{"id":171,"date":"2015-08-25T14:35:04","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T19:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/index.php\/ifaqs\/"},"modified":"2018-03-18T13:29:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T18:29:03","slug":"ifaqs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/about\/ifaqs\/","title":{"rendered":"iFAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong>iFAQs &#8212; inFrequently Asked Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Solebrick-logo-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3637\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/commonplace-brick\/solebrick-logo-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Solebrick-logo-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"682,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0512 brick logo\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;0512 brick logo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Solebrick-logo-2-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Solebrick-logo-2.png\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3637\" title=\"0512 brick logo\" src=\"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Solebrick-logo-2-150x150.png\" alt=\"0512 brick logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Solebrick-logo-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Solebrick-logo-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Solebrick-logo-2.png 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>What is Brick and why do you call it that?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Two questions on one line? Very well. Brick is Ben Pollock&#8217;s blog, both collectively and singularly. Not bricks, brick wall, brick pile or load of bricks. It&#8217;s more one sheep two sheep.<\/p>\n<p>Though tempted to call it one of my longtime standing heds: <em>Mirthology<\/em> or <em>Loose Leaves,<\/em> or the name of the Web site for which it stands, <em>Mirthology, a Loose Leaflet,<\/em> this fresh start demanded a fresh title. Yet, as the Internet proves no ideas are new, so a common object formed from common material is appropriate. Besides, since clay bricks are fired but not glazed, you may call this Brick half-baked as well.<\/p>\n<p><em>If someone wanted to contact you, there&#8217;s the comment opportunity, but what about &#8230;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Email? 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Latter, that&#8217;s when I figured out I could do an online journal. From late 2003 until February 2006, though, Brick comprised html pages on the Web site, uploaded via FTP. At first I didn&#8217;t know about blogging services, then it took awhile for me to see that was what I had been doing.<\/p>\n<p><em>Why are most of the Brick entries so dang long?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1. I&#8217;m wordy; just ask my wife.<br \/>\n2. I&#8217;m used to writing 800-word newspaper columns.<br \/>\n3. Because these deliberately are columns (essays), not single jokes or blurb-length, passing comments. Usually.<br \/>\n4. Because I can, once I found a WordPress template that lends itself to longer pieces without those typical extra wide margins and a sliver of a center column. No pastels, either.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Woohoo: Here&#8217;s the Jeopardy &#8220;Lightning Round&#8221;:<br \/>\nFrequently Questioned Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Robert Benchley, Russell Baker, Erma Bombeck, Ring Lardner (Sr.), S.J. Perelman, James Thurber, Mike Royko, E.B. White, P.G. Wodehouse<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Who are the favorite writers at Brick?<\/p>\n<p><em>Croquet<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Why not?<\/p>\n<p><em>Croquet?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Buzzzzzzz. Your answer should have been in the form of a question. Or is that the other way around?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iFAQs &#8212; inFrequently Asked Questions What is Brick and why do you call it that? Two questions on one line? Very well. Brick is Ben Pollock&#8217;s blog, both collectively and singularly. Not bricks, brick wall, brick pile or load of bricks. It&#8217;s more one sheep two sheep. 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