Author Archives: Patrick

I recently discovered the TV Show “Shark Tank”.  It is a great show where everyday Americans get to pitch their business to successful entrepreneurs for an investment and a chance at success.  Today I watched one of the most heartwarming stories I have ever seen. http://sharktankblog.com/tree-tee-pee/ Mr. Georges is an honest hard working American.  He […]

As I have already written on a number of occasions, I am preocupied with happiness.  Last week there was a short little piece on Lifehacker discussing the web program Happify.  The original article can be found here. I have registered for Happify and will be making my own evaluation over the coming weeks.  In the mean […]

As I have already written on a number of occasions, I am preocupied with happiness.  Last week there was a short little piece on Lifehacker discussing the web program Happify.  The original article can be found here. I have registered for Happify and will be making my own evaluation over the coming weeks.  In the mean […]

Growing up with a mother who works in the Cancer Treatment field has given me a great amount of respect and interest in the mystery that is Cancer.  In 1998 I lost one of my greatest heroes, my grandfather, in his battle with cancer.  While personally I never thought we would beat cancer as a […]

Retired Raven Rolando McClain Says He Had Dark Thoughts & ‘Felt Like Aaron Hernandez’ « CBS Baltimore. Mr. Mclain despite his arrest and bad tendencies is a perfect example of what a role model should be.  He realized he was in a bad place, he realized he was heading down the wrong path and he […]

Retired Raven Rolando McClain Says He Had Dark Thoughts & ‘Felt Like Aaron Hernandez’ « CBS Baltimore. Mr. Mclain despite his arrest and bad tendencies is a perfect example of what a role model should be.  He realized he was in a bad place, he realized he was heading down the wrong path and he […]

The question has been asked repeatedly as to why we don’t know how many people signed up for insurance.  After all when Apple releases a new phone they can tell the exact number sold per day every day from the launch.  Amazon can track the number of books sold every day and even the number […]

Forbes reports that 93 Million people were going to lose their insurance due to the affordable care act, something that the administration knew going back to 2010.  The report comes from Administrative internal data see here :http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-06-17/pdf/2010-14488.pdf. Page 18 has most of the information you would need. Bottom line everybody knew that a substantial number […]

If everybody is said to get 15 minutes of fame, my mother and her neighbors have 14:45 left.   The snippet that was shown is from my mother’s annual pumpkin carving party.  She has been doing this for almost a decade. Enjoy the spotlight mom.  

It has been a long time since I read this.  I came across it while conducting training today.  http://www.justice.gov/ag/manualpart1_1.pdf  This is a must read for anybody who doubts we are at war with Al Queda and its offshoots.  This is the outline of exactly what they are all about, it is in their own words […]