Author Archives: matt

Seattle, Washington How Do You Get Coffee Stuck in Your Teeth?

This is nuts! I’m sitting in a Barnes & Noble coffee shop reading all the comments and enjoying the bejeezus out of them. The counter just past 100, so I’m adding a new post to say thanks and clear the … Continue reading

Burbank, California Ellen Show Appearance

So yeah, I’m in my dressing room on the Ellen Show. It tapes in about 2 hours. It should air on Monday. The channel and time changes by region, so check your local listings here. I’m watching the Friday episode … Continue reading

Houston, Texas Edgar

So we were on our way to New Orleans. But it’s gone now. We found out on Sunday night, a little after everyone else did, while checking into a Best Western in Grants, New Mexico. "Where you headed?""We’re driving to … Continue reading

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Jacob Lake, Arizona Architectural Hubris and Losing at Blackjack

Australia has really bad Mexican food. What little of it there is to be found is perfunctory at best. In particular, the guacamole –- lo, the guacamole. Greenish mayonnaise. There should be a UN resolution banning the practice. Sophie had … Continue reading

Los Angeles, California Gary Coleman Flanked by Strippers

E3 is like a high school reunion, only it happens every year and it’s much much louder. For those who don’t know, E3 is a big dumb videogame convention that happens here in LA. It’s an absurd spectacle of sleaze … Continue reading

Seattle, Washington Laptop Stolen

At 11:30 last night — about 3 hours ago — my laptop was stolen out of my car. I was out getting drinks downtown and I parked outside my sister’s apartment building on 2nd and Wall. I left my laptop … Continue reading

Los Angeles, California Screensavers Appearance

I’ve got about a minute to write this. Short of some cataclysmic event, I should be going on a show called Screensavers tomorrow on the G4 channel. To mark the occassion, I’m archiving the giganormous Africa post and digging up … Continue reading

Seattle, Washington Self-Indulgent Navel-Gazing College Boy Blather

I put a page up today so people can download the video in different sizes and flavors and from a few different mirror sites that were kind enough to share some of the load. I’ve never done a download page … Continue reading

Seattle, Washington A Definitive Timeline

The thing about having your very own clever little domain name is you actually have to keep the damn thing registered. Mine expired this morning and the whole site went down for about 12 hours. Whoops! So I did an … Continue reading

Seattle, Washington Frequently Asked Q’s

The merry-go-round keeps a-spinning. Here’s my site traffic over the last 12 months: And I’m told a lot of it isn’t going through my site anymore. So that’s nice. The posts on metafilter and fazed.org seemed to draw most of … Continue reading