Hello Internet!

Since I’m hitting age 50 very soon I started to make a VERY simple series of videos about this subject:

That one seemed to do well, but the comments attached to it are… angry.

This one is my fave, so far:

The solar coaster has been a bit slow lately, so not much has happened since I came back from my trip in the Philippines to visit my MaryAnn. I sent her flowers for Valentine’s:

She was REALLY happy to get flowers from me… we are still waiting for her visa to get approved by Immigration. I want to get her and the twins here, but you can’t rush the federal government.

Her daughters are 4.5 years old, and very energetic.

Many people are surprised that I’m willing to step back into a fatherhood role, especially at my age.

I truly believe that God put MaryAnn and her twins in my life for a reason. Of course, when they get here stateside I’ll probably write about it here. Stay tuned.

I’ve been doing more serious long form content on Uncle Ben’s Channel, especially this year.

This has been one of my more popular videos:

My long form content is not just limited to “dating in the Philippines”. This video relates to my ownership interest in Tampa Bay Solar, and the state of the solar industry here in Florida.

It’s been a year since I launched my YouTube channel, and in that time I uploaded plenty of BAD content boring videos that I deleted a few days later. Some of my content was just… cringey.

It’s an experiment, and the channel has NOT monetized yet, so I have a long way to go anyway.

YouTube represents an unlimited creative medium, a marketplace for concepts and ideas, really.

All my content is recorded on my Samsung phone, I still can’t edit a video to save my life!

I hope everyone out there is OK this year.

We’re already 2 months into 2024!

Ben Alexander

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