by pattrick | Jul 30, 2018 | Commentary, Mormonism, Religion
QUESTION: Where do you stand on “morality”? After Mormonism… what became the basis for your ideas of morality? Pattrick: It took me a while to flesh it all out. But I finally think I found the basis for my moral compass since I no longer look to...
by pattrick | Sep 18, 2017 | Music Reviews
My daughter, Natty, loves the Beatles. She always has, at least ever since she discovered YouTube, Napster, iTunes, and could manage her own music playlist. There’s a song that I love by the Beatles called “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” that...
by pattrick | Apr 4, 2017 | Personal Stories
I think my earliest memory is early 1970, believe it or not. I was probably 2 years old. The reason I think this is my earliest memory is because I once described the memory to my mother, who instantly recognized the place and description of what happened was...
by pattrick | Jul 8, 2016 | General Discussion
I miss the days before Facebook, when people’s opinions weren’t so openly (an often aggressively) shouted as fact, and men didn’t judge one another based on their religious beliefs or who they voted for. Living as a liberal in Southeast Texas is not...
by pattrick | Jul 15, 2015 | Politics
WHAT I HATE: I hate it that the Internet, talk radio, and cable news have turned the majority of Americans into political armchair quarterbacks. America was a nicer place before politics became a polarizing, spectator sport. Now… anyone who made it past 5th...