Ben Wilder

The Blackening… Lots of cursing but was it racist, too?

I love a good horror/comedy so when I found The Blackening on DVD at my local library, I was fired up. I had leftover Chinese food set up for dinner and with the rain pitter pattering on my camper roof, it was the perfect night for staying in. Popped the dinner in the microwave, poppedContinue reading “The Blackening… Lots of cursing but was it racist, too?”

Michigan Against Everybody… Arrogance On Display

There’s a phrase going around since the University of Michigan was caught cheating (allegedly) in a major way. To football fans, it seems pretty obvious that they definitely cheated. The same way everyone and their mother knows OJ Simpson is guilty. OJ slithered by on a technicality and then a phrase was forever etched intoContinue reading “Michigan Against Everybody… Arrogance On Display”

Jason Aldean and a Disappointing Behind-the-Scenes Video

Just a couple of days ago I posted about Jason Aldean’s video “Let Your Boys Be Country,” which you can read here. Great music video by a great director, Shaun Silva. Then as I opened up YouTube today I found a behind-the-scenes video, sounds good to me! I clicked on it because who doesn’t loveContinue reading “Jason Aldean and a Disappointing Behind-the-Scenes Video”

Sunday morning football… is nothing sacred anymore!?

In the current 2023 NFL season, 5 games have kicked off, or are kicking off, on Sundays at 930am eastern. So it’s not too early for the players, these games are all overseas (London and Germany). I’m a little miffed because it used to be that there weren’t any games until 1pm eastern on Sundays.Continue reading “Sunday morning football… is nothing sacred anymore!?”

Dos Equis Makes Subtle Change to Ukulele Commercial

Dos Equis must’ve seen comments blasting them for their ukulele commercial. Towards the end of the ad, the “real friend” tosses the instrument into the fire. But if you see the commercial on TV now, that scene has been swapped out for a new, less controversial one. Why was burning the ukulele a bad look?Continue reading “Dos Equis Makes Subtle Change to Ukulele Commercial”