Archive for November, 2006
Sufjan Stevens Songs For Christmas
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006Don’t take this as bandwagon jumping, or me going all indie snob, but Sufjan Stevens Songs for Christmas is amazing. I ordered a copy from Amazon and it should be here next week. I’m stoked. In the mean time, I will be streaming it non-stop from Asthmatic Kitty Records’ Web site.
Several highlights [...]
For Sale: Two Nice Computer Monitors
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006I have two sweet monitors sitting in my basement. My inner geek tells me to keep them, but they are collecting dust and taking up space, and I’m not sure when I’ll ever use them again. They are sweet though.
17″ Flat Screen CRT
Model: Gateway EVF720 Manufactured: June 2001 Got it with Nancy’s “college computer” around [...]
Is John Mayer’s Gravity A Song About Integrity?
Friday, November 24th, 2006I always gets me excited when a popstar sings/writes/performs something that preaches truth, regardless of what they meant by it. That’s what I love about art: you can misconstrue it all you want and no one can tell you you’re wrong ;-)
Gravity is quickly becoming my favorite John Mayer song (perhaps it’s a “flavor [...]
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Friday, November 17th, 2006“Happy Birthday, Daddy!”
It’s Matt’s 27th birthday today :) Happy Birthday to an amazing husband/daddy-designer/coder- (pardon the slightly corny almost-rhyming) rock-n-roll-er!
Discontentment or Spiritual Principle?
Thursday, November 16th, 2006I have a pretty sweet computer. It helps me do my job efficiently. It is sufficiently quick, powerful, and pretty. However, my new job is sending me a sweeter, faster, prettier one. Suddenly, I find myself discontented with my perfectly good current computer.
I was relating this to my wife’s aunt and [...]