Background articles are fun because there's always the chance you'll find out something awesome/gross/awesome. This time, it's the Statesman and Dan Patrick:
He has a knack for promotion - his critics would say self-promotion. For example, Patrick got worldwide publicity in 1994 for having his vasectomy performed on his show.Anyone interested in following in Patrick's footsteps is urged to purchase one of these:

I'm so stupid. I'm sitting here with an ice pack on my nuts because I had a DOCTOR snip me Friday.
If only I'd reread PinkDome, I could have saved myself a trip to the clinic.
Huh.
I wonder on whose show I can get snipped?
Infowars, maybe?