Articles – Patrick McConville

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9-23-22 “Baseball breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart.” – A. Bartlett Giamatti This is true. I read Giamatti’s “Green Fields of the Mind” as a chaser to the end of every single baseball season. I love baseball. It’s a pastime and sport that I grew up playing, but didn’t appreciate untilContinue reading “699-700”

23 June 2010 – Porto

Wednesday.Sidell and I wandered through the city of Porto, a port city not unlike San Francisco. We lacked an agenda. Content to wander the city in search of a nice Portuguese cross, which we were disappointed not to find in Fatima, we simply enjoyed ourselves. As we reached the Ribiera along the River Gouros, SidellContinue reading “23 June 2010 – Porto”

“The Bull’s Room”

The room was quiet. It was always an echo above silent in that room. The rest of the house was a roaring hush with the members of my extended family dispersed throughout each room of the house that we called home for 43 years. This house was his castle. It happened to be the finestContinue reading ““The Bull’s Room””

“Should You Ever Meet Your Hero…”

First Published on Hidden Hollywood News, January 2014 It’s a common mistake. All of us make it from time to time. You aren’t reading this unless you have dreams of entertainment success. You don’t dream big about making it in this business without getting inspiration from a landmark movie or TV show. Alone in aContinue reading ““Should You Ever Meet Your Hero…””

“The Man Who Put the Personal in Personal Computer”

By Patrick McConvilleMay 24, 2019 “If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs…” The world is so focused and self-important that it’s difficult for us to imagine that one that existed before it. Our current keepers of memory came of age after the Second World War. The world many of themContinue reading ““The Man Who Put the Personal in Personal Computer””