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The store where I worked my first job, the Kmart in West Columbia, is scheduled to close its doors for the last time this weekend.

Here’s the 7th set in my ongoing Patrick’s 100 Movies where I pick my favorite films. Making a list like this is definitely harder than you'd think.

Here’s the sixth set of movies in my onging Patrick’s 100 Movies. I hope you're finding some of your favorites on this list!

A team-building exercise prompted me to take a personality test to determine which of nine types I am. But can one test tell the whole story?

For most churches, being baptized is a critical step. When I was a kid, the fact that I hadn't been by the time I was in grade school raised eyebrows.

Retailers Sears and Kmart, once giants in the industry, are in such bad shape that their closure is imminent, according to investment experts.

One of my aunts, one of those relatives I've known as long as I can remember, passed away Thursday morning.

My first job was running a cash register at Kmart, a company that I've watched slide into financial trouble over the years. During my five years working there, I moved up from cashier to checkout supervisor and service desk employee, which meant I ran the front desk, handled customer service...

Yesterday, I celebrated a milestone: I have worked in the TV business for a quarter-century. Wow. Does that make me feel old. As I look back at my 25 years in television, I think back to the first time I walked into a television studio. I must have been about...

The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds into its flight, taking the lives of seven crew members and reminding the world how short life can be. It's hard for me to believe that it has been 30 years since the Challenger disaster. I suppose that's normal when we realize...

I've always believed that you can tell whether you are having a great vacation when you completely lose track of what day it is. That's the kind of vacation — an early Christmas vacation — I've had over the past week. I spent several days with some close friends for whom the...

Last week, I took part in the third annual “Rickfast” in honor of the man for whom the #LiveLikeRick hashtag was created. It is held every year the Saturday after Thanksgiving, in honor of Rick Stilwell, who passed away suddenly in January of 2013. Rick was a great guy, a...

It has been a rough week. It began on a high note, reuniting with some work friends at an annual work conference in Alabama. It was great to see in person so many of the people I talk to on the phone and exchange emails with throughout the year and...

There are two things you need to know up front: First, a Forty-Niner is a kind of rose. Second, the photo is of a rose that looks a lot like a Forty-Niner, but may be a different kind of rose. Now you know. It’s amazing how much some small detail...