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  • 2023
  • July
  • 29
  • Filed under
  • Trips

Lake Superior

I'm back from our second vicennial mother-son road trip! We explored the north shore of Lake Superior from Duluth up to the Canadian border. We enjoyed a lot of good scenery with great company.

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I Made This

Sometimes when life gives you lemons, you gotta learn how to build a garage. In January 2017, we had a breezy day with 100mph winds. This was a problem for the 60ft spruce growing through the center of our shed.

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weaddababyitzaboy

We promised a baby in December. Life had different plans, and our baby came a whole trimester early. Cooper was born on September 18th at 14⅞ inches and 1lb 13oz. The circumstances around Carly and ...

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Cabo Anniversary

For our five-year anniversary, we were thinking of laying low and taking a short trip up to the mountains to relax for a few days. Somehow we settled on a beach vacation to Mexico.

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Ice Fishing

When my mom said she was building an ice fishing house, I knew I'd need to come up and help break it in. I don't fish, but I'm always up for a new experience. We made a plan for my visit to Lake of the Woods in northern Minnesota near the end of the season.

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  • 2016
  • November
  • 3
  • Filed under
  • Sports

Cubs win the World Series!!!

Growing up in central Illinois, I was born into Cubs fandom. I eventually lost interest in baseball up until meeting Carly, who is also a lifelong Cubs fan. Our Summers from then on would always be spent with a Cubs cornerstone.

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Custom Keyboard Build

I'm often surprised by the strange interests that people take on and then take way too far. Over time I've fallen victim to just that with computer keyboards. With my latest, I built a custom keyboard tailored specifically to me.

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East Coast Vacation

For our 4th wedding anniversary, Carly and I went for an East coast tour by train from Boston to New York to Philly to DC. Here's a recap of some of the more notable parts of our trip.

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Birthdays in Chicago

For my Mom and sister’s shared birthday, they made plans to meet up in Chicago for a Cubs game. Mom had this idea to get a picture of Christy at the game where we sneak up and photobomb the shot. Our presence would be revealed only after Mom showed the photo.

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The Hunt for Bigfoot

Our dear friend moved to Washington last year, giving us a reason to come to Washington. So we packed up and made the trip with just a few small goals in mind: 1) Escape this Spring Colorado rain 2) Eat some fresh seafood 3) Find that damned Sasquatch

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Record Store Day

For the past 8 years, there's been an annual Record Store Day. Its purpose is to celebrate independent record stores by providing very limited releases of vinyl records. Some are albums never printed before. Some are re-releases on pretty picture discs..

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Easter Staycation

We have a tradition of Easter Brunch at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort, but after a disappointing 2014 brunch, we decided to try out the Broadmoor. A friend gave us a good deal on a cottage, so we packed up the dog and met up with the Teeters family..

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Childhood Photos

Most of my childhood photos were lost in a flood, but my Aunt Lisa had a handful and sent these my way last year. They range from when I was a toddler up until I graduated from college. Enjoy my transition from cute kid to weird teenager.

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I'm Back!

After a few years of hiatus, I'm bringing back my blog. I lost my last website from a hack with my old hosting company. I pulled all of the old posts and set up this site and just sat on it.
I've reformatted it with a focus on adding photo galleries.
I probably won't revisit my old-style blog posts. I think some are funny. Most not so much. In either case, they're almost all still available.
Enjoy. I hope to be adding some stuff here real soon. ♡ Matt

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I Got The Runs

I ran a dang Marathon and here are many paragraphs of what led up to it, all through the finish. If someone told me 2 years ago that I would someday run a marathon, I would have punched them right in...

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  • 2010
  • April
  • 26
  • Filed under
  • Trips

Back From the Tip of America's Wang: The Florida Keys

Pictures are all up in here -> When my Mom mentioned taking a boating vacation to the islands in the Florida Keys, I was more than willing to invite myself along. The whole concept was amazing. We...

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Do Not Go To The Dentist

A few weeks ago, I thought, “It’s been a year, I should figure out how to use my dental insurance and find a dentist.” My teeth didn’t hurt or anything; I just figured it would be a good idea ...

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  • 2010
  • February
  • 22
  • Filed under
  • Sports

Olympics, 2010

So here it is on Sunday night. Me and Carly and Sam went out and played some pool. I played like a rock star. We drank some fine IPA and later a wonderful amber. After that, we came home, turned on th...

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  • 2010
  • February
  • 11
  • Filed under
  • Life

Old Man Hobbies

One important part of being an adult is having some seemingly excruciatingly boring hobbies. Being that I work with computers, I have always had these boring hobbies, so I had to take it up a notch th...

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  • 2010
  • February
  • 3
  • Filed under
  • People

That Benjamin Franklin was Full of Shit, Man

Now that I’m officially an adult, it’s time to start getting serious about adult things. One big thing is money. I have not been great with money in the past. I did buy a house that has dropped to...

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  • 2010
  • January
  • 19
  • Filed under
  • Life

I M 30

Last Saturday was my big 3-0 birthday. As you may know from Your Matt's Guide to Being an Adult, I spent my late-20's considering as my pre-30's to prepare myself for adulthood. I followed my own advi...

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Movie Review: This Is It

From the moment I first saw Michael Jackson on that fateful episode of Silver Spoons where he showed up at the diner and got mobbed by all the patrons, I was instantly curious of the popularity of thi...

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Movie Review: Where the Wild Things Are

Carly and I have been looking forward to this movie ever since we saw the trailer before Inglorious Basterds. Carly has fond memories of the book; I don't remember the book so well, but just wanted to...

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  • 2009
  • August
  • 5
  • Filed under
  • Life

So how are things in Colorado?

Holy cow, I’ve been in Colorado for 2 months already. So far, it’s been a wonderful experience. I had hoped I could move up here and get a change of pace. That’s exactly how it’s worked out.

The house is pretty great. I put some house pictures here ➪. My favorite part is the high ceilings.. and probably the shower. It’s seriously better than any shower I’ve had in a Vegas hotel or anywhere for that matter.

The weather has been great. Phoenix has been reaching towards 120 this...

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  • 2009
  • June
  • 16
  • Filed under
  • People

Top 10 Awesomest Matt Sadowskis

I can't seem to go anywhere without being mistaken for some other Matt Sadowski. One time a new employee at AmazingMail recognized me from this here yourmatt.com, but all others were completely mistak...

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Lunch Review

After writing that one review on doyoulikefood.com, I realized that I had finally found my calling. They always say to do what you love, so I took the plunge. I quit my job, moved to Colorado and set ...

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Eff This... I'm Moving

Gahhhh, It's hottt!! Man, it's like a hundred outside and it's only May! It seems like hundred degree temperatures just stopped and it's going again. Damn global warming. Y'know, I think I'm just ...

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Your Matt's First Annual Backyard Barbecue and Badminton Tournament

It's that time again; time for Your Matt's First Annual Backyard Barbecue and Badminton Tournament. Date: Saturday, April 4th Time: 2:00pm Location: My House view map If necessary, you can park in t...

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Happy Arizona Statehood Day

Happy Burpday to Arizona! It is Arizona Statehood Day! Carly and I went downtown to walk around the capital and pay our respects to the great state of Arizona. We were not alone. A huge crowd had asse...

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  • 2009
  • January
  • 9
  • Filed under
  • Life

Yeah, I Run Red Lights

Dann and I went to lunch today and on the way there, I had waited in a short line of cars at a red light. The 3 cars in front went through, leaving me waiting at a red light again. The turn lane had...

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  • 2008
  • December
  • 23
  • Filed under
  • Life

Grody!

Ahh yuck. I stepped in poo this morning. Somehow, it was with both feet. Somehow it ended up on the top and bottom of my shoes. I didn't notice until I got to Dann's house, and by then it was all ...

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  • 2008
  • December
  • 18
  • Filed under
  • People

I Found My Younger Twin

It's always noteworthy when you see someone that looks exactly like someone else. It's especially noteworthy when you see someone that looks exactly like yourself. This morning I swear I saw your Matt from the year 2000. He had the same exact facial profile, same haircut, same skinny arms and no facial hair. I must have traveled to the future, commandeered a late-90's white Honda Civic and started a daily commute down Northern Ave. I don't remember doing this, but then again, I don't rememb...

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  • 2008
  • December
  • 17
  • Filed under
  • Life

I Went to the Ophthaddfkjasdjologist..

I made an appointment to get my eyes checked out. They say I have an astigmatism. My eyeball went out of shape and it makes my vision blurry in my left eye. It looks like I'll be needing that monocle after all. I think it all sounds fishy, though. A few weeks ago, they called me Eagle-Eye Sadowski. Now my left eye is at 20/40 vision. That means that I have to be standing at 20 feet away from something you can read at 40 feet away. That's especially upsetting because I took great pride in...

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  • 2008
  • December
  • 16
  • Filed under
  • Things

Where Can I Get a Monocle?

A few weeks ago I developed a bit of blurriness in my left eye. My right eye is perfectly fine. So I'm thinking I'm about getting a monocle. I'll look like a pirate with a round glass eye patch. T...

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  • 2008
  • September
  • 18
  • Filed under
  • People

Master P: Role Model?

I am pretty busy today writing some low-level interface code to pull data from server to XML to an internal JS data structure and relay back to screen to show real-time matches of text input. Music of...

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Time For a New Cell Phone

I've been in the market for a new cell phone lately. My old one was a few-year-old Nokia free phone. It was good because it would also double as a bottle opener, but it left some unsightly scratches a...

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Boy Are My Arms Tired

I just flew in from Hawaii and boy are my arms tired. I was gone for some 10 days. While the trip was fun and adventurous, nothing beats the comforts of home, such as sleeping in a bed, showering daily, and the simple pleasure of drinking a glass of milk.

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Molly's for Sale!

That's right; I am putting Molly up for sale. You may be asking yourself how I could possibly dream of letting her go. Well, this is a decision months in the making. She's been sitting out back under ...

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Investment Advice

In such a rocky financial state our country is in, investments are still going strong. You just need to know how to properly invest. That’s what Your Matt’s here to help you with. Schools will tea...

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  • 2008
  • February
  • 29
  • Filed under
  • Work

Interviews Today

We're hiring a project manager over here at AmazingMail, and I got some interviews. Well, some perform interviews; I perform interrogations. The first came in at 10:20, when scheduled for 10:30. I ma...

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Your Matt's Guide to Being an Adult

As many of you may know, Your Matt recently turned 28 years old. That officially puts me into my late 20's. I don't see it that way, though. I see it as if it puts me into my pre-30's. See, 40 is the ...

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Happy MLK Day!

Some of you may be aware that today is MLK day. Most of you had to work, but I'm sure you know someone that was bragging about how they could stay home and watch soaps, sitcom reruns and infomercials ...

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  • 2008
  • January
  • 15
  • Filed under
  • Life

Brittany, You do too many dang surveys..

I must apologize. Ever since I started this site, I have been neglecting my MySpace. Concequently, as time went on, I also began to neglect this site. I'm trying to change that. With the new year, I v...

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Welcome to YourMatt 2.0

Thank you all for your continued participation in YourMatt.com. Many of you have noticed my crack party donations.. and noticed my donations were just as high as yours truly. The bad news is that I wa...

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Where All the Merry-Go-Rounds Go At?

You know what they say, “What goes around comes around.” This is bullshit, at least on the playground in the 2000's. Back in school, my favorite piece of playground equipment was the merry-go-roun...

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Thanksgiving's Over: Back to Being Vegan

Thanksgiving is done gone but not forgotten. I like the leftovers. Some go bad, like deviled eggs, but some get better with age, like my sweet potatoes. I still have some. I'm going to keep some for 3...

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Review: National Sunday Law

Written by A. Jan Marcussen AT Publications / 2006 / 70 pages Some months ago, I found a book on my doorstep when I came home from work. I thought to myself, “If someone is going to go out of their...

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Review: Nong Shim Shrimp Crackers

Last Saturday night I stayed home with an upset stomach. At one-something in the morning, Christy and Hayden and Dave and Adam Mistretta came through the door, woke me up and greeted me with some Budw...

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Turning My Crack House into a Crack Home

Aww man.. What a month. I finished up my office. As you can tell, there's quite a difference. I did like how I had a ball room like they have at Chuck-E-Cheese, but I hated how Christy's cat would be ...

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Happy World Vegetarian Day!

Today is a very important, although lesser-known, holiday in celebration of our vegetarian friends world-wide. Sorry vegans, your day doesn't come until November 1st. For those of you that don't know,...

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  • 2007
  • October
  • 2
  • Filed under
  • Life

Less of the Same for All?

The last couple of months have been very trying months for many of you. Among close friends I have heard of some three long-term relationships ending. I've heard another three that have fallen on seri...

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Hospital Billing

How the heck does the billing for hospital services work? I swear, I can never figure it out. A couple years ago when I busted up my foot, I was billed some hundreds of dollars. I didn't pay. For ...

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  • 2007
  • September
  • 19
  • Filed under
  • Trips

Day at the SMOCA

For the last few weeks, I've been looking forward to seeing the Drawing Outside the Lines show at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. I had expected to see some new takes in line drawing. I had...

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  • 2007
  • September
  • 12
  • Filed under
  • Food

Yuck Pizza

I had some Pizza Hut pizza this morning. It tasted like pills. I still have pill taste in my mouth, and it won’t come out. I have to admit, the Pizza Hut dynasty is officially dead. When I was a ki...

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Havasu Falls Hiking Trip

Last weekend I hit up a little known edge of the Grand Canyon, known as the Havasupai Indian Reservation. They have a small town 8 miles from any roads and still receive mail via a pony express. Anoth...

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Review: Death Bed: The Bed that Eats

Directed by George Barry USA / 1977 / 80 minutes I like bad movies. To me, they're like a bad joke. I always laugh at a bad joke not because it's funny, but because of the context. In short, I laugh ...

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  • 2007
  • September
  • 5
  • Filed under
  • Plans

August Goals: Success

I did it. I was able to get through the month with absolutely no crack cocaine. As some of you may have known, my anti-crack month was really just a cover for my real anti-alcohol month. I was planning on waiting until Sam left town. We drank brass monkey, polished off a case of Schlitz, and that was it for the rest of the month.

My motivations for this were for a couple reasons:

I had just gotten stupid-drunk in Colorado and ended up in the hospital not knowing how I wrecked a bicycle.
...

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  • 2007
  • August
  • 30
  • Filed under
  • Guides

Your Matt's Guide to Theft Prevention

Over the years I have lost a lot of my own personal property to outright theft. Most recently was just last week when I noticed a missing lighter from my front porch. Further investigation told of a m...

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I Missed My Tens of Thousands

You've had ideas for inventions that you never acted upon and later found on store shelves. It's a sad, disappointing moment when you realize that you could have been the one to make tens of thousands...

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  • 2007
  • August
  • 22
  • Filed under
  • Reviews

Review: New and Improved Recycling Magnet

As you walk through the grocery store, you sometimes see "New and Improved" across such packaging as laundry detergent or breakfast cereal. Is it really necessary to improve on these already tried and...

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Web Spotlight: Craig's List Forums

I've found where the bottom thralls of society congregate on the web. Everyone is stooping below the level of the next. It's a 50-man bar fight where anything goes. There's a guy in the background doi...

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Review: Brass Monkey

Very few mixed drinks involve beer. There's the Hooter Shooter with beer, Tabasco and an oyster. There's the aptly named Red Beer involving a mix of V-8, and then there's the infamous Brass Monkey. Th...

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  • 2007
  • August
  • 1
  • Filed under
  • Plans

August Goals

It’s a new month, and rather than continuing with my same day-in day-out routine, I figured I’d mix it up with a new goal to adhere to for the next 30 days. I vow on this 1st day of August until ...

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  • 2007
  • August
  • 1
  • Filed under
  • Trips

My Summer Vacation to Colorado

I bought that plane ticket to Colorado for the wrong day, and dangit, that wasn’t going to stop me from using it. I flew in last Thursday, and then got back some four days later. It was largely an u...

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  • 2007
  • July
  • 23
  • Filed under
  • Trips

Pikes Peak Hill Climb.. Hell Yeah!

Last weekend was the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. This is the second-oldest auto sports race, where the drivers embark on a 12.4 mile trek from 9,400 feet to 14,110 feet above sea level. Much of the track i...

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  • 2007
  • July
  • 19
  • Filed under
  • Guides

Your Matt's Guide to Cats

Cats don't come with owners manuals, so your Matt is here to give you all the info you need to know if you are thinking about getting a cat or need help with an existing cat. I have much experience w...

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Happy Canada Day!

Canada Day marks the establishment of Canada as a self-governing dominion on July 1st, 1867. Although yesterday was the official Canadian birthday, the citizens of this fine country observe it on days...

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Review: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

The Sierra Nevadas are best known for the mountains, lakes and giganto-effing trees. Now all of this can be found in alcoholic beverage form. I have been evaluating this beer since I found the first g...

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