Mark Patinkin

11/29/2009

Mark Patinkin: Remember Green Stamps, Fizzies and house calls?
Things I miss … and further down … things I don’t.

11/24/2009

Mark Patinkin: Down to the docks every day — and loving it
I felt like going down to where the fishing boats tie up, so I drove to Galilee. It was a warm morning for November, and breezy. Out in Block Island Sound, I saw a dragger coming back from a trip. It was called the Kelsi and Morgan. It came through the breachway to the state’s commercial fishing docks, home to about 50 big trawlers and dozens of lobster boats.

11/22/2009

Mark Patinkin: I think I’ll settle for a little back pain, thank you
I put on scrubs and lay down on the MRI table, facing up. One of the techs pushed a button and I moved inside. I am not claustrophobic, but spending 40 minutes inside a narrow tube is challenging. They had to keep telling me to be still. They were imaging my lumbar spine.

11/17/2009

Mark Patinkin: Credit card companies leave Mafia in the dust
Thoughts at Large:

11/15/2009

Mark Patinkin: Capitalism still looks good to me
I can still picture the Berlin Wall — it was 20 years ago this month.

11/10/2009

Mark Patinkin: Let’s take a trip up to my attic
I have a graveyard upstairs in my attic. I know it’s not good to have an unauthorized burial ground on your property, but I do. There are many once beloved members of our household interred there. They are old electronics.

11/08/2009

MARK PATINKIN: Less is more when applying to college
It’s the season for high school seniors to be approaching panic mode. They’re applying to college.

11/07/2009

Mark Patinkin: Twitters of the rich and famous
It seems that everyone these days is communicating by Twitter. That’s where you bypass the media and post online status updates a few times a day.

11/03/2009

Mark Patinkin: I’ve never met a rule that couldn’t be broken
Maria Shriver — wife of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger — has been chided for breaking some rules lately.

11/01/2009

Columnist Mark Patinkin: Herewith, my complement of useless information
Here are some things I just learned:

10/31/2009

Mark Patinkin: Life’s milestones keep on coming
It was a typical birth announcement: a child born Oct. 22 at 8:32 a.m. — 7 pounds, 10 ounces. A little girl.

10/27/2009

Columnist Mark Patinkin: Thankfully, tabs are still here with the real news
You may feel Afghanistan and the economy are key issues these days, but you’re wrong.