OpEd

Patrick Havens on October 4th, 2007

Scott Adams worked in some of the more institutional of companies, and though he has been out of that culture for a long while. He comes up with strips that sound like he had a camera in the office recently. Work gives bennies like vacation time as an enticement to keep employees. And the better [...]

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Patrick Havens on July 3rd, 2007

Wikipedian Protester [xkcd by Randall Munroe] Considering all the political speech I went through tonight. The talks about “What is comfort” I felt this *cute* toon actually hits good. So many state things without siting, and even though the Wikipedia has gotten a black eye for invalid info… the community policing the information seems to [...]

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Patrick Havens on May 9th, 2007

A service station that offered discounted gas to senior citizens and people supporting youth sports has been ordered by the state to raise its prices. Center City BP owner Raj Bhandari has been offering senior citizens a 2 cent per gallon price break and discount cards that let sports boosters pay 3 cents less per [...]

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Patrick Havens on May 7th, 2007

…I know how hard it is to reach you so I am posting this here in case you come by. I’m just worried about you, because your at an age– that is hard to handle for a young person. Believe me– I was there once myself. I was about your age when I had a [...]

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Patrick Havens on April 25th, 2007

In my researching about previous presidents and related to my comments lately about how bad Bush Jr. has been, I ran across a essay that hit nicely on the subject. A question that seems to be on everybody’s mind these days turns out to be: Is George Bush the worst President in American history?But how [...]

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As the nation debates whether more guns or fewer can prevent tragedies like the Virginia Tech Massacre, a notable anniversary passed last month in a Georgia town that witnessed a dramatic plunge in crime and violence after mandating residents to own firearms. In March 1982, 25 years ago, the small town of Kennesaw – responding [...]

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Patrick Havens on April 20th, 2007

The easy answer to the Virginia Tech massacre Comic by Scott Stantis With all the grief that this event has given. And all the pointing of fingers. Perhaps its the simplest answer that should win out, and the voices should quiet.

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Patrick Havens on April 10th, 2007

My wife is relived and yet sad…It is official, I am NOT the father of Ana Nicole’s baby. [Rob Culbertson] But I think Rob stated it best.  Who really cares.  The only thing that should matter is that Birkhead take good care of the baby.  As sensationalism aside, this article noted the baby isn’t worth [...]

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Patrick Havens on April 9th, 2007

Blu-Ray and DVD-HD — the two new high-def video formats that have been crippled into uselessness through ridiculous anti-copying measures — are selling so poorly that a new disc can get on the weekly top ten by selling as few as 880 copies. While we should note that the VideoScan numbers are not all-inclusive (for [...]

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Patrick Havens on April 7th, 2007

This is a great video that really shows why Sony flopped when they released the Playstation 3. It is, to date, perhaps the best example of the cold, hard fact that a company no longer can have a hope of “controlling” its message. Three minutes of scathing commentary from the customer’s perspective on the mis-steps [...]

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