Patch Blogs: No Gas; Pay Attention to Me!

Immediately after Sandy, when power was scarce and '70s gas lines were making a comeback, it wasn't odd to spend a couple hours parked outside the local Mobile station.

Sen. David Carlucci sounds off in his Patch blog, championing legislation that would install back-up generators at gas stations—and hopefully prevent a repeat performance.

"We must have the ability to service commuters and not allow the economy to screech to a grinding halt," he pens.

So, let us know: sound strategy, or perfunctory?

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Pushing your stroller with one hand while thumbing through emails with the other may not be ideal parenting, but it's better than surrendering your inbox to a legion of unopened messages, right?

Blogger Mel Parish tackles just that in her essay, "The Future of Personal Relationships." 

"Unfortunately nowadays, physical presence does not guarantee a person’s mental availability," Parish writes. "Who hasn’t felt angry at a companion whipping out their cell phone in a social situation with the apology, 'Sorry, I must just take this.'"

Sounds familiar.

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With Benedict XVI hanging up his mitre, blogger Brian Moloney contemplates how a pope's retirement matches up with a business man's resignation.

"He did give his two weeks… so you really can't complain," Moloney notes, before probing the Vatican's 401K plan.

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