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Voices gone wild

Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Tuesday, May 3, 2005. It is far too easy for executives of media to pigeonhole columns into commentary. Or analysis. It then needs to be consistent, which is why humor and certain other person viewpoint columns are out these days. You can’t have your toothpaste be peppermint one day and […]

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The 60-second blogger

Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Sunday, May 1, 2005. Can there be a 60-second blogger or columnist or essayist, in the manner of Dan Hurley’s “60-Second Novelist”? Yes. Why else pose the question? I just reviewed Hurley’s Web site, including listening to a seven-minute NPR interview — serious for public radio (not as big as […]

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PromisesPromises2

Wednesday, March 31, 2005. March obviously has not been a productive period for Bricking. No apologies. My free time was overwhelmed with other matters. April will be different. More, fewer, funnier, somberer Bricks, I have no idea. I choose to make no promises here. -30-

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A secure site?

Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Tuesday, March 22, 2005. How can you tell if a Web site is not secure? It’s easy to tell. Hey, who are you? What do you want? Can I believe you? Will you like me? They are after me, don’t say they’re not. What’s that, you say? I’ll never amount […]

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PromisesPromises1

Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Monday, March 7, 2005. Testing, 1, 2, 3. Testing 1-2-3. Is this thing on? Is this up? Hello? Hellooo! Damn. Maybe try again in a day or two. -30-

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Hear a second?

Hear a second for the First? Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Jan. 1, 2005: I won’t look back to a year ago in the Brick. I try not to look back on much. There might be too much I might regret. Any regrets are too many. Besides, as cautious as I can be (though I […]