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1993 Pulitzer nominee Travel

Jet Lag Strikes the Occidental Tourist

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 […]

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1993 Pulitzer nominee Life Lessons

If It’s in Print, Believe It (or Not)

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 […]

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1993 Pulitzer nominee Body, House, Yard, Street

Bachelor’s Pad Home to ‘Pet’ Pals

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. […]

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1993 Pulitzer nominee Fables

Cloudy Public Image Has Primates Up in the Air

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 […]

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1993 Pulitzer nominee American Culture

You’re Invited to a Special Benefit Roast, But It Won’t Be Much Fun

Mirthology column, 1st run Thursday 6 August 1992 in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1992 Ben S. Pollock Ever wonder what you’re doing wrong if you’ve never been asked to one of those fund-raising roasts? Me, too. Why, I’m almost an executive. So where’s the invitation? Why is success in a community […]

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1993 Pulitzer nominee Fables

Steam Rises between Rider’s Tub, Rub

Mirthology column, 1st run Thursday 18 June 1992 in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette By Ben S. PollockCopyright 1992 Ben S. Pollock Dowel Jones the stick horse has been stabled at my house, the Bengalow, for some time now. He rode here from California some years ago, carrying my imaginary college roommate … but that’s another tale. […]

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1993 Pulitzer nominee American Culture

Ask Not for Whom the Porch Swings: It’ll Spin for You

Mirthology, 1st run Thursday 4 June 1992 in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1992 Ben S. Pollock Jr. DATELINE MIRTHOLOGY — Now that the country has been broadsided once again by mass violence, we either can get together and clean up the mess, or stay in our seats and ask ourselves who […]

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1993 Pulitzer nominee Fables

If Death Comes in Threes, then Taxes Grow on Trees

Mirthology column, 1st run Thursday 30 April 1992 in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1992 Ben S. Pollock I didn’t need a head shrinker; of course, I was fine. A little stressed. Maybe. No, home life was fine, knock on wood. It was work. My co-workers’ superstitions about death were getting to […]

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1993 Pulitzer nominee Fables

Get Rich Quick: Enroll Sometime

Mirthology column, 1st run Thursday 9 April 1992 in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1992 Ben S. Pollock “Time Management 2001.” Students, if that is not what you signed up for, then you’re in the wrong room. Please take the door at the rear of the classroom so as not to distract […]

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1993 Pulitzer nominee American Culture

Americans Save Time by Spending Money

Mirthology column, 1st run Thursday 2 April 1992 in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette By Ben S. Pollock Copyright 1992 Ben S. Pollock One of the most annoying things about the rest of the world suddenly agreeing with us Americans is guilt. Just about everybody is freely electing presidents and legislators, and writing constitutions, just like we […]