Copyright 2007 Ben S. Pollock The other day, I came out of the closet to my wife. To my relief, she saw what I had been up to and was delighted. I’ve been meaning to do this for eight years, and once ready, it surprisingly took less than a week. Despite the arrival of cooler […]
Copyright 2007 Ben S. Pollock Lucinda Williams brings out passions in people. It’s not as black or white as love her or hate her, though that’s what’s you hear. Here at Shady Hill manse, the instant that My Beloved or I hear she’s coming to sing, we tell our friends then buy tickets. While Fayettevillians […]
Prediction: University of Arkansas Athletic Director Frank Broyles will fire football Coach Houston Nutt midseason (between tonight and mid-October) and will pretend to collaborate with his just-named successor Jeff Long to instantly replace Nutt. -30-
Wine and other drinking experts recommend you cozy up with a good local liquor store staff for sound advice. Popatop in Little Rock was said to be excellent for this. When we lived there years ago, She and I would ask two different clerks about, for example, which is the best non-Kahlua coffee liqueur — […]
“On that day, our nation changed.” Promotions, teases and lead-ins to broadcast programs or segments about today’s sixth anniversary of the 9/11/2001 terror attacks often have had this or a similar phrase. Hosts on shows so far repeat the statement and precede it with, “Everyone knows that. …” No, we don’t. No, it didn’t. I […]
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 […]