Friday, December 19, 2008
Copyright 2008, Ben S. Pollock
Unexpect the Expected
Living up to your potential means failure if you drop out early. There have been moments, or a little longer, maybe moments and a half, in the last two weeks where I ponder, “I almost died,” which moves to, “I almost got crazy bad hurt. Now what?”
People keep asking, [...]
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Copyright 2008 Ben S. Pollock
How do anyone know how much to give, to what to give to? Let’s label this, charity. Non-profit, that could be lots of things besides charities. My professional organization, can you call that a charity? A wing of it is a card-carrying (tax ID) non-profit and sponsors an annual scholarship contest, [...]
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Close Calls for Second Chances from Second Sight
Copyright Ben S. Pollock 2008
Brick paused. Posting this month has been more inconsistent than usual. Bricks do get started but tossed to the slag heap. The lump, with its gaps and off corners, can be reshaped or mushed with others. After all, none of those has been fired [...]
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Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sports … the thrill of victory … and the agony of defeat … the human drama of athletic competition. … This is ABC’s Wide World of Sports!”
– Stanley Ralph Ross, famously intoned by recently deceased Jim McKay.
Copyright 2008 Ben S. Pollock
II of II
The 2008 Summer [...]
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Copyright 2008 Ben S. Pollock
I of II
Decades never start on a zero or one and never end on a nine or zero (depending on how you count). The 1960s, for example, was (not were) approximately 1967 to 1974.
Beginning in my 20s — which started when I was 22, the week after I graduated from college [...]
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Somewhere is some writer’s well-constructed remark — if I knew where to start searching I’d be there — about the fear of no one ever reading you is only slightly scarier than the thought your works are being read.
Relatives who live many states away, I learned on a recent family reunion, read me with some [...]
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Copyright 2008 Ben S. Pollock
1. For all of us who watch our weight, shouldn’t we followers of Agatston and Atkins continue to avoid refined flour and reduce processed food, though that might drive us nuts (which are excusably high fat only if you’re near zero carb). To do any diet right, you can’t eat out. [...]
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Monday, December 17, 2007
Copyright 2007 Ben S. Pollock
It’s overeating season, followed by Resolve Month beginning on New Year’s Day. I eat healthier than some but know I fall short. Dr. Arthur Agatston emphasizes whole carbs and not too many of them, especially the simple or sweet ones, and his South Beach Diet has been the easiest plan for [...]
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Copyright 2007 Ben S. Pollock
Alan Alda is not necessarily a genius, though he’s been a documentary host on PBS. Nor is he a hero, though he played one in M*A*S*H. He even may have had co-writing (aka ghosting) or close editing (aka ghosting) with either or both of his memoir volumes, the second of which [...]
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Monday, November 12, 2007
Every time work gets weird I think of this old joke. Its application gets broader and broader.
This guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, ‘Doc, my brother’s crazy; he thinks he’s a chicken.’ And the doctor says, ‘Well, why don’t you turn him in?’ The guy says, ‘I would, but I need the eggs.’” — [...]
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