Ben Wilder

Why I no longer “fear the spear”

I grew up as a die-hard Florida State fan. Most family members who went to college went to FSU. I went to FSU, too. In middle school, I had a Seminole Starter jacket. I heartily defended the Noles at high school in Miami, Florida. As a student at FSU, I painted my chest at multipleContinue reading “Why I no longer “fear the spear””

Sand volleyball for the win

I’ve been playing sand volleyball probably an average of 4 times a month since the summer started. It’s quickly become one of my favorite things to do here in Nashville. I was first introduced to it by my friend Bill who played a lot of sand volleyball here in town. I only went a handfulContinue reading “Sand volleyball for the win”

Better off in a pine box…

I was an 11-year-old living in Stafford, Virginia jamming out with my yellow Sony Sports Walkman, probably listening to artists likely Wilson Phillips, Roxette, Janet Jackson, oh, and of course, Vanilla Ice, Ice, Baby, MC Hammer and his pants, and who can forget Milli Vanilli? All favorites with this Starter-jacket-wearing 6th-grader. Country music wasn’t even onContinue reading “Better off in a pine box…”

Is Superstore a super hit?

I keep seeing commercials for the NBC show Superstore. My impression is the show isn’t very good. Does anyone reading this watch the show? The season premiere airs in a week or so, and it’s an Olympic-themed episode. The Olympics ended about a month ago. So I’m guessing they shot the episode during the Olympics andContinue reading “Is Superstore a super hit?”

Do you still like me?

It was somewhere around 6th or 7th grade and my girlfriend was a cute curly-headed girl named Wendy Binstead. In the early 90s when this relationship blossomed, there were 3 ways to talk to someone. Only 3. In person, on the telephone, or through mail. So for me, there was a certain excitement when theContinue reading “Do you still like me?”