ripped off

December 24, 2002 &bull uncategorized

In life you always come across things which seem to be necessarily linked. Some less complex examples include, peanut butter and jelly. Marge and Homer. Cream and sugar. Republicans and corruption.
A more interesting example surfaces when people ask me where I’m originally from.
Person: “So, where are you from again?”
Matt: “Fargo.”
Person: “Oh, like the movie!”
Matt: [...]



my dog ate my homework

December 11, 2002 &bull uncategorized

I wanted to provide some excuses about my not-so-frequent blog posts becoming “really not-so-frequent” blog posts recently. It’s the holidays so of course I’m getting swept away with shopping and the other hoopla that surrounds this time of year. I’m also working on our Christmas letter, which seems to be taking longer than other [...]



“we’re a rock and roll unit”

December 5, 2002 &bull music

So there’s this girl who walks up to the front of the stage about 5 minutes before Avail gets organized and assembled on stage. You can see it in the faces on everyone who’s back in the non-mosh comfort zone. “What the f is she doing up there?” It’s not that there weren’t any [...]