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Monthly Archives: February 2006

Epiphany No. 1, in B-flat Major

What does it mean when video rental stores charge $2.49 to $4-something for a movie just released to DVD when for double that (or so) you can own a slightly older DVD? In other words, a new release as compared to what’s showing in the dollar house.
Economically, this means you are willing to pay a [...]

Don’t call us cracked

Copyright 2006 Ben S. Pollock
Sunday, February 26, 2006. I can throw out Mom’s last stuff now. I’ve procrastinated long enough. One good thing about being a procrastinator is all the things that you get done. You on-timers don’t understand this; I have a sneaking feeling you’re not as efficient as your bare desk and up-to-date [...]

Birdberg Blotter: Bayou battle

Copyright 2006 Ben S. Pollock

Birdberg Blotter: Check this


Birdberg Blotter: Mallets aforethought


Birdberg Blotter: Ear notch


Losing your noses

Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2005. How about cutting off a nose to spite your face? Worried residents along Rockwood Trail are being short-term not farsighted.
The North Sequoyah Neighborhood Association opposes, to the extreme of buying a full-page ad in today’s Northwest Arkansas Times of Fayetteville, a strict conditional use permit allowing Temple Shalom to convert [...]

Birdberg Blotter: Other shoe drops


Birdberg Blotter: Not tequila mockingbird


Birdberg Blotter: Not a marimba