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Monthly Archives: August 2006

Rotten dirty scoundrels

Friday, August 11, 2006

Copyright 2006 Ben S. Pollock Your government at work: No liquids or gels of any kind will be permitted in carry on baggage. such items must be in checked baggage. This includes all beverages, shampoo, sun tan lotion, creams, tooth paste, hair gel, and other items of similar consistency.” from Liquids and Gels Prohibited in [...]

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Don’t Raze the Razorback

Monday, August 7, 2006

Construction has proceeded enough at the site of a new movie complex in Fayetteville to be obvious that we’ll have more screens — and stadium seating just down the street — before too long. It’s on Joyce Boulevard west of the Wal-Mart and on the same side of the street. What will happen to the [...]

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Modern Art, Balm for our Times

Sunday, August 6, 2006

Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center has asked the state Highway Department about installing sculptures along Interstate 540 for the cultural enrichment of us all. Today’s Northwest Arkansas Times wrote it up, but its photos are not online. They’re palm trees, more or less, in bright colors. Wood, though made to look like metal. The subject comes [...]

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Two No Comments

Saturday, August 5, 2006

A popular sportscaster in Arkansas , Paul Eells, 70, was killed in a head-on collision a little after 8 p.m. on Monday, July 31. Also killed was the driver of the car into which his sedan crashed, Billie Jo Burton, 40, of Dover, Ark., who also was traveling alone. Eells’ car drifted over the median [...]

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Briefing Room Not Brief

Friday, August 4, 2006

The week’s least important news: The White House briefing room is being renovated, and the press was run out of it Wednesday, to temporary quarters. NPR more or less managed a cute story out of it, though it was a waste of valuable minutes, and my own newspaper gave it good inside play. The New [...]

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I’m Fine, Really

Thursday, August 3, 2006

Nearly nine months ago, a supervisor at my company, whom I barely knew, was killed in a head-on collision. Informally within the company we were told the other driver, a 47-year-old man, had a fatal heart attack then his vehicle crossed the center line into the vehicle of our co-worker. The cause of the accident [...]

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Sign Here, Chump

Wednesday, August 2, 2006

Another resolution that can’t wait for New Year’s: Never sign anything unless I’m to get a copy of it before the other party takes off. I’m still worrying about a slip of paper an electric company representative had me sign in April. He came out to inspect a dead tree in the yard to judge [...]

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Does Mel Hate Ducks, Too?

Tuesday, August 1, 2006

A duck test can be applied to the Mel Gibson story, and it is surprising that it hasn’t, so far as readily available online. (Use as search something like “Mel Gibson driving” in news.google.com or news.yahoo.com). The talented actor and director (and he is gifted) was pulled over for erratic driving in late July. He [...]

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