Benjamin Wendorf

@benjaminwendorf.bsky.social

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Atlantic World historian and professor. Also known to hockey.

Image of the Stanley Cup showing the newly-engraved names of the 2025-26 Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes, including known computer boys Eric Tulsky and Tyler Dellow.
NHL.com screenshot of article about Panthers acquiring Jacob Markstrom titled, "Look What the Cats Dragged In"
Rob Van Winkle's Wikipedia article which reads that he "broke down barriers in rap and hip-hop for future white rappers, most notably Eminem." The citation for that quote is an interview with Rob Van Winkle, aka himself.
Asking AI if Stan Fischler is reasonable to compare the 1947-49 Toronto Maple Leafs dynasty to the Carolina Hurricanes. AI says it's an "ultimately strained parallel."
Excerpt from Stan Fischler NHL.com article: "Legendary hockey reporter Stan Fischler writes a weekly scrapbook for NHL.com. Also known as 'The Hockey Maven,' Fischler brings his insight and humor every Wednesday. With the Carolina Hurricanes being crowned Stanley Cup champions, it raises a question of if they're capable of becoming a modern dynasty similar to when the Toronto Maple Leafs became the first to win the Cup in three consecutive seasons from 1947-49."
Image of Greg Gilbert's 1993-94 Upper Deck hockey card, which depicts him desperately grabbing for the boards as he clearly is about to eat sh**.
Picture of 4 boys and a flock of 7 sheep in a field. A large, unexploded missile juts out of the ground, nose down, the size of a small car. The boys are contemplating it; one is touching one of its fins.
Excerpt from Kurt Vonnegut's essay, "Cold Turkey": "But I know now that there is not a chance in hell of America's becoming humane and reasonable. Because power corrupts us, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Human beings are chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power. By saying that our leaders are power-drunk chimpanzees, am I in danger of wrecking the morale of our soldiers fighting and dying in the Middle East? Their morale, like so many bodies, is already shot to pieces. They are being treated, as I never was, like toys a rich kid got for Christmas."
Excerpt from John Williams' novel, Stoner: "A war doesn't merely kill off a few thousand or a few hundred thousand young men. It kills off something in a people that can never be brought back. And if a people goes through enough wars, pretty soon all that's left is the brute, the creature that we -- you and I and others like us -- have brought up from the slime."
Image of baseball card of MLB shortstop Ed Brinkman, who clearly looks ready for nothing except the warm saddle of a plank of pine wood.
Picture of a man seated in front of an open book. His hair and eyebrows are obviously dyed (for someone his age), and his hair is Bieber circa 2010.
Photos of NHLer Blake Nelson from his rookie and 13th season, showing his change in appearance.
Screen grab of Yahoo News headline: "In phone call from White House, Netanyahu apologizes to Qatari PM over Doha strike"
Picture of a restroom sink with Fast Orange pumice hand soap next to it
Snippet from the Oct. 1st 1947 The Hockey News, which reads "[NHL veteran Bobby] Bauer has left the Bruins to help his father-in-law manage a skate manufacturing business in Kitchener, Ontario..."
Screen-grab of Tristan Jarry's stats over his last 7 games. His save % across those games: 42.9%, 66.7%, 100%, 73.7%, 87.5%, 100%, 50%.
Image of the Washington Capitals' tiny baby goalie of the early 80s, Pat Riggin
Image of Washington Capitals' early 1980s goaltender Pat Riggin, who was smol
Photo of an old VHS of the film, "The Trial of Old Drum," wherein it appears that Scott Bakula is representing a golden retriever in court
Old The Hockey News image of a splendidly hirsute Lanny McDonald
Screen capture of White House's tweet characterizing shackling people and exiling them from the country via plane as "ASMR".
Picture of an utterly defeated smol dog in a Christmas bowtie and a tuque that reads "Nice".
Picture of clearly embattled smol dog in a Christmas bowtie and a tuque that reads "Nice".
Picture of a smol dog in a Christmas bowtie and a tuque that reads "Nice".
Picture of a smol white-and-brown Chiweenie resting its nose in the crook of a person's knee, all while keeping its ears up at-attention.
1994-95 Stadium Club team card of the Buffalo Sabres, showing Dominik Hasek in net and his teammates, presumably in warmups, shooting a bunch of pucks into the net.
Screen grab of former NHL player and current TV analyst Colby Armstrong, looking...comfortable...in his post-NHL life.
Screen grab from Stan Weir's Wikipedia entry that reads: "Weir started playing and earning respect in 1968 while playing with his hometown Ponoka Stampeders."
A graph showing the distribution of full-season team Goals-for% (high to low) along with those same teams' full-season expected Goals-for%. Data is for all seasons 2007-08 through 2023-24. Per the graph, teams fall consistently between 40% and 60% in these measures, suggesting that expectations should regress between these parameters as well.
Screen capture of an Instagram ad for an app that advertises itself as "Like Duolingo, But for History". Ad includes brief factoids about historical figures; for Marco Polo, he is noted as "Pivotal in discovering Asia".
NHLer Dave Babych wearing a miner's outfit and sporting a 'stache and a smile.
Hockey card of Phil Housley, wherein through the stress of a slapshot he looks curiously similar to Jerry Lundegaard.
Picture of a poorly made plaster bust of the Son of God in a thrift store, with a price tag of $16
Cover of Michael Franks' album Passion Fruit, featuring a particularly steamy self-portrait.
Screen grab of headline and photo depicting Dave Coulier and John Stamos. Headline reads, "Dave Coulier addresses backlash over John Stamos bald cap photos".
Smol dog in Babe the Blue Ox costume
Screen grab of headline below image of Dave Coulier and John Stamos. Headline reads, "John Stamos wears bald cap in 'solidarity' after Dave Coulier's cancer diagnosis"
Screen capture of an internet headline reading "John Stamos vows to stand with Dave Coulier amid cancer diagnosis"
1993-94 Upper Deck card of the "Next in Line" series, depicting Wayne Gretzky and Michael Nylander.
Cover of Mary E. Hick's new book, Captive Cosmopolitans: Black Mariners and the World of South Atlantic Slavery.
Dog face in the crook of a person's elbow