Monthly Archives: November 2008

Shoppers Trample Wal-Mart Worker to Death

November 28, 2008 – 9:46 pm

A mad rush of impatient shoppers forced their way through a New York Wal-Mart’s doors to take advantage of Black Friday savings, trampling and killing an employee in the process. Can you believe this? How low have we sunk when our desire for “things” is this great? On the other hand, economists are rejoicing as [...]

By Patrick Posted in Miscellaneous 3 Comments

Lasik Obsession

November 14, 2008 – 7:31 pm

Since booking my appointment for LASIK surgery, reading about the procedure and its possible complications/outcomes has become a minor obsession. I can’t stop learning and reading about it! These are my eyes afterall–the most important sense I have–and the last thing I want to do is do something to them without fully understanding the consequences.
Browsing [...]

By Patrick Posted in Personal 4 Comments

Back from the Bahamas

November 8, 2008 – 8:16 pm

I don’t have much time for this post, but I wanted to post something from my trip to the Bahamas. I just got back from a Blackbeard’s scuba cruise–a week of living on a sail boat, diving and cruising around the Bahamas. In short, it was amazing–an experience of a lifetime. We were lucky enough [...]

By Patrick Posted in Travel 5 Comments