tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35264442011-04-21T19:12:58.539-07:00anarchestraFewer than 10 percent of those trying Anarchestra reported feelings of ennui, nausea, headache, or dry mouth.
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<i>Your Anarchestrator</i>Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.comBlogger671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1143165988342313972006-03-23T17:58:00.000-08:002006-03-24T14:20:57.850-08:00THE EIGHTY BEST FILMS SINCE 1980The folks over at my hometown paper's entertainment web site, IndyKnow, have come up with a fun project. They've compiled a list of what they think are the top 64 films made since 1980.Those 64 films are going to be placed in brackets, office pool-style (like the basketball playoffs, dig?) and put to the vote. By voting for our favorites, the top movie picks will be seeded against one another Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1137142500212779812006-01-13T00:23:00.000-08:002006-01-13T01:12:04.090-08:00MY WORST EXPERIENCE WITH A DOCTORAbout a week ago, a friend of mine had to undergo a "procedure." I don't know why I put procedure in quotes, actually. Maybe it's because, for the procedure she had to have, quotes somehow seem appropriate. Or, maybe it's because I don't really know fully, technically, medically, precisely, in full detail, exactly what she had to have done, so I put the word in quotes to give the procedure the Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1134716901862921652005-12-15T22:56:00.000-08:002005-12-16T00:03:18.490-08:00BIG BROTHER IS LAUGHING AT YOUAs you know, I have three blogs. You probably don’t know that I have more than three. But trust me, you’re not likely to be interested in the others. You may not even be interested in the three that I have. But anyway, as you know, I have three blogs.One of the things I enjoy about the blogs is looking at the traffic statistics. Traffic statistics give me all sorts of information about everyone Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1131659754350259962005-11-10T13:36:00.000-08:002005-12-15T23:10:55.390-08:00NEW WORDS FOR NOVEMBERickifyMain Entry: i·cki·fyPronunciation: 'i-k&-"fIFunction: verbInflected Form(s): -fied; -fy·ingtransitive senses: to make ickyintransitive senses: to undergo ickificationsynonym see YUCKEFY, GRODIFYickificationMain Entry: i·cki·fi·ca·tion,Pronunciation: "i-k&-f&-'kA-sh&nFunction: noun1: The ickifying of matter; especially: the typically anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi withMatty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1129146726116653142005-10-12T12:48:00.000-07:002005-10-12T12:53:41.466-07:00THINGS I HAVE LEARNEDLesson #98424(a)Never feed the kitties the last of their food before you go to bed at night.Lesson #98424(b)Make sure the garbage lid is secure.Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1128983095135718492005-10-10T15:20:00.000-07:002005-10-10T23:45:00.080-07:00MEMOIRS OF A DISHWASHER(PREFACE: Jay recently expressed some discomfort over my use of his name in my blog, especially now that more people are reading it. So, starting now, I will no longer use his name when I blog about him.)The other night, somebody dirtied nine dishes while making dinner. (Uh oh, I can hear you murmuring, he’s counting the number of dishes being used to make dinner – their relationship’s in troubleMatty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1128642290301861832005-10-06T16:33:00.000-07:002005-10-06T16:52:46.626-07:00DOLLY DOLLY DOLLY - GET YOUR BLUEGRASS HERELast weekend, Golden Gate Park hosted the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. The three-day long free event was topped off with a performance by Dolly Parton on Sunday evening. Jay and I joined our friend Melissa shortly after lunch and sat in the grass all afternoon in anticipation of seeing Dolly up close and live.The band that played right before Dolly, Split Lip Rayfield, was awesome. They Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1127860600696456372005-09-27T15:25:00.000-07:002005-10-01T12:13:25.786-07:00SAN FRANCISCO LOVE PARADE & FOLSOM STREET FAIRThis past weekend, San Francisco was a mess of events, parades, street fairs, parties, and people in every kind and color of costume. My brother Wade and his girlfriend Deb joined us from Denver for the 2-day marathon of activites.On Saturday, in addition to the Love Parade, San Francisco hosted a 50,000-person-strong anti-war march - part of a worldwide protest that day. Many of the marchers Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1127282731137224552005-09-20T23:04:00.000-07:002005-09-20T23:33:09.466-07:00CUTE and SCARYWith very few exceptions, I generally don't like things that are cute. This is good information to know about me because, say you're at the Hallmark store in the mall or, god forbid, Hobby Lobby, and you spot something on the shelf that just almost makes you burst, "Oh that's cute!" - it's a good indicator that probably you won't want to buy that for me as a gift. Cute is far too overrated, and Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1127282609000508012005-09-17T23:02:00.000-07:002005-09-20T23:03:29.003-07:00THE VIEW from POTRERO HILLHere's a nice view of the San Francisco skyline that is less often photographed. I took this shot this afternoon from Potrero Hill, a residential neighborhood just south of downtown, near the City's eastern shore. (Click the pic for full appreciation)I'm planning to incorporate this photo into the banner of my new blog. Don't flip out, dear readers, I have no plans to retire Anarchestra. But if Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1126162334951226232005-09-07T23:17:00.000-07:002005-09-08T00:48:21.266-07:00TWO NEW WORDS FOR YOUR VOCABThe English language now has two new words, fully defined and ready to be used in sentences (and Anarchestra-rules Scrabble), invented by me, Your Anarchestrator. (You're welcome!)They don't appear in Webster's (or any other dictionary) yet. So, you could be the first on your block to use them! How does it feel to be included on the cutting-edge of lexicography?The first word is prehydrate.pre·hyMatty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1125266364510303132005-08-28T14:55:00.000-07:002005-08-28T15:02:12.243-07:00GREG'S BIRTHDAYSaturday was Greg's birthday. He had a social get-together at Zeitgeist, a filthy cess-pool of a bar on the corner of Valencia and Duboce. Good times!That's Greg on the left. To view a gallery of birthday pics, give him a click in the face.Filed in: Daily Photo, San Francisco! Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1125006934402394222005-08-25T14:53:00.000-07:002005-08-25T14:55:34.406-07:00FACE in the CROWD - DORE ALLEY FAIRFiled in: Daily Photo, San Francisco! Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1124912341426874612005-08-24T12:37:00.000-07:002005-08-24T12:40:32.080-07:00HUNG to DRY - CHINATOWN, SAN FRANCISCOFiled in: Daily Photo, San Francisco! Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1124752119764165382005-08-22T16:06:00.000-07:002005-08-22T16:13:30.476-07:00FAR from YARE - POINT REYES, CALIFORNIAFiled in: Daily Photo, California! Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1124587058262137582005-08-20T18:16:00.000-07:002005-08-20T18:24:43.610-07:00BIRD on a POLE - YERBA BUENA GARDENSFiled in: Daily Photo, San Francisco! Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1124491216859701332005-08-19T15:38:00.000-07:002005-08-19T15:42:02.410-07:00KISS - DORE ALLEY FAIRFiled in: Daily Photo, San Francisco! Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1124389904779322922005-08-18T11:28:00.000-07:002005-08-18T12:22:03.153-07:00A PALM TREE in the MISSIONFiled in: Daily Photo, San Francisco! Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1124313358295419272005-08-17T14:14:00.000-07:002005-08-20T18:25:07.210-07:00GIANTS GAME - PACBELL PARKFiled in: Daily Photo, San Francisco! Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1124226952143678272005-08-16T14:13:00.000-07:002005-08-20T18:25:24.726-07:00MUSICIAN in CHINATOWN, SAN FRANCISCOFiled in: Daily Photo, San Francisco! Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1124155293480124092005-08-15T18:15:00.000-07:002005-08-20T18:25:53.156-07:00THE STEEPLE at YERBA BUENA GARDENSFiled in: Daily Photo, San Francisco! Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1123573046216612472005-08-09T00:31:00.000-07:002005-08-12T15:04:46.120-07:00POOP MEANS "I LOVE YOU"Since the beginning of my relationship with Jay, we have said that “Poop” means “I love you.” To be honest, I don’t remember how it came to pass that poop means “I love you,” although once, when my mom asked me why, I made up a rather gross story (just to be ornery) that I won’t repeat here. Suffice it to say, for six years now we have called one another on the phone, or sent each other instant Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1122505075492023732005-07-27T15:51:00.000-07:002005-08-12T15:09:08.166-07:00OVERHEARD on the #7 HAIGHT BUS(Scene: Crowded #7 bus on Market Street. A young fellow in a light blue t-shirt and red windbreaker is sitting across from me. A large, grizzled, yet jolly-looking man in a knit cap (bearing a remarkable resemblance to Cheech Marin) plops down next to him.)"Hey man, you smoke dope?" he asked the young fellow in a low, gritty voice.Looking out of the corners of his eyes, but not turning his head, Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1122411408041842622005-07-26T13:46:00.000-07:002005-08-12T15:11:04.856-07:00SOLITUDEI shot this short video of Point Reyes Light Station during Mom's visit in June. It takes some time to load, and once it does, I had to click "REFRESH" to get it to play. But it's a lovely video - with a beautiful, lonesome foghorn. Turn your sound up!It was a spectacular day, in a remote spot way out on the edge of the continent.CLICK HERE to view the video.Filed in: California, Photography, Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1121939643134568562005-07-21T01:53:00.000-07:002005-08-12T15:12:55.086-07:00ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME?I took a dumb religion quiz, to see how it would try to peg me. It was dumb because the questions were poorly worded and leading. I don't encourage you to take it.But here was my result:Pagan/OccultistDo what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. Spending your entire life searching various forms of philosophy and religion, you choose to observe everything and believe little. You're personalityMatty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1121730041631656832005-07-18T16:27:00.000-07:002005-08-12T15:14:44.976-07:00BOSS of the YEAR"If someone in this administration leaked classified information, they will no longer be a part of this administration, because that's not the way this White House operates." - White House spokesman, Scott McClellan, Oct. 7, 2003.Today, President Bush backpedaled a tad on that pledge, stating anyone whom the investigation proved had committed a crime by leaking classified information would be Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1121667647661980782005-07-17T21:43:00.000-07:002005-08-12T15:17:41.813-07:00QUESTIONS of INTERESTOn July 7, London was shaken by a series of terrorist bombings. As of this posting, the death toll stands at 55. The media responded with 24-hour coverage, timelines, maps, images, personal video footage, and of course, slick, provocative title graphics, complete with musical scores, instilling fear and rivaling some movie previews, declaring "Mayhem in Britain," "London Carnage," and "Terror in Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1121651402968928202005-07-17T18:34:00.000-07:002005-08-12T15:22:15.593-07:00OVERHEARD in SAN FRANCISCOSunday, Outside Zeitgeist Bar, Valencia and 14th Street:(Scene: I'm crossing Valencia Street in front of Zeitgeist. A man in leopardskin creepers is standing in Zeitgeist's doorway. Crossing the street directly in front of me, is another man wearing very ragged and worn shoes full of holes.)Man in Creepers: Dude, go shopping - time for some new shoes!Dude in ragged shoes, pointing to the creepersMatty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1120697586872619832005-07-06T16:51:00.000-07:002005-08-12T15:23:49.986-07:00APPRECIATIONI went to Nebraska in June to visit family and get my yearly "home" fix. I love Nebraska in June; there are fewer places more beautiful.While mid-continent, Jay and I drove to Kansas to visit my dad and to rendezvous with his parents, who had driven up from Oklahoma. They delivered us Jay's Grandma's old car, which she'd gifted to us. It's a 1987 Oldsmobile Delta 88. We named her "Puddin' in a Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1120700671279051652005-07-06T16:50:00.000-07:002005-08-12T15:26:48.473-07:00ROAD TRIPMom and I each kept a road trip journal. I don't think they turned out quite the way we imagined! But I'm posting mine here to accompany my gallery of photos.14 June 2005I-76 milemarker 165 - We've traded Nebraska's cottonwoods, Russian olives, and bluebells for Colorado's yucca and purple sage. Puddin' in a Cloud's sailing down the asphalt like ambrosia (if I may use a whipped dessert to desribeMatty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1119991332922833942005-06-28T13:38:00.000-07:002005-08-12T15:36:34.143-07:00YOUR ANARCHESTRATOR, as a SOUTH PARK CHARACTERSo here I am, dressed up as a character in South Park.How do I look?Handsome as ever - even in 2D - if I do say so myself!You can make yourself up as a South Park character here.Have fun!~MFiled in: Humor! Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1116893241515879882005-05-23T16:20:00.000-07:002005-08-12T15:44:27.463-07:00THERE GROWS the NEIGHBORHOODI was walking down 9th Street today, and passed our old apartment. I caught the most delightful herbal scent in the breeze, which was a departure from the normal stench of urine I've grown to expect when walking through the South of Market area. I looked up and noticed that the little store-front shop, which had previously been a designer boutique for drag queens, has a new occupant: Hope Net. Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1116890230704650842005-05-22T16:06:00.000-07:002005-08-12T15:53:17.673-07:00CITY-WIDE CAR ALARM TEST DEEMED SUCCESS(AREA PETS CALL FOR BOYCOTT OF LOCAL RADIO STATION)San Francisco, CA - Seven tons of explosives ignited in an area the size of a football field just south of the Bay Bridge Saturday night. And I caught it on video. It wasn't a terrorist attack, it was the annual KFOG KABOOM fireworks display, one of the best fireworks displays in the country.The fireworks lasted twenty minutes. Here's a link to Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1116467302309749352005-05-18T18:35:00.000-07:002005-11-22T13:07:14.983-08:00MONSTERS in the WEATHERNote: (June, 2005) The following editorial piece was featured in the Grand Island Daily Independent, my hometown paper, in commemoration of the disaster that struck the city on June 3, 1980. The following is dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives, and to those who survived and helped rebuild.The flapping of a single butterfly's wing today produces a tiny change in the state of the Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1115416633867519962005-05-06T14:48:00.000-07:002005-08-12T16:25:24.466-07:00IN MEMORIAM – LITTLE RED (a.k.a. "O’ GROWLER")Little Red is dead.She came into our lives several years ago. Even before we officially made her a part of our family, she was our faithful Escort on many weekend outings. More than once, she drove us up north to the hippie-ranch where Jay and I first met. And we took her on winding coastal drives, down many a Sonoma wine-country road, and through wooded, twisting mountain trails high in the Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1114980163489131842005-05-01T13:16:00.000-07:002005-08-12T16:24:19.016-07:00WORDSAlison Krauss had a hit with her song “You say it best when you say nothing at all.” For this log entry, I am changing the words to “You say it best when you have nothing to say.” I aim to eradicate any notions you may have that a person should have a lot to say if they are going to write a lot down. Piffle!Do you know how many “important” works of literature already exist in this world? Of Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1113879302854516102005-04-18T19:52:00.000-07:002005-08-12T16:24:42.513-07:00WU YEN MARKETING IDEAComposers, authors, and inventors have credited their dreams with the inspiration for some of their greatest creations. Thomas Edison, Charles Dickens, and Robert Louis Stevenson (among many others) have all created works from ideas that came to them in dreams. I keep a notebook by the bed to write down my dreams, not because I believe any of my dreams will inspire a Pulitzer- or Nobel-prize Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1113338307890906762005-04-12T13:30:00.000-07:002005-08-12T16:22:57.450-07:00NOTHING to SAYI've been wanting to write, but have had nothing to say, for several days now. So today I've decided finally to give in and just write about the mundane. Then perhaps I'll run across the street to Flax, the overpriced art supply store, and browse their selection of journals because I fancy that I might find more frequent inspiration if I have an expensive book to store my brainspew in. And then, Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1113336831322151512005-04-12T12:56:00.000-07:002005-08-12T16:29:36.136-07:00EVIL in OUR HOMEI have always thought that if evil were to exist, pure and true, it would have to be innocent and oblivious of its own nature. Evil wouldn't be self-conscious – that would make room for doubt or hesitation – not qualities of purity. True Evil would never pause to question what it was doing. Evil deeds would simply flow from it as beautifully, naturally, and fluidly as water tumbling over stones Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1101324673646044712004-11-24T11:28:00.000-08:002005-08-12T16:34:51.786-07:00The SUNLIGHT in the DEW is DYINGThe sunlight in the dew is dying.The darkness through the air is flying.The early birds their worms are freeingand swiftly to their nests are fleeing.A strobe of white the barnyard lights,a brief reprieve from black-as-night.The spider to her web is clingingas the dinner bell starts ringing.The pots upon the porch are shaking.My heart within my chest is quaking.The sycamores and elms are stoopingMatty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1100851845956128702004-11-19T01:02:00.000-08:002005-08-12T16:36:35.930-07:00YOU'RE RED, I'M BLUE"CONSERVATIVE, n. A statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal who wishes to replace them with others." - Ambrose Bierce, (1842-1914) American satiristI've heard people (both in private conversation and in public forums, such as the newspaper and television) make a distinction between "Conservative" and "True Conservative" (or "True Conservatism"). I asked Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1095557295675794602004-09-18T18:28:00.000-07:002005-08-12T16:40:23.510-07:00A NICE BREATH of FRESH ALLEGORYPlato's Allegory of the Cave tells the story of a group of men chained to the wall of a cave. Behind them, a fire burns and people walk back and forth in front of the fire carrying various objects. The men chained to the wall have never seen the fire, or the people walking. They have only seen the shadows the people and fire are casting on the wall in front of them.Reality, for these chained men,Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1090740621233187412004-07-25T00:27:00.000-07:002005-08-12T16:44:17.300-07:00OVERHEARD in SAN FRANCISCO24 July 2004 - Bashful Bull Diner, San Francisco "Now, you need to pick your numbers. You pick your lucky numbers, do you hear me? I have four dollars lucky money. You pick your numbers. I have four dollars lucky money and I’ll win the lottery and buy you a Payless Shoe store and you’ll have all the shoes you want. Now I’m on my way to the airport. Don’t come to me looking like a homeless woman. Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-1077653637344334192004-02-24T12:13:00.000-08:002005-08-15T15:10:38.560-07:00OUR WEDDINGIt’s been more than three years since I pushed the table aside at our favorite German restaurant and descended onto a knee - clumsily telling Jay that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him. I remember his face as I did it, how it brightened, how the smile so quickly stretched from ear to ear, how his eyes sparkled to life. He bounced a little in his chair, spreading his smile even wider Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-913164512003-03-24T17:56:00.000-08:002005-08-12T16:50:35.526-07:00NO BUSINESS as USUALLast Thursday, March 20, 2003, happened to be the day that the U.S. began its military action in Iraq. A nationwide group of political activists had planned a nationwide protest to coincide with this military action. This protest was called “No Business As Usual,” questioning how we, as Americans, can go about business as usual while our own country drops bombs on a nation overseas.Many Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-882420762003-01-29T18:17:00.000-08:002005-08-12T16:53:13.053-07:0015 MINUTES to APOCALYPSEJust a few observations from the past couple weeks…1. In 1999, the Silicon Valley’s unemployment rate was the nation’s lowest at 1.5%. As 2002 drew to a close, the unemployment rate in Silicon Valley was the nation’s highest at 7.5%.2. Two weekends ago, 200,000 marchers converged on the streets of San Francisco to convey a message of peace to the entire world in a day-long peace rally. Last Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-879288272003-01-23T17:08:00.000-08:002005-08-12T16:55:04.676-07:00ONE BRIEF CONVERSATION ON IMMy January 20, 2003 post, which could be referred to, I suppose, as The Pillow Fight – because it was not only as harmless and fun as a pillow fight, but also because it was a fight about pillows – has spurred more conversation.In this continuing conversation, My Boy made it apparent to me that I needed to amend the story for what he believed to be a number of inaccuracies (and also because he Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-878128592003-01-21T17:04:00.000-08:002005-08-12T17:00:35.246-07:00PHOTOSThe first album is a collection of pictures I took last Saturday at the HUGE march for peace in San Francisco. Police estimated the crowd at 40,000 - a hilarious underestimate. Consider that Memorial Stadium in Lincoln holds only 76,000 people. Consider that the Pride Parade in San Francisco consists of 1 Million people each year. The march started at 11am at the Ferry Building and continued downMatty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-877542172003-01-20T16:24:00.000-08:002005-08-12T17:05:36.573-07:00ONE BRIEF CONVERSATION BEFORE BED(Note: For an explanation of the BLUE text and the GRAY struck-through text that appears in this log entry, please refer to the log entry dated Thursday, January 23, 2003, titled One Brief Conversation On IM.)It was particularly chilly last night as we were getting ready to hunker down and switch off the TV, and even though we had been drinking wine, the chill was setting in, making the cozy Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-863380092002-12-20T14:59:00.000-08:002005-08-14T09:39:43.026-07:00PHOTOSThese are pretty boring, but enjoy... laugh at my face, whatever...I’ve posted my photos on Ofoto.com, and you can see them by clicking the following link:New PicsNOTE: Ofoto requires you to register for free. If you don't have an Ofoto account, all you have to do is enter a fake email address and create a password to get in... then click on "My Friends Albums"...Filed in: Photography Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-858042712002-12-10T14:28:00.000-08:002005-08-14T09:45:16.450-07:00GOOD VIBRATIONS 25th ANNIVERSARY PARTYThis year, Good Vibrations and its parent company, Open Enterprises Cooperative, celebrates 25 years of business and 10 years of being a worker-owned cooperative.To recognize these milestones, we had a party last Thursday, December 5 at Club NV in San Francisco. The party promised to be a doozy, but I had no idea! Of course, we had a special invitation list for VIPs, celebrities, and our businessMatty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-854998872002-12-04T13:00:00.000-08:002005-08-14T09:47:25.850-07:00THANKSGIVING WEEKEND FUNI hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving! Our weekend was full of fun and activity. It started with a big feast on Thanksgiving day. We went to our friends' Norman and Harvey's warehouse in Oakland and sat down to a table heaping with vittles with 19 other hungry folks! I don't think I've ever sat at one table with so many people for Thanksgiving before.On Saturday, we went to the San Francisco Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-849477882002-11-22T16:01:00.000-08:002005-08-14T09:51:32.110-07:00TIME TRAVEL - A BIG WASTE OF TIMEWouldn’t it be cool if we could go back in time? How wonderful to experience firsthand some of the greatest moments in history – to be present at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, to cheer on the Wright brothers at Kittyhawk, or have a front row seat on the opening night of West Side Story.Einstein gave us the first plausible theory suggesting that it might actually be possible. AndMatty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-844336382002-11-12T12:37:00.000-08:002005-08-14T09:53:49.680-07:00LUCID MOMENTSTomorrow is my birthday. I’ve been living for 34 years. 12,410 days. That doesn’t seem like very many to me. If I had a dollar for every day I’ve lived, I still wouldn’t be able to pay off my student loans.The past few nights I’ve stepped out onto my patio before heading to bed. Sitting there, looking at the flagpoles atop the buildings downtown (I can count seven of them), listening to the Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-838436022002-10-31T13:42:00.000-08:002005-08-14T09:56:44.936-07:00EVAPORATING THOUGHTSI have to credit Mark Strand for the structural inspiration of this next piece.He sits with his evaporating thoughts,Holding the pen that might save them.Shouldn’t have hesitated. It mightAlready be too late. He pushes the penInto the paper and a green meadowCreeps onto the page.Dew hangs heavily on blades of grass,Sparkling in fragrant morning gold.I am seated on the cool, damp earth,Shaded, Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-837963492002-10-30T16:15:00.000-08:002005-08-14T10:06:57.703-07:00from "LACERATIONS"from Lacerations (c) 2002 by Your Anarchestrator“I can jump higher,” Denise bragged. “C’mon, it’s my turn!”She began climbing onto the trampoline, which took up most of her back yard.“I bet you can’t!” I taunted as I hopped off to let her try. I knew she could jump higher. It was her trampoline. She could even do flips and stuff that I was too scared to even try.I hopped around in the grass as I Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-833759492002-10-22T16:43:00.000-07:002005-08-14T10:09:18.173-07:00SF on TVWell, Nash Bridges and Party of Five are gone (thank goodness). But if you think that means you don’t get to see exciting television programming set in your favorite City – you’re wrong!! There are still plenty of shows set in San Francisco, and at least four new ones started just last month!“MDs” on ABC and “Presidio Med” on CBS both air on Wednesdays at 9pm Pacific time, so you’ll have to pick Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-828191172002-10-10T18:31:00.000-07:002005-08-14T10:17:58.093-07:00THE LAUNDRY EXPERIMENT - PART ILaundry day has long been my least-favorite day.Well, how can that be? No... no... that’s not true at all, because on my list of favorite days (Pay Day #2, Pay Day #1, Buffy night, Survivor night, South Park at the Eagle night, Earth-shattering Sex night, 2 Bottles of Wine night, etc.), Laundry day does not even appear. Laundry day is actually perfectly, solidly lodged at the very dark, eternal Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-817489322002-09-17T18:07:00.000-07:002005-08-14T10:14:05.873-07:00I CRIED on 9/11It began innocently enough. My Boy and I took a trip to the video store with plans to rent some DVDs. The idea was to find something ELSE to watch on 9/11. We rented three DVDs, 2 of which not really worth mentioning: Ocean's Eleven (the new version, which was good) and Sense and Senibility (which I really did love - So witty in that dry, Jane Austeny way, and of course wonderfully scripted)... Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-811544982002-09-04T13:23:00.000-07:002005-08-14T10:23:44.770-07:00A CONVERSATION with MY SISTERMy sister, The 4-wheeler, is quite a talker. You just can't get her to shut up sometimes!A few months ago, she moved from Omaha to Utica, Nebraska, to live in a skilled-care facility there. I was concerned about her moving to such a small town. Concerned that there would be fewer opportunities for her there. Concerned that there would be fewer programs and services for a person in a wheelchair. Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-793580502002-07-24T12:05:00.000-07:002005-08-14T10:28:11.486-07:00NEBRASKA DRIVING ETIQUETTEI just read a funny piece from BBC on American Driving Etiquette.So, I thought I'd do my own "Nebraska Driving Etiquette":FREEWAY/INTERSTATE DRIVING:Normal American driving rules apply, with only a couple of exceptions.1. It is never necessary to use your steering wheel, as the roads are almost completely straight.2. It is almost never necessary to apply the brakes, except in the event of a Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-791278922002-07-18T17:48:00.000-07:002005-08-14T10:36:32.326-07:00OPERATION 'TIPS'Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. -- James Madison (1788)It's been reported that the United States is developing a program called TIPS (Terrorism Information and Prevention System) that will recruit 1 million Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-787103032002-07-08T18:48:00.000-07:002005-08-14T10:38:14.503-07:00OUR LEADERIn Ambling Into History, Frank Bruni writes, among other things, that our president has never heard of Leonardo DiCaprio.I can forgive him for not knowing who Leonardo DiCaprio is. Hell, I wish I didn't know who he was.And good 'ol Dubya, he's a world leader. He doesn't need to keep track of such fluff as teen idols and Hollywood heart-throbs. I would rather that he keep his mind on leading the Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-785998522002-07-05T17:03:00.000-07:002005-08-14T10:40:23.593-07:00THOUGHTSNothing much today. Just a couple of thoughts. The first is mine. The second is from the Tao Teh King.1. The worst enemy of liberty is the man who believes he is doing God's work.2. The more prohibitions you have,the less virtuous people will beThe more weapons you have,the less secure people will be.The more subsidies you have,the less self-reliant people will be.Therefore the Master says:I let Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-785634292002-07-04T14:51:00.000-07:002005-08-14T10:43:04.406-07:00ANOTHER DAYAnother day. How predictable.And I feel like absolute crud. It's not my fault. It's all the bourbon I drank last night.Today is July 4th. Happy Birthday Dad! It's amazingly not foggy here. Which means the annual tradition of watching the fireworks shoot into the fog and wondering what they look like may not happen this year. We'll just have to watch them in full visibility, like average AmericansMatty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-785252922002-07-03T15:15:00.000-07:002005-08-14T10:46:25.890-07:00UNDER GODMy mom visited me last week, spending nine days in our luxurious, spacious guest nook. She returned to Nebraska Monday morning, and I'm now on day 2 of exhaustion. I may write more on her visit later. But don't count on it.While she was here, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (just 3 blocks away, on 7th and Mission) declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional. Upon learning of this, my Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526444.post-767657042002-05-20T11:47:00.000-07:002005-08-14T10:50:14.593-07:00BAD JUDGMENT MAN vs. THE SMART ALECKPreviously on Bad Judgment Man vs. the Smart Aleck...Sherman Glenn, a somewhat mild-mannered technical writer in Lincoln, Nebraska, fell victim to sweeping layoffs within his company in 1997. This proved to be the first step in his transformation. He wanted to move, but if he found another job, he wouldn't. He didn't have much money, and thought he'd head to nearby Lawrence, Madison, or Fort Matty Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04832068973858472248noreply@blogger.com0