Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Tuesday, June 7, 2005: Why is it that very smart people do such stupid things? I am a very smart person so I should know. -30-
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If burritos could fly
Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Thursday, June 2, 2005: My wife and I have yet another similar thought process. She doesn’t see it that way. I just now did. I brown-bag to work for three reasons. The least is cost. The middle is that fast food all tastes alike after not too many weeks, including […]
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Exhibit your museum
Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Friday, May 27, 2005: Here are a few tips on how to enjoy having a major museum in your area. This is advice for locals. Tourists, get on the Web or contact AAA; this isn’t for you. Bentonville’s coming Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (isn’t it nice that for […]
Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Tuesday, May 24, 2005: A Brick about Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Last Monday, Wal-Mart’s Alice Walton announced she and also her family’s foundation would build a museum surrounded by a park near downtown Bentonville, Arkansas, her companies’ headquarters. There was a clue about this a couple of weeks […]
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Koran in a barrel
Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Sunday, May 22, 2005. So … if the International Red Cross says some Americans in some way desecrated the Koran in front of Iraqis, Afghans or other Muslims (with comparable incidents already reported months ago as part of the Abu Ghraib initial and follow-up reports — and now somehow forgotten) […]
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Muffle that rumble
Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Friday, May 20, 2005. Condensed from Fayetteville’s Northwest Arkansas Times this morning (or read whole article): “Mayor Dan Coody wants attendees of Bikes, Blues and BBQ to ride quietly, a sentiment shared by the festival’s board of directors. ‘We encourage everyone to be quiet,’ said Richard Watson, chairman of the […]