Ben Wilder

The one where I almost burned a house down

I bought a fire pit years ago excited to use it in the fall months here in Nashville. There’s something pacifying about sitting around a fire, with or without s’mores. It’s about being outside. Very caveman-like, really. Me start fire. Fire warm. Me sit. cave person I haven’t used the square metal contraption yet thisContinue reading “The one where I almost burned a house down”

An unexpectedly good run

I made a few goals (I had a list and everything!) to accomplish in a 2-day span recently. Stuff like haircut, shave, walk the dogs a couple of times, and so on and so forth. Well, I also listed a goal of running four miles, even if it was split into two miles per run.Continue reading “An unexpectedly good run”

Family Matters: the episode where Steve Urkel became a Christian

There was an episode of this TGIF show that I still remember about Steve Urkel trying trying to join the church choir. Of course, the drama is that he’s not a good singer and gets ousted from the group but here’s the snippet when he walked to the front of the church to announce heContinue reading “Family Matters: the episode where Steve Urkel became a Christian”

At the Queen’s table

I can’t explain most of my dreams, and now I’ve had two that included the band Queen (click here for the other one I wrote about). I know that I like Queen, their music, and I like veggie burgers. Now you might be asking, Did he just randomly bring up veggie burgers? you Yes. Yes,Continue reading “At the Queen’s table”

A reaction to the first Presidential debate

There’s a reason politics aren’t mentioned in the lyrics of “America the Beautiful” because what we watched last night was not beautiful. Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden had the opportunity to lay out a vision for what they wanted the next four years to look like and all they could do is bash oneContinue reading “A reaction to the first Presidential debate”