Hello friends and family, As you might have guessed, I didn’t really manage to send out Christmas cards or write my annual Christmas letter this...
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Today has been a very special day for me. It started out like any other workday: I got up, let the dog out, showered, ate, drove to work, made myself ...
Read MoreOne More Ray of Hope
I know it seems like pretty much the only time I update my blog is when I want to post pictures of my gardening. That because, for the most part, it i...
Read MorePurdy Flower: Early Summer 2015 Edition
This spring marks the beginning of the second growing season since I moved into my house in 2013. Last year, the focus was on the front and side yards...
Read MoreSpring Flowerbeds, 2015 Edition
Dear Renton Police Department, You don’t know me, so please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Matt. I’m a 36-year-old single man wh...
Read MoreAn Open Letter to the Renton Police Department
This is a photo of my sister, Megan, and her 7-year-old daughter, Aubrey. Aubrey was born in Utah about three weeks before I moved from Utah ...
Read MoreNew Song: Silent Lullaby
I decided to try something a little different tonight, and record my blog post and a video. ...
Read MoreGetting Re-healthy: Part 2 (Vlog)
First, if you haven’t heard my new song, do give a listen. Besides being one of the best songs I’ve ever written (and, in my not-so-humble...
Read MoreGetting Re-Healthy
Wow. So, in a couple of weeks, school will be back in session, the days will start getting shorter, and summer will be coming to a close. I can hardly...
Read MoreSummer 2014: An Update
When I moved into my house, the front yard looked rather like this: This screenshot was from 2011 when the Google Maps truck drove by and took a snaps...
Read MorePurdy Flower!
“No! You’re not doing it right. You need to be more suave. You’re too juvenile, and too effeminate. It’s not reading at all. You need to do it...
Read MoreThe Fine Art of Rejection
Handwritten Blog Post or “HBP” is a new series I’m starting where I act all high-fallutin and special because I’...
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