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Vote doesn’t make book

Allow me to offer a library post-mortem: Nyah, nyah, nyah. (This is so wrong of me. I’ve always loved libraries and our Blair Library is spectacular. But, to continue:) My wife and I — though little special elections like this require lots of effort to remember when speeding past our poll — managed to stop […]

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It’s My Wife’s Anniversary, Too

Tuesday, my poem was my wife’s. Now, she said she didn’t mind if I share this sonnet. I Have Your Number Copyright 2006 Ben S. Pollock Thirteen never has been an unlucky number for me, I have neither lucky nor unlucky ones, so far as I can recall. As fortunes appear clearest in retrospect, those […]

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The Line, Part III

There are three parts to this consideration. Here is Part I. Here is Part II. The subject is the Bring the Troops Home from Iraq march and rally of Saturday afternoon, March 11, 2006. Both papers estimated 500 people attended, which is a lot. Here is a decent recap. Chalk Line There’s a joke that […]

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The Line, Part II

There are three parts to this consideration. Here is Part I. Here is Part III. The subject is the Bring the Troops Home from Iraq march and rally of Saturday afternoon, March 11, 2006. Both papers estimated 500 people attended, which is a lot. Here is a decent recap. Party Line I went on the […]

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The Line, Part I

There are three parts to this consideration. Here is Part II. Here is Part III. The subject is the Bring the Troops Home from Iraq march and rally of Saturday afternoon, March 11, 2006. Both papers estimated 500 people attended, which is a lot. Here is a decent recap. Cut in Line I didn’t want […]

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Don’t call us cracked

Copyright 2006 Ben S. Pollock Sunday, February 26, 2006. I can throw out Mom’s last stuff now. I’ve procrastinated long enough. One good thing about being a procrastinator is all the things that you get done. You on-timers don’t understand this; I have a sneaking feeling you’re not as efficient as your bare desk and […]