Patrick

Buying gasoline today? Some aren't, and they don't want you to, either. Today is the Great Gasoline Boycott of 2004. The premise is simple: "It has been calculated that if everyone in the United States did not purchase a drop...

John Scalzi's journal round-up lists people who sound off on the gay marriage issue. This is an issue I haven't written too much about, but after reading a few of the excerpts, I decided it was time to throw in...

I took Jeff's challenge and posted an invitation for questions. Here are the ones I've received. From Carly: 1. When is your birthday? I'm all for starting things off with an easy question! November 23, which means I'm a Sagittarius....

It was a birthday celebration on Friday for my two friends. Zack, my cocker spaniel, is 2. Zoey, a golden retriever mix that I adopted from a shelter last summer, is 4. Of course, since she was adopted, I have...

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  This week, John Scalzi's Weekend Assignment #5 was an easy one for me: Recount your most memorable encounter with celebrity. I doubt he would have expected the novella I came up with, but since he didn't specify a length...

It seems that there are some unhappy campers about to graduate from college in California. Why? Because Ahhhnold is their Governor! Don't get the connection? It's simple: Guess whose signature appears on the diplomas of graduating seniors!! Right! Because he's...

I have said several times in this journal that I'm not completely conservative or completely liberal, but that I lean slightly to the right. I have also implied that there are several issues in which my position falls sharply to...

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I stumbled across an odd news report the other day about a new plan in Russia, referred by IOL, the biggest news, classifieds and info site on the Web in South Africa. (Don't ask how I ended up there: I...

1. Many people who criticize the media complain that there is too much "bad" news and not enough "good" news. If you had the option of subscribing to a newspaper that had only positive neighborhood stories, would you? 2. In...

If you aren't, this item might take care of that. A friend E-mailed me this bit of information: Each year the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin puts together a list to try to give the faculty a sense of...

The controversy over the photo of flag-draped coffins containing the remains of U.S. troops was one of the feature segments on Friday's "Today" show. Host Matt Lauer interviewed Amy Katz, a friend of photographer Tami Silicio, the photographer who was...

Former NFL star Pat Tillman was one of the latest troops killed in the War in Iraq. He actually died in Afghanistan, but by now, you know this. You probably have heard a great deal of coverage of this single...

Coming soon to a store near you (if it's not already there): the technology that takes the "guilt" out of watching a movie with sex, violence or profanity, by simply removing the content. RCA's Clearplay DVD player, selling for just...

1. If you had to choose one, which natural disaster would you most want to experience in person and why? A) Hurricane B) Tornado C) Wildfire D) Earthquake E) Flood 2. If you only had 30 characters (including spaces) to...