Ben Wilder

Adopting a third dog?

The other day I was jogging at a nearby greenway in Nashville. This particular stretch begins/ends near the Metro Animal Control office, so, as I’ve done before, I stopped in at the end of my run. I figured since I have time, why not drop by to say hi to the doggies. I strolled toContinue reading “Adopting a third dog?”

On skateboarding, softball, and sillyness

It was one of those things where you think to yourself, “I have to do this. I must do this. I will do this!” And now, in hindsight, I should not have done this. It all started on a warm Wednesday afternoon. The day before, on a warm Tuesday afternoon, I mowed the front yard,Continue reading “On skateboarding, softball, and sillyness”

Cars that look like stars

I saw an El Camino recently and for a split second thought it was Kid Rock. Then I had a revelation… there are quite a few celebrities that look like cars. Adam Levine / Corvette Hunter Hayes / Toyota Rav4 Lil Wayne / this car Paris Hilton / Mazda RX-7 Vince Vaughn / VolkswagenContinue reading “Cars that look like stars”

I bet it was satisfying for her

I’ve been spending quite a bit of time on the road and I always imagine I look like Jimmie Johnson out there. Great hair, perfect beard, manly, the envy of all my peers. The problem is I don’t drive anything like he does professionally. But sometimes, yes sometimes, I like to think I’d win aContinue reading “I bet it was satisfying for her”

I think I’ve embarrassed myself in almost every sport

Yesterday I was thinking about the MOST EMBARRASSING sports fail in my entire 39-year life. It was so bad… the kind of thing you’d see in a movie or in a YouTube video, like this. Thankfully no one was recording me, so I’ll just have to tell you how it went down… I was playingContinue reading “I think I’ve embarrassed myself in almost every sport”