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 […]
Knowing you too well is not enough Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Friday, Dec. 17, 2004: Here’s a concept that just barely occurred to me, 11:30 p.m., a month after the local funeral for Mom, on Wednesday 17 November, following her Monday 15 November passing. No one quite understands you as a parent does. And […]
Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Monday, Nov. 8, 2004: I may see a trend in this Brick business, a hierarchy. When I work for pay, or at least print publication, I not only think hard about clarity of thought in the writing but how to frame the published writing to maximize its appeal to the […]
This dude’s a storyteller Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004: This is a book report on "Diary" by Chuck Palahniuk. It’s not a book review, which I do occasionally for pay. So, it’s a report, like back in school, except written by someone who thinks a lot about reading and writing. Just […]
Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Friday, November 5, 2004: I don’t know my precise opinion on the presidential election today, except that we who think we are smart better think again. I resent those commentators who blame Kerry: no personality, poor campaigner, bad presentation, because, well, none of this is true enough to have cost […]
Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004: Maybe I’m taking a terrible personal risk putting out my thoughts on the World Wide Web. Even with fewer than the 14 “hits” I assume I get, I worry about not just offending someone who may have some authority over me (someone at work, someone on […]