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I’m no teetotaler, but remarks like this just make me stop and wonder. The article, in the Wednesday, April 26, 2006, Wall Street Journal, by Sarah Ellison, is about Anheuser-Busch Cos. and its chairman, August Busch III. Mainly it explains the purpose it — and the other major American breweries — has had since World […]
Copyright 2006 Ben S. Pollock If you need a day-care for your pet hermit crabs, contact me. The Hermit Crab Palace will take care of your wee ones while you’re at work so they don’t get lonely. These days, doggy day-cares are just getting busier and busier. People drop off their pooches at these enterprising […]
Copyright 2006 Ben S. Pollock Let’s start here and now: Red states are blue, and blue states are red. The cause of red standing for Republican was what, a conspiracy? Still, this is America. This is the reverse. It’s confusing, and it’s wrong. Red equalling commie or at least leftist or liberal is 20th century. […]
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 […]
“Brokeback Mountain.” A Brick review. It’s a winner. It’s for mature audiences, mature as in for grown-ups who realize sadness exists as does love and passion. Mature as in people who love “story” and love characters developed in “story.” What I haven’t seen, though, is a professional review saying this: “Brokeback Mountain would be a […]
Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock The four horsemen of the Christmas Tuesday, December 13, 2005. Season’s greetings! Happy holidays! Quonset hut! Darwin’s Canterbury Jitterbug! Intelligent menorahs! Now, have I covered the four horsemen of the Christmas season? (I count five, too. Gotta watch ’em.) Too much ink has been spilled on this fall’s from-out-of-nowhere, wholly […]