Loose Leaves, first published Tuesday 13 April 1999 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben Pollock Copyright 1999 Donrey Media Group DATELINE MIRTHOLOGY — Gus Donenough stood up to silence the Donenough Foundation board so that he could introduce the poet. Nearly everything was ready for the upcoming Live-Stock Town Fair. Plenty of […]
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Here’s Everything I Know So Far
Loose leaves, 1st run Tuesday 30 March 1999 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben S. PollockCopyright 1999 Donrey Media Group Want some advice? Most, but not all, of the lessons from Mom and Dad remain sound. Isolated quotations from articles or interviews still jump to mind. Bill Clinton’s Rules of Politics resonate […]
Loose Leaves, 1st run Tuesday 16 March 1999 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1999 Donrey Media Group The solution for the Year 2000 problem is for everyone to turn Jewish. “Y2K,” as it is abbreviatedly known, refers to older computer programs reading years in two digits, which might […]
Loose Leaves, 1st run Tuesday 2 February 1999 in The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1999 Donrey Media Group Love. Midway. Drake. What do these airports have in common? These fields were relegated to secondary status by progress, that is, bigger and newer nearby airports. Dallas and Chicago, homes of […]
Guest column, 1st run 23 October 1994 in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette By Ben S. PollockCopyright 1994 Ben S. Pollock Jr. “Come on, baby, light my fire. Come on, baby, light my fire. Light my fire. Light my fire. Ooh. Ooh.” Jim Morrison Not infrequently, especially in Hollywood, that quasi-mythical land of broken cliches, talent continually […]
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A Dinner with Andre
Guest column, 1st run 18 June 1994 in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1994 Ben S. Pollock Jr. Heaven may very well be like a bakery. Think of the smells: wheat bread, onion bagels, cinnamon rolls and doughnuts. The counters are white, its staff is dressed in white. Conversely, good bakeries are […]
Mirthology column, 1st run Thursday 15 October 1992 in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1992 Ben S. Pollock Having experienced jet lag, a condition some hard-hearts believe to be psychosomatic, I now can verify that it causes misery, having made my first overseas trip. And to think I was once was a […]
Mirthology column, 1st run Thursday 17 September 1992 in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1992 Ben S. Pollock Too many people — and you’re probably one of them — disbelieve everything they read. Oh, come on, now. You know who I mean. The other 50 percent (statistical margin or error plus or […]
Mirthology column, 1st run Thursday 3 September 1992 in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1992 Ben S. Pollock Like others who have grown accustomed to being single, I have gradually surrounded myself with pets. They take the edge off loneliness, but the responsibility of ensuring their well-being accompanies a very real love. […]
Mirthology column, 1st run Thursday 20 August 1992 in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette By Ben S. Pollock When things get so bad you have to hire a public relations expert — indeed, have to raise the money, a lot of it, to retain one — you indeed are desperate. We apes — monkeys, primates, whatever you […]