Ben Wilder

If you could only listen to one artist’s entire catalog, who would it be?

A friend of mine asked me a tough question the other day. “If you could only listen to one artist’s entire catalog, who would it be?” Elvis Presley… was my first answer. It’s impossible to only have one answer. Come on. So for current artists, easily my answer is Zac Brown Band. The more IContinue reading “If you could only listen to one artist’s entire catalog, who would it be?”

Ants: The Musical

“And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening.” Substitute “people” with “black ants” and you have my story. Not nearly as poetic as this Simon and Garfunkle hit, but it’s actually the sound of silence that’s so captivating with these little critters. TheyContinue reading “Ants: The Musical”

Wacky Wednesday: The Cup Song from Pitch Perfect

I’m determined to learn how to do the cup song routine this summer. I feel like a middle school girl, but hey, I bet I’d be one of the cool ones for, ya know, knowing how to do this:

Yard Work and a GoPro Camera

I don’t know what it is about yard work that I like so much but man, it’s such a satisfying feeling to look at a yard that’s just been cut. The smell of the grass, a bottle of cold water, it’s manual labor at it’s finest. I guess it’s being able to see the differenceContinue reading “Yard Work and a GoPro Camera”

Why in the World Did We Learn Cursive?

Does anybody know? I don’t think I’ve used it since early high school and that includes my current signature, which is actually some sort of mutation of cursive and regular lettering. Is there anything else besides cursive and, oh, I don’t know, French, that are totally useless in school?