, I have to admit we stole it from the Piazza's. (I figured Nick owed me after copying off me all those years in college...HA!)
We just thought after seeing the Piazza pages what a great idea to keep everybody up to date with what is happening with the Little Lithuanian Hammer. Plus Nici is on the computer for hours everyday shopping so I think this will be good for several more reasons. So thats the start of it. If anybody has any suggestions/tips on what we should be doing with this thing don't be afraid to let us know, we won't be offended.
Welcome to the CyberWorld Benny!! You probably know more about it than I do already! Thanks for the invite to your blog. It's my first as well. Cheers! Go Bears!
ReplyDeleteThis message is from Tommy Boy: Ben, people will come Ben. They'll come to your blog for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn on their computers not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your blog as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if they look around. It's free. They'll pass over the words without even thinking about it: for it is words they have and peace they lack. And they'll walk out to the cafes; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the street sides, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the posts and it'll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come Ben. The one constant through all the years, Ben, has been babies. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But babies have marked the time. This blog, these posts: they’re a part of our past, Ben. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... people will come Ben. People will most definitely come.
ReplyDeleteBen, you are ahead of the times, you and your family!! This blog thing is all the craze. Way to go little man!
ReplyDeleteAs Tommy's Godmother, I grant you one wish- be all that you can be (that means an Illini baller, of course)
Much Love,
Darcy P (Aunt D-Star to Tommy)