e-tirement

I was browsing through Pulse on the iPad reading the news and happened upon my friend Irving’s post “Reflections on the “Post-Retirement” Phase of My Life“. It reminded me that I have been meaning to write something similar about my “e-tirement”, a term coined by Irving back in 2001 when I e-tired. Irving wrote his […]

Olympic Advertising

It was a privilege to be able to be at the opening ceremony In Atlanta (1996), Nagano (1998), and Sydney (2000). (Lots of pictures in the travel section in the patrickWeb photo gallery). The ceremonies get more extravagant each year and you have to wonder how they are going to top it the following year. […]

Bob, John, Jim

Bob, John, or Jim There are 2 images of Bob below, 1 of Jim, and 2 of John – try to guess the sequence.Click on a thumbnail image if you need help. Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Click to enlarge PDFs of the images: (in an alternate order […]

Virginia R. Patrick

Click to enlarge A pdf version of Mom’s portrait may be found here and a handwriting sample can be viewed here.

Book Update: July 2008

So many great books, so little time! I used to say there is no substitute yet for enjoying a hard-cover book. I take it back. Reading on the Kindle is the best. The number of books on Kindle has doubled in the past month to 146,576. I now make it my exclusive source for book […]