Category Archives: matt
Nerd Cartoons
OK, hands up if you catch yourself running the pythagorean theorem in your head when forced to walk the perimeter of aView full post »
Marriage Advice
Three of my closest friends are getting married this summer and fall. To women, not to each other in some three-headedView full post »
Farewell, Giant Rampaging Snowman
Back in December, we wrote about the fantastic 16-foot snowman built in an Anchorage by a group of neighbors. You mayView full post »
75 Years
You may have noticed the world fall silent at 10:48 a.m., CST, today. That moment marked 75 years since the airplaneView full post »
London Journal
In the fall of 1999, I studied law at University College London. “Studied” is a relative term. I did haveView full post »
Book Reviews
Aside from the garage, our relocation to Oak Park affords me another pleasure: a 40 minute roundtrip on the Blue Line. IView full post »
Unreasoning Enthusiasm
fa·nat·ic n.A person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm, as for a cause. At Christmas, Sally&#View full post »
More Immersion Lit
Try this on for size. Female author Norah Vincent “becomes” a man for eighteen months. No surgery involved,View full post »
Pinewood Derby
I saw this fantastic Pinewood Derby car on BoingBoing today. That’s a wireless camera on top, feeding video to aView full post »
The Year of Yes
I love stories about immersion experiences. A great example is Super Size Me, the now-famous film documenting the effectView full post »
Jason Boyett
I went through grades 7-12 with a guy named Jason Boyett. Up until a couple of years ago, he worked in the advertisingView full post »
Bioluminescent Bacon
Like many people, I haven’t done a whole lot of thinking about the ethics of genetic research. I’mView full post »
Nun Bun Stolen!!
Way back in April, mattandsally.com did a little investigative reporting about the miraculous appearance of the VirginView full post »
Frozen Dog
Sally and I sat down to watch Mystic River the other night. Just prior to starting the movie, I let Scout out to relieveView full post »
Giant Rampaging Snowman
This picture was sent to us by Karen Nelson, formerly of Anchorage, Alaska. Some neighborhood kids and their dads builtView full post »