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Patrick

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Patrick is a Christian with more than 30 years experience in professional writing, producing and marketing. His professional background also includes social media, reporting for broadcast television and the web, directing, videography and photography. He enjoys getting to know people over coffee and spending time with his dog.
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Life

After September 11th

Well, there has certainly been a great deal of reaction to my earlier essay on the families of 9/11 victims and the continual search for blame. Whether you agreed or disagreed with my original idea, the responses were lucid and...

Life

Is it Time to Move On?

This is going to come off sounding incredibly crass and uncaring, and I apologize in advance. I am trying to put myself in their place, as I have for the past two-and-three-quarter years, so I am trying my best to...

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Life

Another Round…

Here's another interesting political development in the Post 9/11 Finger-Pointing Frenzy: Sandy Berger, a former national security adviser, is under criminal investigation by the Justice Department after highly classified terrorism documents disappeared while he was reviewing what should be turned...

LifeTV & Showbiz

Does TV Make Kids Fat?

Here's a study the world was waiting for: Does watching television lead to obesity in children? As part of the mankind's stubborn desire to find someone or something else to blame for their own expanding waistlines, a study in London...

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Life

The ‘Accused’ Goes On Display

That infamous voting machine that made the "hanging chad" a part of our language and inspired calls for "simpler" ways to vote is getting its time in the spotlight by being featured in a museum. The Associated Press reports that...

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Saturday 6

Saturday Six – Episode 14

The weeks just fly by any more. It seems like just yesterday I was putting together last week's edition, and here we are ready for another set of six. Answer the questions here or put the answers in an entry...

Life

Slim Fast ‘Sheds’ Whoopi

The makers of Slim-Fast diet products have fired Whoopi Goldberg as their pitchman after the comedienne made fun of George W. Bush at a Democratic fund raiser. Apparently, during her performance, she used the president's last name as a sexual...

Uncategorized

Two Quotes

Two quotes I've run across today that seem appropriate in an election year:"We have two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice and another which we practice but seldom preach." -Bertrand Russell "Constantly...

TV & Showbiz

Reality Television’s Next Big Step

Do you think that reality television couldn't get worse? If so, you're about to be proven wrong. Our friends across the pond are about to introduce a new program called "Private Stars." The full report appears in the Telegraph, a...

Fun & LaughsLife

A Few More Strange Stories

Here are a few of the more unusual stories one can find while browsing through the news wires. From the exploding toilet to the explosive trousers, these are the kinds of stories you won't always find on the front page:He...

Life

Was Bobo Murdered?

I can answer that question with certainty...beyond any reasonable doubt...and regardless what either the cat's owner or wildlife officials say. But before I answer the question, let's review: A former actor, Steve Sipek, who once played "Tarzan" owned the six-year-old...

Life

Flipping Coins

I have read with amusement and disgust those polls which indicate the main reason many will vote for John Kerry in November is that Kerry is not George W. Bush. You will have to forgive me if I find terrible...

Journalism

Brokaw Fights Back

Tom Brokaw told critics over the weekend that Michael Moore was off base in his assertion that the news media failed in their obligation to cover relevant issues leading up to the war in his film, "Fahrenheit 9/11." "If you...

Faith

Divided Over Marriage

Ironic title, isn't it? It's even more ironic that there can be so much division over the right of two people to live their lives as a couple in a committed, loving relationship in an institution designed to bring people...

Grammar

A Few Weird Words

In this week's edition of the "Saturday Six," (see last post) I asked which of five words looked interesting enough that you'd actually want to know what it meant. If you haven't already answered, stop reading until you play! If...

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