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Matt

About Me

I, Matt, am I.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Robert Bresson, Barack Obama, Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, Ari Fleischer, Jacob Weisberg, Joan Baez, The Cheat, David Letterman, Humphrey Bogart, Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Francois Truffaut.

My Blog

Getting the wind knocked out of you.

"As to whether anyone has ever failed to get their wind back ... guess it depends how you mean. Common belief is that a hard enough blow to the solar plexus can kill you, and at a certain level of ana...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:34:00 GMT

Another Bushism

"And so, what Gen. Petraeus is saying, some early signs, still dangerous, but give megive my chance a plan to work." --George W. Bush
Posted by on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:03:00 GMT

Wikipedia Quote

This is another informative quote from Wikipedia--this time the article on the evil Transformer, Megatron:"Megatron is very powerful and utterly ruthless. His imposing robot form is dominated by his p...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:31:00 GMT

Michael Bay

This is a fantastic assessment of Michael Bay by my favorite film critic, David Thomson:"In the summer of 2001, there was a story going around Hollywood that Miachael Bay was seriously depressed. No ...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:52:00 GMT

George W. Bush

"This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on the table." George W. Bush, Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 22, 2005
Posted by on Thu, 25 May 2006 10:55:00 GMT

Walt Whitman

This is the hour, O soul, thy free flight into the wordless,Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done,Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest ...
Posted by on Tue, 23 May 2006 16:08:00 GMT

Wikipedia

Wikipedia may be my favorite website. This quote is from an article on black bears:"If you play dead, black bears, unlike grizzlies who may leave you alone, will eat you or drag you away. You cannot o...
Posted by on Thu, 11 May 2006 21:32:00 GMT

Wes Montgomery

It must come from within. Take my case. What I do might not be right technically, but the music comes out all the same. Why? Because I had to play and tell my story.
Posted by on Tue, 09 May 2006 22:51:00 GMT

Rene Descartes

"I will at length apply myself earnestly and freely to the general overthrow of all my former opinions."
Posted by on Sat, 06 May 2006 08:27:00 GMT

George W. Bush

"I like the idea of people running for office. There's a positive effect when you run for office. Maybe some will run for office and say, vote for me, I look forward to blowing up America. I don't kno...
Posted by on Thu, 04 May 2006 01:27:00 GMT