Sermonette?
It’s time to concede this one, this long-standing argument with My Beloved. Not argument, debate. No, discussion, a … philosophical discussion. We must define the frame. Any of these words can turn in reflection to “fight.” Even “conversation” is loaded. Healthy couples have conversations. A conversation at its meekest is where participants agree. Such a […]
Copyright 2007 Ben S. Pollock Men, I’m talking to you. This week we have a rare opportunity to clear up misunderstandings and clarify the Code. Real men don’t even try to understand the Code, but for the sake of our manliness we must learn a bit. This code also is known as gaydar, one fellow’s […]
They offered me the office, offered me the shop They said I better take anything they got Do you wanna make tea at the BBC? Do you wanna be, do really wanna be a cop? Career opportunities are the ones that never knock” — from “Career Opportunities,” Joe Strummer/Mick Jones, The Clash Copyright 2007 Ben […]
Copyright 2007 Ben S. Pollock Memoir. As much as can be mocked of the genre — (1) Was the life of “X,” no matter his or her accomplishments, so fascinating that we’d want the least of details? Often no, and (2) Memory even corrected by research distorts both the facts and the truth — I […]
Somewhere in Brick, and more than once I’m sure, I have opined that the reason the Iraq war has weak grassroots opposition is its distance from U.S. These thoughts are far, far from unique. For one thing, the Pentagon prevents photos being taken of caskets of military personnel being brought back to America, among similar […]
Copyright 2006 Ben S. Pollock I dreamed I was in a conversation with a few younger people from the office, none of them the real people in my real office. I was saying to them something (in reality) that I have said many times over the years (and they listened, proving it a dream): “I […]