Nicole Bensen

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At 16, I was absolutely obsessed with Starship Troopers. Okay, so specifically, I was obsessed with the actor, Casper Van Dien, who played the main character. There was no one who could convince me he wasn’t the “hottest guy ever.” (Or at least in the top three—Chris O’Donnell and Chipper Jones rounded out my list.) Fast forward to […]

Do you ever feel like you need a day to catch up on life, and then a day after that to just relax with a book in bed? Last week I spent 3 of my 5 weekday nights at my kids’ school events. WHEW. What I appreciated though, was that I got to meet their […]