• Archive for December, 2009

    The Snow Catcher

    by Matt • December 31, 2009 • 0 Comments

    Sometimes when you’re a dog, you just can’t stand the thought of letting the snowflakes reach the ground. That was during today’s storm. Silly dog….

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    John Wooden Quote #2

    by Matt • December 29, 2009 • 0 Comments

    John Wooden’s father had rules about how he felt people should conduct themselves in life. He called these rules “two sets of threes.” The first set was about honesty: Never lie. Never cheat. Never steal. The second set was about handling tough times: Don’t whine. Don’t complaint. Don’t make excuses. Pretty good rules, if you [...]

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    Random Thought: Air Travel

    by Matt • December 26, 2009 • 3 Comments

    If the TSA/FAA is going to create a bunch of silly, new in-flight rules (see story here and read comments here) as a knee-jerk reaction to the attempted attack on Christmas day, I’m going to change my travel plans for 2010. After missing most of the SEO/SEM conferences in 2009, I was hoping to attend [...]

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    John Wooden Quote #1

    by Matt • December 25, 2009 • 2 Comments

    “Discipline yourself and others won’t need to.” For Christmas today, I received a copy of this book, simply called Wooden. It’s a collection of short stories and observations by a man whose wisdom I’ve cherished for more than 20 years. As I read along, I’ll be posting some of my favorite quotes from the book. [...]

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    Merry Christmas, Sparky

    by Matt • December 21, 2009 • 0 Comments

    We got Sparky a new bed today because his old one was getting too flat and he’s been struggling to get comfortable on it for a little while now. You may be wondering, Gee, Matt, does he like it? Yes. Yes, he does. Aside from dinner-time, he hasn’t gotten off the thing in seven hours.

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    Random Thought: Dentists

    by Matt • December 16, 2009 • 1 Comment

    If the dentist really cared about you taking good care of your teeth, s/he’d give you one of those expensive, electric toothbrushes when you leave … not a cheap, flimsy, plastic one with terrible bristles that you wouldn’t even use on your dog. Maybe I’ll bring this up at my appointment in February.

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