Sensitive Saturday

I’ve arbitrarily decided that I will designate Saturday as my day to create poems or insightful, thoughtful fiction.  Thus, Sensitive Saturday.  Also, I’ve decided to make Sunday my day of rest.  Because, like god, I get tired.  So I won’t post anything on Sundays. My buddy, Govneh, has been posting poetry of hers from grade […]

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Organizing the Unorganizable

Hi, I’m Matt.  And I am not organized. Yes, I know, I should have told you to sit down before dropping that bomb on you.  You may say to me, “But Matt, you write amazing posts every day and tell us about the cool shit you do all the time.” And I would reply to […]

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Run

It’s been raining a lot here lately. We certainly need it after years of drought, but it seems to be coming all at once.  I’m fortunate to be in Iowa, because my homestates of South Dakota and Minnesota are getting pummeled by the same system, though they’re receiving it in the form of enormous amounts […]

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I get to cook tonight

I don’t honestly have anything planned for today’s blog.  I’d recommend you check out Govneh’s blog for some actual intellectual content. Instead, I’m going to tell you what I’m making for dinner, since my woman and I get to sit down for a meal tonight for the first time in what seems like way too […]

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And Thus Begins my Weekend

The last post was a bit heavy.  This one is not so much. I recently discovered a state park near where I live.  I just moved to this location, so I’m still exploring.  This state park is not even a 5-minute drive, and it has some amazing forest trails.  One thing about Iowa is that […]

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Social Safety Sieve

If you’ve read my blog before, you may remember me mentioning Soul-Crushing Perspective Lady.  I see her come in now and again, trading cans and bottles for a nickel each.  Yesterday she came in with bags and bags of cans and bottles for gas money to be able to get to the free community hospital. It […]

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Some more people I meet at work

Idiot Child with Brass Balls In this country (USA, FYI), there are certain substances that require you to be a certain age to purchase them.  And when you are younger than that age, it can be difficult to obtain those things.  A few of those youngsters come into the store in groups, pick out some […]

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Do you work for the Red Queen?

I made it to a coffee shop, so here’s what I would have posted yesterday! I had an especially frustrating day at work.  It’s nothing new.  Everyone has frustrating days at work.  I felt like I was spinning my wheels, getting nowhere, feeling particularly useless.  It’s not through lack of hard work.  I ran my […]

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