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Jeff Wilder

Jeff Wilder
Location
Sunrise, Florida, United States
Birthday
June 08
Bio
Jeff Wilder was born in Detroit but grew up in Florida. He graduated from Piper High School in 1997. Went to college for 2 years, studied journalism with the goal of becoming a writer. Did not acquire a degree. Worked on and off on a novel that he eventually abandoned. While working at a semi-famous North Lauderdale tech support company, he realized he wanted to be a filmmaker. So he set about learning how to do so. He has written 4 screenplays in the space of 4 years and is completing another one now. Once he gets this one edited, he will start shopping it around to studios. His (occasionally updated) main blog, Jeff Wilder's Soapbox is at jeffwilder.blogspot.com.

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On Saturday February 18 2o12 Whitney Houston was laid to rest. The world loses another great singer. Another one gone too soon. 

Of course it wasn't that long after it was revealed that Whitney had passed on that people began speculation on what had happened and of course there were manyRead full post »

DECEMBER 10, 2011 11:13AM

When the music died.

Something to contemplate before I launch into this:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/12-extremely-disappointing-facts-about-popular-mus

And it's not likely that music will get better either. Sure there have always been manufacture pop acts, novelty stuff, groups with less talent selling more than groups… Read full post »

MAY 4, 2011 8:22PM

The Rant Zone.

Rick Scott. Sheesh. The man may never have been convicted as a crook okay. But the evidence points directly at hom much the way it pointed at OJ Simpson.

One of the laws Scott wants to pass would require drug testing for people on unemployment. He's already passed one requiring state… Read full post »

MAY 2, 2011 7:06PM

Dear Allah. It's hot down here!

Dear Allah or whatever you choose to call yourself nowadays.

I was told that if I died for you I would find paradise. However, the person who told me that must've been one of those door to door sales people who offers to sell you something for absolutely nothing because things… Read full post »

Editor’s Pick
APRIL 28, 2011 6:43PM

Confessions of a college drop-out.

Not so much a confession that I dropped out of college. I freely admit that I did so on my blog page. The mortifying disclosure I will make here is that I lied about it to people I truly care about.

 Yes I lied about it. Do I feel it was… Read full post »

On that Sunday in December 2009 that I set out for the movies, I already knew what I would be going to see. There were a couple ones that caught my attention (the Wes Anderson stop-motion animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, the Jason Reitman directed George Clooney starring Up In The Air).… Read full post »

In a shocking announcement, having successfully gotten Obama to release the much demanded birth certificate, Donald Trump has now focused his attention on the father of our country.

In a press conference Trump announced his intention to force George Washington to produce his birth certificate.

"Technic… Read full post »
DECEMBER 30, 2010 5:32PM

The Year In Film 2010

In most cases I would do a ten-best and ten-worst list for the year. However, this year I decided to just toss that aside. No point in worrying about whether or not Inception or The Social Network should be at number one and should I save room on the list for… Read full post »

We've gotten to the point now where one can't say the word "Florida" and "Election" in the same sentence without automatically adding "disaster".

The most recent incident occurred on Wed Nov 3 2010 when Democrat Alex Sink conceded the race to his Republican rival Rick Scott.

Scott, former CEO of Colu… Read full post »

OCTOBER 16, 2009 11:38PM

Scarred in the fire of hell.

(Background: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/13/florida.teen.burned)

(Lyrically I was inspired somewhat by Bruce Springsteen's song "Nebraska".)

So it came to pass that October day
That it was no longer time to play
When I went with some buddies to teach a lesson
One that this kid would never forget… Read full post »
OCTOBER 4, 2009 9:32PM

I read the news today oh boy.

(The following is a satirical piece I wrote back in 2007.) 

 

Former President Jimmy Carter announced today that he was mistaken when he referred to George W Bush as having the worst impact on the nation around the world. In actuality, he was referring to long irrelevant Nirvana/Pearl Jam k… Read full post »

OCTOBER 4, 2009 9:24PM

Why I Hate My Generation

Actually hate is too strong a word. I don’t hate my generation. The only other title of this would be “I Hate My Country” and I don’t. I could also easily title this “Why I Hate Corporate America” or “Why the Establishment Needs to Be Burned to the Ground&rdq… Read full post »

Of course it had to happen. The minute word came down that Roman Polanski would be extradited from Switzerland back to the US after fleeing justice for the rape of an underage girl in 1977, the artistic community came popping out of the woodwork quicker than one can say "Rosemary's Baby".… Read full post »

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 11:12PM

Raging Against The Darkness

(Note: I originally wrote this on the afternoon of September 12 2001.)

I woke up this morning with no desire to get out of bed. Thinking of the events of yesterday September 11 2001 I found myself wondering if I could bring myself to go out into a world that seems… Read full post »
SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 7:29PM

The Class Of 2014

 About 9 years or so ago, a friend sent me a forward titled "The Class Of 2004". It was a study conducted by colleges on entering freshmen for the year 2000. The study, which was intended as a way of developing an understanding of the mindset of those freshmen, stated that many… Read full post »

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 10:30AM

Obama: The "Evil" President.

Yesterday evening, many Americans watched as President Obama addressed Congress on the health care reform issue.

The health care problem is a complex one and no solution will please everybody. Of course, there are a lot of people who support it as well as those who find it misguid… Read full post »

After all the tributes, speculation and news reports of the last 3 months, I've found myself contemplating the way we tend to view our idols.

Let's first note the difference between someone we admire and a hero. We tend to toss the word "hero" around a lot and use it where it… Read full post »

(A friend forwarded me this.)

 It seems that an article was written to Sister 2 Sister magazine by A  WHITE woman who requested a response from  Coloured   men. I'm so glad She got what she asked for (and more)!!! She wrote:

Dear Jamie

I'm sorry but I would like to… Read full post »