All posts by Patrick
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If It’s Mandatory Tipping, It’s Not Tipping
Some Tennessee restaurants are experimenting with the “Autograt,” an automatic gratuity applied to diner’s checks regardless of the size of their party. Proponents say it’s appropriate...
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Next #Bloggab: Things Your Blog Should Have
Consider this: you find yourself browsing a blog for the first time. Its subject matter seems to be the kind you’re looking for after you’ve...
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The Brother Abbreviation That Makes No Sense
A good abbreviation accomplishes two things: it shortens the number of letters required to express a word and it does so without confusing the reader...
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If Yahoo Buys Tumblr: Will Users Scuttle Blogs in Protest?
When rumors appeared that Yahoo assembled a billion bucks to buy Tumblr, some of the blogging platform’s users didn’t take it very well. Tumblr users...
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Sunday Seven #394
What are your favorite sitcoms? How many of them would make your Funniest Sitcoms of All-Time list? You never know where the next list will...
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Saturday Six #475
This past Tuesday night’s #Bloggab focused on blog hosting platforms. It was a great chat, and if you find yourself available on a Tuesday night...
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Marketing Gift of Salvation as a 30-Second Effort
A tweet I saw on social media about the gift of salvation really bothered me the other day, but it took me a while to...
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Sarah Palin Talk Show Idea Rejected…by Palin Herself
At least so far, the possibility of a Sarah Palin talk show looks slim, but it’s still possible that it could happen, if TV producer...
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Danger Ahead: The Flashing Yellow Arrow
Apparently convinced that South Carolina drivers aren’t already bad enough, the state’s Department of Transportation announced plans to introduce a new signal — the flashing...
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Next #Bloggab: Blogger or WordPress?
Most of the blogging-related Twitter chats I’ve been part of feature two distinct camps of users: those on Blogger and those on WordPress. Both platforms...
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Patrick is a television producer, writer, Mac lover, and Christian, though not necessarily in that order. He has a natural dislike of double standards and poor grammar.
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