Did anyone see Sarah Palin’s interview this evening on The CBS Evening News? It was actually frightening thinking that this is someone who could soon be — as the saying goes — a “heartbeat away” from the presidency.
Here are a few highlights:
COURIC:  Do you consider yourself a feminist?
PALIN:  I do.  A feminist who believes in equal rights.

As opposed to…what? Are …

Back in December of 2005, after nearly two years of blogging, I made a decision that got me in a little hot water with some of my regular readers:  I decided to move my blog from AOL, where it had been since I first launched it in February, 2004, to Blogger.  (I’m now using Wordpress at my own site, for …

I’m not sure exactly how you can have a meme to determine whether one surfs the internet like a man or a woman without asking something about porn, but I gave this little quiz a shot and here’s what I got.

Your Surfing Habits are 80% Male, 20% Female

If we had to guess, we would guess that you are a man.
You …

When he’s not trying to make it out like he single-handedly saved the world by suspending his campaign — where was Palin and why didn’t she step up? — to solve the economic crisis, he’s making a big deal about Obama’s previous statements that he’d be willing to meet with foreign leaders without precondition.
First, and let me get this one …

I made a modification of the typeface here at Patrick’s Place.  The body type is now a closer match to the new logo.  Granted, it’s not the same typeface, but it looks closer than what I had before.
But what do you think:  is this typeface still as easy to read?  Does it give you a headache?  Or does it make …

You’ll have to forgive me if I seem a little preoccupied with the economy these days; it’s not that I have some massive portfolio of stocks that I’m watching take a nosedive, nor am I struggling to pay an adjustable rate mortgage whose payments have suddenly jumped hundreds of dollars to an unaffordable level.
My biggest problem is credit card debt. …

I have been blessed with some amazing friends.  I’ve never been “Mr. Popularity,” one of those types who seems to be surrounded by friends at every moment.  Then again, I’ve never truly wanted to be, despite occasional bouts of lonliness or depression at various points.
I found this little friend quiz and gave it a try. I can’t really admit …

Its fundamentals may be strong, as one candidate for president seems to believe, but the economy‘s a little rough at the moment. That’s the topic of this week’s set of questions.

First to play last week: Cat of Sweet Memes. Congratulations!
(According to the rules, “First to Play” requires you to be the first to include the link to the specific …

I was able to catch a bit of The Late Show with David Letterman last night, when David Letterman was still talking about John McCain’s sudden decision to bow out of a scheduled appearance the night before.  McCain canceled his appearance at the last minute, so he could play superhero and “race” to Washington to save the country from an …

The ongoing drama with the New AT&T continues.
First, let me recap:

In mid-July, I signed up for “Auto Draft” service, which allows the New AT&T to automatically debit the payment due from my checking account on the due date.  One less thing for me to worry about, assuming they don’t screw things up. I received an email from them thanking me …

Everyone who is a big fan of Sarah Palin, or who thinks that she was the perfect choice for John McCain to make as his running mate should be concerned about this.  I quote from Jeff Tompkins’ blog:
“On September 7, eight days after Gov. Sarah Palin was announced as McCain’s running-mate and three days after the Republican convention ended, McCain …

Please pronounce, out loud, the word important.  If you’re pronouncing it correctly, it sounds something like, “im-POR-tunt.”  You should be hearing both instances of the letter t.  If, on the other hand, you pronounce it like a cardiologist who just appeared on CBS’s The Early Show, and it comes out like, “im-por-ANT,” please smack yourself upside the head until it …

Today was supposed to be the day some friends of mine from church headed to the hospital to deliver their son, Lucas.  Lucas apparently wasn’t all that patient about it, and decided he wanted to be a “Monday’s Child” instead of a “Tuesday’s Child,” so he was born yesterday morning.
After work, I dropped by the hospital for a quick hello …

This week, several prime time television shows make their season debuts, and in some cases, their big premieres.  Yesterday morning, while flipping through the morning news programs, I caught a clip of NBC’s Today featuring a guest from the show Heroes.
I’ve never seen an episode of Heroes, because long before it premiered, I realized that it was going to be …

On this date in 1989, an unwelcome visitor named Hugo made its mark in Charleston as a Category 4 hurricane.  It had been a Category 5 before weakening slightly just before landfall.  It caused $7 billion in damage in the mainland United States, making it the costliest storm up to that point.  (It is now the sixth-costliest.)
I was living in …

The United States Supreme Court is planning to decide whether to hear a last-ditch appeal by Troy Davis, who was convicted of shooting a police officer to death in the parking lot of a Burger King in Savannah.  That decision is scheduled to be made on September 29th.  Unfortunately, that’s six days after the state of Georgia will have put …

Over at WorldNet Daily, Drew Zahn writes that corporate greed and a lack of government regulation isn’t the cause of the mortgage meltdown as many are arguing.  Instead, he’s pointing a finger at too much government, in the form of (liberal) activists who pressured the government to pressure Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae into unsound – though politically correct – …

I recently joined a brand new bible study group for men at my church, and the second week’s topic inspired this week’s question. I won’t go into the subject matter in detail in this post, but it’s about learning patience. One of the discussion questions asks the reader to consider how successfully he’d be able to remain patient …