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<title>RSS Cranky</title><link>http://crankymatty.com/index.html</link><description>What a crybaby&#x21;</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2007 Matt Young</dc:rights><dc:date>2008-04-29T17:23:58-04:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:36:51 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>Decided to go the other way with all this. What? Me worry?</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>It Gets Worse.</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-04-29T17:23:58-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/what_me_worry.php#unique-entry-id-127</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/what_me_worry.php#unique-entry-id-127</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[However, I've recently picked up some more work from another theater company (it seems non-profits are a really solid niche for me), and between them and some heavy projects that are available from current clients that until now I haven't had the time to take on, I have a head start. ...  And I don't think this will be all that hard to do, since I've never solicited work from anyone ever before- all my clients have come to me from word of mouth alone. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Memes come here to die.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>It Gets Worse.</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-04-06T22:33:02-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/memes_come_here_to_die.php#unique-entry-id-126</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/memes_come_here_to_die.php#unique-entry-id-126</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I shan't repeat the long intro, because it's all "Ernest Hemingway did this so it is super awesome blah blah blah," NO. 

...I'm supposed to tag five people to do this, but I'm pretty sure the five people who read this blog already did it. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Early in the game&#x2c; we may have a winner.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>It Gets Worse.</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-12T15:21:55-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/they_make_toys.php#unique-entry-id-125</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/they_make_toys.php#unique-entry-id-125</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[You walk in to this new steel & glass building and there's a big ol' reception desk (complete with receptionist) and big ol' lobby area; and there's phone's ringing and people in suits walking around purposefully- all like you'd expect to see in the building of a big company. 

...She told me she has a few more interviews scheduled, but then told me I'd fit in perfectly and we started negotiating salary. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I am IN DEMAND&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>It Gets Worse.</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-06T11:25:15-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/i_am_in_demand.php#unique-entry-id-124</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/i_am_in_demand.php#unique-entry-id-124</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I was really excited when I applied for this design job two weeks ago (it seems right up my alley), and then disappointed when I didn't get a call back like the next day. ...  That's not a big deal as far as commutes go, but when you figure I'm already using $60 bucks worth of gas a week now just with all the extra driving we have to do for all Casey's school and therapy & junk, it is significant. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Chainsaw&#x27;s doing lists&#x2c; so I will too. I emulate&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>It Gets Worse.</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-05T15:42:38-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/list_emulation.php#unique-entry-id-123</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/list_emulation.php#unique-entry-id-123</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Unlike most bums who just come up and hassle me while I'm trying to get my kids strapped into their carseats outside my in-law's place in the Cleve for whatever change I've got handy, ostensibly to catch the bus or get a sandwich, this dude strolls up and tells THE TRUTH. 

...You know- where Lightening McQueen slams on his brakes right before the finish line, giving up his lifelong dream of winning the Piston Cup, and all the glory that comes with that, to go back and push the crashed out and battered legendary racing car, The King, across the line so he can finish his last race; thus completing Lightning's total transformation from self centered jerk to super awesome guy worthy of the respect of his new found friends in the tiny forgotten town of Radiator Springs. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Oh man- that&#x27;s a good Coke.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>It Gets Worse.</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-05T09:58:27-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/thats_a_good_coke.php#unique-entry-id-122</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/thats_a_good_coke.php#unique-entry-id-122</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I don't even drink much Coke any more (because it rots you from the insides out and turns all your innards black), but I didn't bring in any water this morning & this Coke was sitting in the fridge. 

...It was purchased at the Chinese place in the food court of a shopping mall packed with holiday shoppers (Clinton era holiday shoppers, so there were lots of em). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>If it means anything&#x2c; I write posts every day in my mind. Just for you.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>It Gets Worse.</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-02-28T16:29:04-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/just_for_you.php#unique-entry-id-121</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/just_for_you.php#unique-entry-id-121</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[However, know this: I have not ever held another post-colligiate day job other than the shitty one I have now, and that one had been lingering for 14 years.   I did go through a couple interviews for other jobs like 10 or 11 years ago, but those jobs were either just as bad as this one, or paid less than this one, or some other nagging inconvenience that made this shitty job not as awful in comparison. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Aww- WEAK&#x21; I have to rescind my non-issued challenge that nobody knows about. Does that even make sense? NO</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>It Gets Worse.</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-11-05T14:43:28-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/aww-WEAK.php#unique-entry-id-120</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/aww-WEAK.php#unique-entry-id-120</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In this comment, which you can no longer read, I gave notice that I was going to issue a challenge at a later time, which now I may need to take back even though I never got around to issuing the actual challenge in question. ...  Thus, my challenge that I had thought would be fun and clever was that after their banana trader convention they could mount up one more time in the old Winnie and trundle on over to the beach & hang out for a day or three.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Oh I just ate five doughnuts</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>It Gets Worse.</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-10-31T12:45:51-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/Oh_I_just_ate_five_doughnuts.php#unique-entry-id-119</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/Oh_I_just_ate_five_doughnuts.php#unique-entry-id-119</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Oh, and speaking of Euclid Schools, part 1: We took the kids to their first toddler swimming lessons at Euclid H.S. last night (Casey loved it, Tyler hated it- typical), and as we were leaving we walked through a narrow hallway by the gym where a lot of REALLY tall and muscley dudes were lined up, I think for basketball tryouts.   Whenever you see a big group of kids like that you don't expect much in the way of courtesy or civility, because kids are mean; but these guys were super friendly and gave Ty high fives all down the line, to his delight and amazement. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I&#x27;ve been depressed&#x2c; OKAY? That good enough for you?</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>It Gets Worse.</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-10-30T09:36:21-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/Ive_been_depressed_OKAY.php#unique-entry-id-118</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/Ive_been_depressed_OKAY.php#unique-entry-id-118</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I think probably there's a time or two (or twenty if you're a real sad case) in everybody's life where shit just doesn't go their way, and I'm jammed up in the middle of that at the moment.


...And the punchline is that we have no real idea what sort of money the government will eventually pony up to help out- it could quite possibly be next to nothing, like enough to buy a bus ticket and a cup o' joe on your way to your glorious future of poverty and neglect. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Oh I just ate so much kielbasa</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>It Gets Worse.</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-10-09T00:36:14-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/fdc263656426fc5eabfb8661857f2518-117.php#unique-entry-id-117</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/fdc263656426fc5eabfb8661857f2518-117.php#unique-entry-id-117</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm convinced now that they only win when I'm drunk.   Holy crap- that's a heavy burden.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>This is what happens when you screw around too long.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>It Gets Worse.</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-10-05T16:17:00-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/this_is_what_happens.php#unique-entry-id-116</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/this_is_what_happens.php#unique-entry-id-116</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Normally I'd just give you a list of all the sexy things that have happened since the last time I bothered with this thing, but there has been too many sexy things for just one entry, so I'm gonna break it down into component sexy bits over several entries. 

...You may say he was just painfully lonely and happy to have somebody to talk to, but I say he was  painfully friendly, and since I'm an excellent judge of character I know I'm right and you obviously have trust issues you need to speak to your therapist about. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Lots to talk about today. I forget most of it. LIST FORM.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>It Gets Worse.</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-08-23T01:03:44-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/lots_to_talk_about.php#unique-entry-id-115</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/lots_to_talk_about.php#unique-entry-id-115</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[You had to kind of know what you were listening for, it wasn't a clear "Six-Seven-Eight..." thing, more like "Isss-Ewehh-Eeehh..."; but from what I am told he started at six and went all the way to fifteen. 

...Gadget side note- the reason I'm psyched about this new feature is because the iPhone can update this gallery on the go; just take the photo, add a caption & send it on its way from anywhere. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>For the good of everyone&#x2c; I just skipped July altogether.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>It Gets Worse.</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-08-08T00:40:42-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/i_skipped_july.php#unique-entry-id-114</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/i_skipped_july.php#unique-entry-id-114</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This thing has been reviewed all over the place by too many people, and I don't have much to add to that except to say I can't live without it, and if anything ever happened to my iPhone, I'd actually drop dead like a coal miner's canary. 

...So, in many ways, Casey is lucky to be as majorly impaired as he is, since if he were one of those poor suckers who is only somewhat autistic, he'd have to stick it out in public school with all the grinks and groinks.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>GAH&#x21; I may be 40&#x25; nerdier than I thought.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>It Gets Worse.</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-06-29T14:01:25-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/GAH.php#unique-entry-id-113</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/GAH.php#unique-entry-id-113</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Yet all day so far I've been going over my finances to see if I can justify the $60 a month it'll take to use the new iPhone I want SO BAD.


...For tax purposes on the freelance work I need to spend a certain amount of money on equipment every year to write off or I take a major hit on April 15th. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Helen comes through again.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>It Gets Worse.</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-06-19T01:16:40-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/helen_comes_through_again.php#unique-entry-id-112</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/helen_comes_through_again.php#unique-entry-id-112</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If you'll recall, it was our good friend Helen who was able to furnish me with a background image to which I added Xmas Magicks for the final. 

...Helen supplied very hi-res images for me, which is handy because you'll note that I'm only using small portions of them (especially the right side of the street). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Pushing tin.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>It Gets Worse.</dc:subject><dc:date>2007-06-16T00:49:36-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/pushing_tin.php#unique-entry-id-111</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/pushing_tin.php#unique-entry-id-111</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Becky's never been into the bling, which I'm eternally thankful for (we wouldn't be married if she were a jewelry girl- not my type), but she has a few things that I've gotten her. 

...Without that pretext in mind it may have seemed that I was just wastefully using aluminum foil to wrap boxes (badly), when we have hundreds of square feet of perfectly good and actual wrapping paper stored in the attic you boob (the boob being me). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Suggestions noted. That bear is no zombie.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>I Am Professional</category><dc:date>2007-05-29T10:27:44-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/suggestions_noted.php#unique-entry-id-110</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/suggestions_noted.php#unique-entry-id-110</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In other news, my Cleveland Cavaliers are messing with my work schedule with all their being in the NBA playoffs and stuff.   How the hell am I supposed to GET THINGS DONE and NOT DRINK GALLONS OF BEER while this is going on? ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>NEW WORK IN PROGRESS (whoops&#x21; that was CAPS LOCK&#x21;)</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>I Am Professional</category><dc:date>2007-05-27T17:01:49-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/new_work_jungle_book.php#unique-entry-id-109</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/new_work_jungle_book.php#unique-entry-id-109</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I need to add some jungle ferny stuff in the foreground all blurry like and some loopy viney stuff in the back.   I did one with the kid's face in it, but they weren't sure what the actual kid they were going to cast for the role would look like. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New internet doodads and whatsits.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2007-05-24T13:45:35-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/new_internet_doodads_and_whatsits.php#unique-entry-id-108</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/new_internet_doodads_and_whatsits.php#unique-entry-id-108</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[But I don't think the tag thing is working right yet, because if you click on a tag, only one entry shows up & not all of the similarly tagged ones. 

...EDIT: Yeah, I'm turning off Tags for the moment, but I'm leaving Categories on, which is almost the same thing anyway. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Tiny steps.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Kids</category><dc:date>2007-05-21T10:45:18-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/tiny_steps.php#unique-entry-id-107</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/tiny_steps.php#unique-entry-id-107</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I waved and said bye-bye as I walked back to the car like usual, not expecting any response, because, y'know, autism!


...I paused for a second, trying to figure out if I heard what I thought it was, and then I ran back around to see Casey and Grandpa still at the doorway. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Hey&#x2c; fine. Get rid of Veronica&#x2c; CW.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2007-05-18T14:07:50-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/veronica_mars.php#unique-entry-id-106</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/veronica_mars.php#unique-entry-id-106</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I love Battlestar Galactica (and I have a project in the works for that- STAY TUNED), but I watch that one in three or four hour blocks because it seems more like a movie that way. ...  I got hooked on The Unit for a while, because I liked President Palmer and the fancy military shit, but the writers have run out of good black ops stories so they started concentrating more on the wives at home, and those chicks are unbearable harpies. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Blah blah blah and license plates.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2007-05-17T16:37:01-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/blah_blah_blah_and_license_plates.php#unique-entry-id-105</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/blah_blah_blah_and_license_plates.php#unique-entry-id-105</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It was really nice and I think would be great for Casey, but I think I want to see one of the expensive ones first. 

...You know I usually just stick to God themed ones, but the first one I wasn't sure if it was or wasn't, so I took the picture anyway. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>POSTER CHILD: The first of another epic post series.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Kids</category><dc:date>2007-05-15T01:54:57-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/POSTER_CHILD_1.php#unique-entry-id-104</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/POSTER_CHILD_1.php#unique-entry-id-104</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In case you don't know what autism is, and you aren't alone because it turns out nobody knows exactly what it is, here's the entry provided by our friends (we really have at least one friend there! 

...All the doctors and therapists have been very positive about Casey's chances at overcoming his autism, the hope being that he'll be caught up enough that he'll be able to go to the same schools as his brother before too long. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Damn it feels good to be a gangster.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2007-05-08T20:19:07-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/9c19737bab07bde0ed4402ad38c6105b-102.php#unique-entry-id-102</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/9c19737bab07bde0ed4402ad38c6105b-102.php#unique-entry-id-102</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It's roll down the windows while you're driving weather. 

...Also, in related news, I found out the brakes on my car work great!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Hey- thanks&#x2c; by the way.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2007-04-27T14:06:07-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/thanks.php#unique-entry-id-101</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/thanks.php#unique-entry-id-101</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I was corresponding with Annika earlier today about how much I like her new blog layout with the three columns and whatnot, and I asked her how the ad thing is working out for her. 

...But, I average something like 6 or 9 (my math is absolute and indisputable) comments every time I post, which means even though I make you wait, you keep coming back. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>By the Hammer of THOR&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2007-04-21T00:21:14-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/by_the_hammer_of_thor.php#unique-entry-id-100</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/by_the_hammer_of_thor.php#unique-entry-id-100</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[One of the writers on the show must be from here because they seemed to know an awful lot of tiny details, although I don't think they'd spent a lot of time here recently as there were several references to how great the clubbing is down in the Flats, which as everyone here knows is nothing but a crime ridden, giant river rat infested empty shell of what it once was years ago (the new Flats is the warehouse district). 

...And, since I wasn't sure that I'd gotten a good one using that method, and I wouldn't be able to check until I was safely stopped off the freeway somewhere, and if I did wait to check and I didn't get the shot I'd have missed any opportunity to get the shot again, I decided the best thing to do would be to run this car off the road and just get the picture while they were flipped upside down in the ditch or smashed against the retaining wall. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Did you think I was off crying this whole time?</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2007-04-12T01:55:43-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/Shiny_and_new.php#unique-entry-id-99</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/Shiny_and_new.php#unique-entry-id-99</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[This is just a quick hit to tell you about the shiny changes over at bitmatt! 

...Now I'm going to fall into a coma for a little while.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Think I&#x27;m gonna need thicker skin.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Kids</category><dc:date>2007-03-03T22:08:12-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/thicker_skin.php#unique-entry-id-98</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/thicker_skin.php#unique-entry-id-98</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[That was all good, tots got to run around and Ty got to see the dinosaurs (Cleveland has a fairly nice collection of dino stuff, actually), which was a big hit because they are way more impressive at full size instead of puzzle-piece size like he always sees 'em. 

...I've got a lot to say about This Person, and it was probably good I wasn't there because it all would have gotten said and there would have been some big problems. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What a weird week. NOBODY PANIC&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Kids</category><dc:date>2007-02-23T13:40:49-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/nobody_panic.php#unique-entry-id-97</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/nobody_panic.php#unique-entry-id-97</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Zach is still getting his head wrapped around this discovery, but he says he feels very liberated in this knowledge, because now his problems don't seem like some unexplained vagueness that has always haunted him- it has a name! 

...Next up for Casey, we've made an appointment to see a pediatric neurologist, but there's a bit of a wait and we can't get him in for another month or so. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I stepped up and made the call today.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Kids</category><dc:date>2007-02-20T22:31:16-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/casey_is_autistic.php#unique-entry-id-96</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/casey_is_autistic.php#unique-entry-id-96</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I don't know why exactly I waited so long to admit this out loud, because deep down I've been sure about it for months. 

...It's not the end of the world, but I'm a little hollow inside right now.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sure is quiet.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2007-02-16T10:00:10-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/sure_is_quiet.php#unique-entry-id-95</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/sure_is_quiet.php#unique-entry-id-95</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Not being able to surf the net, listen to NPR out of Boston or even send an e-mail has been a drag, but that's a small price to pay for not having to talk to all the grinks and groinks who usually hassle me.


...I already showed you the girl-on-donky action in a previous post; here's the other two drawings I did for them (just to show these guys aren't only about girl-on-donkey action):
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>LOST is scary.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2007-02-15T14:44:38-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/16bf0fc47e93396e760b9738153aab9f-94.php#unique-entry-id-94</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/16bf0fc47e93396e760b9738153aab9f-94.php#unique-entry-id-94</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The following link is a spoiler for the current half season of LOST, but not for last night's episode, the week before's.   There's this sequence that's all super messed up and scary, and some genius posted a video of it in reverse and fancy new details are revealed! ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Totally worth ruining my childrens&#x27; future for.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2007-02-07T15:00:18-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/Ghostbusters.php#unique-entry-id-93</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/Ghostbusters.php#unique-entry-id-93</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I WANT THIS SO BAD.


We're ready to believe you!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Finally&#x2c; a break in the fantastic action&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2007-01-24T00:34:47-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/Finally.php#unique-entry-id-92</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/Finally.php#unique-entry-id-92</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So much so that they contracted me to do illustrations for four other new varieties, as well as a new variation of the original girl-on-donkey drawing that will be reproduced huge and mounted on the back of a bus they just bought to travel around the country in.  

...The music here is never something I would pick myself, but it's always just right, They just played the whole first disc of Billy Joel's greatest hits, most of which I haven't heard in a long time (mostly because I was never that big a fan). ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I&#x27;m on hiatus. Here&#x27;s where we all say &#x22;No Doy.&#x22;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-12-15T00:49:19-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/No_Doy.php#unique-entry-id-91</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/No_Doy.php#unique-entry-id-91</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm also limiting sexual relations (like with other people), but not as much by choice as I like to tell all my friends in the monestery. 

...There's this house in view of one of the major freeways here that is lit up like the Grizwald house in Christmas Vacation. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Aww man stuff is messed up now.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Internet</category><dc:date>2006-11-24T16:03:27-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/752cafdcd3636d8ddac8e555b62b2128-90.php#unique-entry-id-90</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/752cafdcd3636d8ddac8e555b62b2128-90.php#unique-entry-id-90</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Long story short (to be elaborated upon later), I had to re-do some things here and now the comments are 4 entries off starting somewhere in June.   I don't think I can fix it without nuking things, and I don't want to be added to the Axis of Evil just yet. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>HELLO PEOPLES OF EARTH</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-11-16T00:23:09-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/64ee875972a6e3b6a666771687656f26-88.php#unique-entry-id-88</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/64ee875972a6e3b6a666771687656f26-88.php#unique-entry-id-88</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Back in the golden olden times some of you may remember I ran a dumb thing called M.O.M. over at the WD, which was really just a desperate (and largely successful) ploy to get lots of girls to giggle and write me love notes. 

...Tonight I was doing a Spotlight search for some artwork I did years ago to recycle into a new project and I ran across this opening article, which was set forth as a completely lame excuse as to why I hadn't gotten around to writing a new newsletter in so long. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Lunch.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Lunch</category><dc:date>2006-10-12T13:55:46-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/fuck_salad.php#unique-entry-id-87</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/fuck_salad.php#unique-entry-id-87</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I didn't feel like hanging out in the intersection with my blinker on until somebody decided if they wanted a small, medium or large size combo; so I changed directions and went towards McDonald's because their salads are okay too. 

...I saw this poster for the BK ANGUS SHROOMS AND SWISS that looked mammoth and disgusting, and I was all set to order that when I got to the speakerbox. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>License plate and mental leap.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-10-11T15:48:11-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/license_plate.php#unique-entry-id-86</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/license_plate.php#unique-entry-id-86</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And it's not like you can just pop in to the DMV and pick up your custom plate- you have to order it special after standing in line with the usual happy folks, wait a few weeks for some convicted felon to make it for you, and then go stand in line again to pick it up. ...  Every time someone sees your car, be it driving slowly by the schoolyard like you do, parked in front of the 24 hour porn shop by the freeway like you always are, or maybe catching a nap on the roadside after drinking your lunch again, everyone will know it's you because your plate is so unique. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Too much information and Doritos.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Good Times</category><dc:date>2006-09-26T23:28:17-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/a37dd090e0074edb63df9a5b540d5fdc-85.php#unique-entry-id-85</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/a37dd090e0074edb63df9a5b540d5fdc-85.php#unique-entry-id-85</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Wife gets home from the Indians game a little tipsy- had to work the luxury box for some bigshots in town for The Company.   Anyway, I'd put the kids to bed a long time before and we're on the couch.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I don&#x27;t know what the big deal is- my kids sleep great&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Kids</category><dc:date>2006-09-20T00:03:53-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/0f531825bf3fb8f8c75e064ead00c9f8-84.php#unique-entry-id-84</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/0f531825bf3fb8f8c75e064ead00c9f8-84.php#unique-entry-id-84</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[COMPLETELY UNRELATED SUBJECT- by some miracle my kids both decided they like sleeping all the way through the night and I only had to get up one time this whole week and that was for only like fifteen minutes. 

...Now, I have actually rented a few movies in the last couple years, but what happens is that I go into Blockbuster or wherever and can't decide what I want to see since I haven't seen anything in, well, two years; so I end up renting three movies thinking I'll find time in the forthcoming week to watch all of them. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Oh crap I&#x27;m home.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Kids</category><dc:date>2006-09-07T13:42:10-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/655cc1f782e8cc0fb58084e078284e03-83.php#unique-entry-id-83</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/655cc1f782e8cc0fb58084e078284e03-83.php#unique-entry-id-83</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In the end he left like they all do, and all we could do is wipe ourselves off.


The worst part of being back is the underwear; the soft cotton grasp of responsibility imprisoning my privates.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I&#x27;m sitting at a bar in North Carolina.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-08-28T14:52:17-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/a479397dc970363596330e34882046ee-82.php#unique-entry-id-82</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/a479397dc970363596330e34882046ee-82.php#unique-entry-id-82</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[WiFi- there might just be a future for this technology.


I'll post some pics soon- the kids are total road trip troopers, we're amazed!
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Something bad will happen this week- wait for it-</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Good Times</category><dc:date>2006-08-20T16:43:41-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/02a896695980db70389675eef7ca75d9-81.php#unique-entry-id-81</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/02a896695980db70389675eef7ca75d9-81.php#unique-entry-id-81</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So it's not like you're going to spend a fortune after you get there, by the time you get to your rental house or whatever you've already spent 90% of the money you're going to on your vacation. 

...No lie- I rode in the back of my folk's old Ford Pinto (the station wagon, not the hatch back) with the dog to New York one time because she used to get anxious in the car and somebody needed to rub her ears so she wouldn't bark until she threw up. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>IGNORE ME&#x21;&#x21;&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>TV</category><dc:date>2006-08-08T11:29:45-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/111e8cbd028376599c8269a1d551ea17-80.php#unique-entry-id-80</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/111e8cbd028376599c8269a1d551ea17-80.php#unique-entry-id-80</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm guessing that everyone who is a fan of the Venture Brothers used this title for a blog entry this week. 

...Something terrible has been happening to me the past few months, a sign of aging that I'm not sure I'm ready to face. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Family drama update&#x2c; and that will be all for a bit on this subject as it gives me horrible gas.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-08-07T23:32:12-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/2ddb31db100d008fd425865945ffe630-79.php#unique-entry-id-79</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/2ddb31db100d008fd425865945ffe630-79.php#unique-entry-id-79</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Months ago we told her and Josh that it would be cool for them to crash in one of our extra rooms there, but that was long before all this bullshit rolled out the cow.   I've already voiced my displeasure at the notion of her leeching on my vacation that I've been killing myself to pay for, but I'm getting the vibe that I'll have to roll with it if it goes down. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Just presenting facts&#x2c; no judgement here&#x2c; OH NO- not here.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-08-04T14:57:47-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/63dbb50f66e1ab59c8ca89fd1ea77191-78.php#unique-entry-id-78</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/63dbb50f66e1ab59c8ca89fd1ea77191-78.php#unique-entry-id-78</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Personally, I didn't know the guy, I'd met him only once sorta at Liz & Josh's wedding, but he was one of 11 siblings that I met that night and that's 11 more people than I am capable of remembering after one meeting. 

...After Becky eventually e-mailed the ultimatum of "if you don't respond to me the next time you'll see me is in fourteen hours at your dorm room door to bring you home," Liz replied with something to the effect of, "Don't tell me how to live my life. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Oh yeah- speaking of links...</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>I Am Professional</category><dc:date>2006-07-26T18:39:11-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/397519c385ab0c35802026a4daebe0ae-77.php#unique-entry-id-77</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/397519c385ab0c35802026a4daebe0ae-77.php#unique-entry-id-77</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I yanked the link to this Online Presence NOT BLOG off my professional site not because I'm afraid a current or potential employer might get here from there (I don't care), I did it because I think I might want to start telling stories about Becky's kraaaazy family. 

...Now I've got a whole slew of recurring jobs that I always do in Quark that I'm wondering if it would be worth it to redo using InDesign. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>All sorts of weird things going on.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-07-26T14:25:26-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/e278f2f1ca426697fae2501491711fb2-76.php#unique-entry-id-76</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/e278f2f1ca426697fae2501491711fb2-76.php#unique-entry-id-76</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I've learned many things by reading the Q&A pages printed on the backside of the centerfold in Playboy all these years (not the girl's backside, the back side of the- oh never mind), and the most important thing is that Playmates are totally turned off by liars.


...I suspect that our building's router might need to be reset to open up whatever network port iTunes uses to access the net, but there's a sales meeting going on in the room where the router closet is and I don't want to explain to those guys that I'm resetting the otherwise perfectly working internet because I can't stream NPR and I'm bored. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Feeling much better- thanks for asking&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>I Am Professional</category><dc:date>2006-07-26T10:40:10-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/0fabe50b0d30494bf4ac7f3caef93bba-74.php#unique-entry-id-74</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/0fabe50b0d30494bf4ac7f3caef93bba-74.php#unique-entry-id-74</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I will eat MANY TACOS at lunch and spend TOO MUCH TIME IN THE BATHROOM reading the SPORTS SECTION while TRYING TO POOP.


The wife has made the ultimate mistake and has been spending too much time staring at the web page for the house we are renting in North Carolina for our vacation at the end of August. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I look &#x22;a little rough&#x22;.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>I Am Professional</category><dc:date>2006-07-20T13:58:52-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/b37ff1572b587f34437a1ec1f8db58f8-73.php#unique-entry-id-73</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/b37ff1572b587f34437a1ec1f8db58f8-73.php#unique-entry-id-73</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Okay, maybe I could use a break.   Lee downstairs looked at me and said, "Matt- you look a little rough." ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Taking the day off work&#x21; To... work&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>I Am Professional</category><dc:date>2006-07-13T08:53:23-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/cfa12525d648b4c6c12453a23bdc52ad-72.php#unique-entry-id-72</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/cfa12525d648b4c6c12453a23bdc52ad-72.php#unique-entry-id-72</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I have come to the conclusion that I just don't like to be bored, but am bored by things very easily.   Today I took the whole day off from my day job, the first full day off I've taken since last August, so that I can work on this huge mountain of freelance deadlines I have piling up. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Testing...</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Good Times</category><dc:date>2006-07-05T16:09:13-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/7b7123b556d79e445a9602353cf32cd7-71.php#unique-entry-id-71</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/7b7123b556d79e445a9602353cf32cd7-71.php#unique-entry-id-71</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Instead of doing that, however, I ended up renting a big plumber's snake (or "drain router" as they're calling them these days) to clear the clog in our outside plumbing which was causing the five inch deep lake to form in our driveway and garage after the deluge that came down the night before.   At the time I was major league grade-A pissed off that I had to do this (homeownership is a bitch), and I'd be way more upset about this turn of events right now if I hadn't gone and fixed that stuck drain! ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Who&#x27;s a little curious? C&#x27;mon- I know you are...</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>I Am Professional</category><dc:date>2006-07-02T19:09:21-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/ab9a39113dd763edffc2964d6ab0edf7-70.php#unique-entry-id-70</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/ab9a39113dd763edffc2964d6ab0edf7-70.php#unique-entry-id-70</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[There's a big pile of things to see in the "Commercial Art" section of bitmatt.   There will be more, but that's the stuff I've gotten to so far. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I think it&#x27;s a long A.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>License Plates</category><dc:date>2006-07-01T21:18:18-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/072d69724b46a1cc19008f43f7b0d3f7-69.php#unique-entry-id-69</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/072d69724b46a1cc19008f43f7b0d3f7-69.php#unique-entry-id-69</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Almost in the same place as the last one.   Maybe there's some sort of "Bad Spellers for Jesus" convention in town.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>It&#x27;s Fish for Compliments Friday&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>I Am Professional</category><dc:date>2006-06-30T23:16:15-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/eca98c47963b66311bfc39e98bef309a-67.php#unique-entry-id-67</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/eca98c47963b66311bfc39e98bef309a-67.php#unique-entry-id-67</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Therefore, if you were thinking of finally stopping by for that long overdue visit, the next week or two might not be ideal what with the quarantine and all.


...Also- why didn't anyone mention I spelled "Stuart" the "Stewart" way in this post when clearly it says "Stuart" in the artwork I've been staring at all day? ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I have Oscar the Grouch socks.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-06-29T07:53:11-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/a8881c08c81bfba90b54a8be834bc604-66.php#unique-entry-id-66</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/a8881c08c81bfba90b54a8be834bc604-66.php#unique-entry-id-66</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[(null)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>You snooze you lose&#x2c; Jesus.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>License Plates</category><dc:date>2006-06-28T23:29:19-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/8b281d40a03999802ea908088e1d8108-65.php#unique-entry-id-65</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/8b281d40a03999802ea908088e1d8108-65.php#unique-entry-id-65</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I didn't think you could get personalized temporary license plates, but I guess you can. ...  I suppose I could just go with my backup idea - "CHRISTICLE", because people like Jesus, and people also like popsicles.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Amy- today is going better&#x2c; thanks for asking&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-06-28T16:43:05-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/thanks_for_asking.php#unique-entry-id-64</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/thanks_for_asking.php#unique-entry-id-64</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Whatever, he was the only guy I ever met who could walk into any bar in town, do NOTHING, and strange hot women would buy him drinks. ...  I knew so many hot girls in school who went uptown all the time with absolutely no money and come home hours later hammered on all the booze bought by horny dudes or comped by bartenders, but this never works the other way where girls buy beers for guys, it's a rule. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Man&#x2c; this sure has been a long week.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Good Times</category><dc:date>2006-06-27T13:54:56-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/a195a5b94aebd1506cd784adb36a64c3-63.php#unique-entry-id-63</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/a195a5b94aebd1506cd784adb36a64c3-63.php#unique-entry-id-63</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Finally it looks like my brother-in-law Nick might have a break in getting full (or at least primary) custody of his daughter from Hallie, that psychotic (just my opinion, not calling names) he banged a few years ago, which is a whole THING just like everything else in my wife's family. 

...Hallie admitted that her mother, Mary, the grandmother who has made it her mission to ruin Nick's life as well as the lives of everyone in his family (and been fairly successful to this point, you'd be amazed what regular calls to various civic agencies by someone who hates you and has lots of free time will do), has been using dolls to teach the daughter, a three year old girl, what penises and vaginas are for in an attempt to brainwash the girl into reporting to authorities that her daddy has been raping her.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Oh god- such importance thrust upon one single entry? VERILY</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>I Am Professional</category><dc:date>2006-06-25T22:27:50-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/verily.php#unique-entry-id-62</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/verily.php#unique-entry-id-62</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I've been going back and forth between Helvetica and Century Gothic for my two super awesome and sooo tiny (but getting bigger every day!) ...  I like Helvetica for ease-of-reading, but Century Gothic has that old-school-design flair, and we all know flair gives me boners. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A quick&#x2c; probably too late mention-</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>TV</category><dc:date>2006-06-25T20:14:48-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/56cbf01475be981052acd10935afb7b0-61.php#unique-entry-id-61</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/56cbf01475be981052acd10935afb7b0-61.php#unique-entry-id-61</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Just wanted to say that you all should catch The Venture Brothers tonight, the premier of season 2. ...  And after you've seen it and feel you weren't entertained, you actually were and just don't know a good time when it squeezes your ass while standing in line at the methadone clinic. [winks] [shakes] [sweats a little]
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Ouch&#x21; My widdle head&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>I Am Professional</category><dc:date>2006-06-21T00:39:34-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/8bc23a27447ae271e13de56a2121325a-60.php#unique-entry-id-60</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/8bc23a27447ae271e13de56a2121325a-60.php#unique-entry-id-60</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[While I was waiting for something to print I thought I'd log into this site to see what she looks like with good ol' Microsoft Internet Explorer in Windows XP.


...Plus there's the fact that Windows doesn't anti-alias type, so all the letterforms look inherently blocky and ugly, so that's always a shock to my (admittedly Mac-centric) aesthetic sensibilities.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Big Scrooge Update&#x21;&#x21;&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>I Am Professional</category><dc:date>2006-06-21T00:11:32-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/04e05db91b3f333dc204526416e445ca-59.php#unique-entry-id-59</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/04e05db91b3f333dc204526416e445ca-59.php#unique-entry-id-59</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I was absolutely determined to use Helen's background, so tonight I added some Christmas Fucking Magic with fourteen new Photoshop layers.


...My next posting of this image will be the final and you can ooh and ahh like crazy.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Trying to get my stuff together.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>I Am Professional</category><dc:date>2006-06-20T00:23:46-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/e0c4b998152792c3405c9b2350ccb2e4-58.php#unique-entry-id-58</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/e0c4b998152792c3405c9b2350ccb2e4-58.php#unique-entry-id-58</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For the first four years or so ADDR wasn't actually that bad, they had kind of wonky e-mail servers, but the uptime and connection speed were well within my "acceptable" range.


...Anyway, I had uploaded all the color corrected and retouched photos from this wedding that I had worked until 2 a.m. on to get them up by Monday so that people could see them like I said they could, and all day I get "Cannot connect to server" messages. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Helen is a Top Professional.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>I Am Professional</category><dc:date>2006-06-19T23:52:11-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/b3a0bb96852ec761e5895bcffb4200ff-57.php#unique-entry-id-57</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/b3a0bb96852ec761e5895bcffb4200ff-57.php#unique-entry-id-57</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I just now got done with the Photoshop comp, so you're seeing it before the client.   They may hate it, but not me- I think it is super bad-ass and cool.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>NEW CRAPOLA</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>IGNORE ME&#x21;</category><dc:date>2006-06-17T10:06:48-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/1b513ec7543f4b42c2ff85626f5fea08-56.php#unique-entry-id-56</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/1b513ec7543f4b42c2ff85626f5fea08-56.php#unique-entry-id-56</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It's pretty spiffy, I think.   Please let me know if it is acting wonky for you, 'kay?
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>UK people and friends of UK people... I NEED YOUR UK HELP</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Internet</category><dc:date>2006-06-14T13:14:30-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/1e126216784400281ffe36cc474aec59-55.php#unique-entry-id-55</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/1e126216784400281ffe36cc474aec59-55.php#unique-entry-id-55</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I have my Tim & Scrooge shot (which I am so glad I got, because this was the only one this kid would smile for), a serviceable logo, but no street. 

...So if you have a shot like this just mouldering away on your hard drive, or can just step outside and take a picture with your phone or Insta-Matic or whatever it is you use for picture-taking, I'll Pay-Pal you bigtime. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sweet&#x21; Wendy&#x27;s is saving us from ourselves.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Lunch</category><dc:date>2006-06-12T13:26:09-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/0d07b343f3d9e79879ba352731888634-54.php#unique-entry-id-54</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/0d07b343f3d9e79879ba352731888634-54.php#unique-entry-id-54</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The news report I had heard on this led me to think they were doing it out of some attempt to make our asses all less dumpy. ...  It's really small at the bottom so it will fit into your car's cup holders, but then it sharply veers out into an expansive bucket for all your giant cola needs. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Uh-oh&#x2c; this won&#x27;t be good for anybody.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-06-12T09:33:05-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/1b28e6800b2a86b394d0d497c6066808-51.php#unique-entry-id-51</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/1b28e6800b2a86b394d0d497c6066808-51.php#unique-entry-id-51</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Back in the day I used my kicky lil' iBook for all my funtime goodtouch with the blue and red folks because I could type while sitting on the toilet (as well as other places too of course- DUH, but most noteworthy is the toilet), but that old guy is real tired and hasn't been real useful for much lately. 

...The bad news for you is that this computer will make it possible for me to update this here site "on the go" like Go-Gurt. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A whole night off&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>I Am Professional</category><dc:date>2006-06-05T22:42:01-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/490d25ac19c13f66c23d2c5c3e8b1db6-49.php#unique-entry-id-49</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/490d25ac19c13f66c23d2c5c3e8b1db6-49.php#unique-entry-id-49</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[You might know what I'm talking about- those poor bastards who spend hours a day watering and preening their stupid grass on their postage-stamp plot of land so it is more lush and green than their neighbor who is out doing the exact same thing. ...  But now we have this brand new lawn coming in that I had a landscaping company install partially out of shame, since we had maybe the worst burnt up weedy mess on the street, and partially out of desire to have someplace where the kids could play without getting shredded up by thorns and nettles. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>New Entry Please</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-05-27T01:36:58-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/c4141b7904786d079585aded18e3bbfd-48.php#unique-entry-id-48</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/c4141b7904786d079585aded18e3bbfd-48.php#unique-entry-id-48</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I was really serial about the LeBron James site, which I think could be very fun if done right, but I just plain don't have the time.   I think I probably could've done some simple shit and strung her company along for a while to squeeze a few checks, but I'd feel just awful about it. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I WAS OUT</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-05-15T23:15:30-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/2672dcf0ee212b26e88e9ff4561dd451-47.php#unique-entry-id-47</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/2672dcf0ee212b26e88e9ff4561dd451-47.php#unique-entry-id-47</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And I hate to turn this into a sports blog because there are much more entertaining ones than I could do, but I feel like I'm a traitor to my homer roots by counting the Cavaliers out against the smelly Deeetroit Pistons. 

...Thousands of people write about what is happening with James every time he bounces a ball, but I'll simplify all that for you folks- we are watching the greatest basketball player ever in real time, not just in historical perspective. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Well&#x2c; let&#x27;s see here.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-05-10T22:29:51-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/ec38116910af143bda509341d7255463-46.php#unique-entry-id-46</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/ec38116910af143bda509341d7255463-46.php#unique-entry-id-46</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Is it just me, or does it seem like the country we actually should be thinking about going to war with we can't go to war with because we're already fighting a war with a different country that we shouldn't have started fighting a war with (for the second time) in the first (second) place? ...  This is dismaying because I just know that we'll be fighting a war against one or more middle eastern countries for a long, LONG time, and I've got boys who will be draft age in seventeen years (if the government waits eighteen years to take 'em in the future, maybe we run out of eighteen year olds and they gotta start hitting them that just got eligible to drive), and haven't we learned from the Germans that you can't win a land war fought on two (or more) fronts?
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I now believe in magic.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-05-06T00:00:54-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/8f8bfccba430dfc7d4cf719273091b20-45.php#unique-entry-id-45</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/8f8bfccba430dfc7d4cf719273091b20-45.php#unique-entry-id-45</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[LeBron James just put The Whammy on Gilbert  Arenas. ...  My God- I AM A WITNESS.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Good golly I&#x27;m floating on air&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-05-04T00:14:46-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/6e8706a8c98e0a07d35f611c24ef2155-44.php#unique-entry-id-44</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/6e8706a8c98e0a07d35f611c24ef2155-44.php#unique-entry-id-44</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm kinda drunk and typing is making me sweat, but I just have to tell you that I love everything right now. 

...I'm growing less retarded by the hour- it's completely alarming, like a heavy fog is lifting and in the clearing mist you suddenly realize that you're staring into the off-putting face of Ernest Borgnine, and he's been laughing at you for months. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I totally forgot to tell you&#x21;&#x21;&#x21;&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-04-26T22:58:14-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/19d0bfa68d4582f9aa2a017152c67155-43.php#unique-entry-id-43</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/19d0bfa68d4582f9aa2a017152c67155-43.php#unique-entry-id-43</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I normally wouldn't have gone because the Cavaliers were playing the Wizards in game 2 of the playoffs and I was NOT going to miss that game on TV, but the seats she wrangled from work were in the luxury box, and I was assured that other people in the group attending the game would want the Cavs game on in the box too. 

...The street itself was resurfaced with new lines painted on, which I can attest from driving on that normally potholed busted up stretch of shitty road just last week that this was all new just for the production. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Oh yeah- and speaking of nerds.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>TV</category><dc:date>2006-04-10T23:08:19-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/6305eb188b55c82ec34a6cb45eead7d9-41.php#unique-entry-id-41</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/6305eb188b55c82ec34a6cb45eead7d9-41.php#unique-entry-id-41</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The reason for this post, besides showing how sad and desperate I am, is that I was just wondering if anyone else who watches this trash thought it was creepy when, a couple eps ago, the Major offered to have sex with that teenage boy.   She even went so far as to walk around in front of him wearing only a teeny tiny towel and teeny tiny panties- and then climbed into the same bed he was already in to sleep WITHOUT THE TOWEL, completely short circuiting the brains of nerds across the planet.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>But... I have a runny nose...</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-04-10T22:29:55-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/d2700867894ade293f155380ef7f1116-40.php#unique-entry-id-40</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/d2700867894ade293f155380ef7f1116-40.php#unique-entry-id-40</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm not going to go home and make a big tub of crystal meth with my two tiny 24 tablet boxes, okay? ...  Because I could run out and buy like four pounds of that without having to fill out any forms whatsoever RIGHT NOW.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Put on that old magic top hat those kids found and... HAPPY BIRTHDAY&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Good Times</category><dc:date>2006-04-05T08:15:04-04:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/1a4c7cae4e45652971241fd7ce773345-39.php#unique-entry-id-39</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/1a4c7cae4e45652971241fd7ce773345-39.php#unique-entry-id-39</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm not gonna cry about it or anything, if it is indeed a mistake I'll just pony up the cash, it's not like I was not going to pay my taxes or anything edgy and anarchic like that. 

...And then I made the same Mm-MMM sound that I had just made when we were talking about IRS audits and cupcakes a little while ago.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>This is sad.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>TV</category><dc:date>2006-03-26T08:42:48-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/43788ab69e68e307d1b84b8de0b9d3bc-38.php#unique-entry-id-38</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/43788ab69e68e307d1b84b8de0b9d3bc-38.php#unique-entry-id-38</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm going to try to forget the last episode of South Park ("The Return of Chef") ever happened.   I suggest you do the same.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Help me with this.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-03-25T21:45:30-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/d10b56fbf4dd0712f96d236ca153643f-37.php#unique-entry-id-37</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/d10b56fbf4dd0712f96d236ca153643f-37.php#unique-entry-id-37</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The tea thing is fine I guess, she has to pee a lot and we always have to wait around while she has her tea and whenever we go anywhere she drags along this huge sack of teabags, BUT WHATEVER. ...  Some days she'll be so kind as to go out of her way and do all our dishes when I haven't gotten to them, but she leaves the dirty, tea-ring stained mug sitting there on the counter. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>About babies and sleep&#x2c; or as I like to say&#x2c; &#x22;no sleep&#x22;.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Kids</category><dc:date>2006-03-24T19:49:44-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/85d2a3268d7be0e9807ac9202159f973-36.php#unique-entry-id-36</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/85d2a3268d7be0e9807ac9202159f973-36.php#unique-entry-id-36</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Even in the long long ago I had always been of the opinion that letting the little bastards just rip it up until they fall asleep is the best way to go. ...  So, if I let Casey go with all the nightime drama without running in to get him, he ends up waking Tyler and messing up his established and excellent patterns. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Now. Download this now. Pay the buck.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Tunes</category><dc:date>2006-03-24T19:31:00-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/388dee1fdddbda55f70172afc386fb42-35.php#unique-entry-id-35</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/388dee1fdddbda55f70172afc386fb42-35.php#unique-entry-id-35</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Are you saying Aretha hasn't earned your dollar?   She's the hardest working portly woman in show biz. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>There&#x27;s no babies here.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Kids</category><dc:date>2006-03-24T18:14:25-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/3a3293f10271a3104a4724311c118c44-34.php#unique-entry-id-34</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/3a3293f10271a3104a4724311c118c44-34.php#unique-entry-id-34</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I wrapped up a project at work half an hour before quittin' time, and since it is Friday and since I like to goof off and get paid (like you don't), I decided, instead of starting the next project, to continue my recent (half-assed) crusade to check up on old pals that I've let go un-checked far too long now*. ...  I've never been under the impression that I was any smarter than anyone (and certainly not most of my net pals, who are some of the sharpest knives in the drawer), but at least I could keep up, you know? ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I like showing off.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Pictures</category><dc:date>2006-03-18T19:53:28-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/8a6b73004cc3c8a843c2a92c1e1075b1-33.php#unique-entry-id-33</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/8a6b73004cc3c8a843c2a92c1e1075b1-33.php#unique-entry-id-33</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Camera at work.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I&#x27;m about to rock your world with my awesome power.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-03-17T23:19:21-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/6491a5933ef03c2e22ec824cca67130a-32.php#unique-entry-id-32</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/6491a5933ef03c2e22ec824cca67130a-32.php#unique-entry-id-32</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For people who already own an SLR camera, this is not a great thing because  Olympus cameras only work with Olympus lenses (for now), thus making upgrading hard because you'd have to basically scrap all your old gear. 

...I think Olympus realizes that a lot of folks are trying to relive old times with this new lens, because I just saw that they have put together a new kit that combines a silver version of the E-500 (the Uzi was silver) with the 18-180mm lens. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Oh man&#x2c; I have so much to type.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-03-13T23:30:00-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/8d41198eab8d843a72671992edccc0a7-31.php#unique-entry-id-31</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/8d41198eab8d843a72671992edccc0a7-31.php#unique-entry-id-31</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In the coming days we're gonna have some techno-geek talk as I horrify you with how much money I just spent, as well as some brand new Tip of the Days as soon as I can get my head in an outside the box place.


But for now- a REAL TREAT- our brand new Dunkin' Donuts, shot today at a great distance from the driver's seat of my moving car with people staring at me funny. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>AHEM clears throat.... takes hit off beer... HERE WE GOOOO</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-02-24T23:40:56-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/ea9d96e78f13bc6244a087e0653645a7-30.php#unique-entry-id-30</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/ea9d96e78f13bc6244a087e0653645a7-30.php#unique-entry-id-30</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Any given evening, I turn on the news and the first three things I see, without fail, are 1) 45 people dead at a wedding reception we mistakenly bombed in Iraq, 2) Couple who kept 13 retarded foster children in cages in their basement for three years plead not guilty, and 3) Drunk driver crosses median on the freeway and collides with soccer mom SUV, killing three children ages 2, 4 and 8. 

...That's what I'm shooting for with Tip of the Day- there will be plenty of days I just don't have it, or maybe the ones I've agonized over specific wording for hours and I feel are awesome don't impress you at the time. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I may be on to something&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Kids</category><dc:date>2006-02-18T10:34:57-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/a6378bd60c079159e185d2846b6d6c9e-29.php#unique-entry-id-29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/a6378bd60c079159e185d2846b6d6c9e-29.php#unique-entry-id-29</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Tyler took a header into a pile of Legos this morning and mashed his nose pretty good. ...  Anyway, I got baby blood all over my shirt, and since then I've been nothing but lucky!
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>TiVo keeps pissing me off.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>TV</category><dc:date>2006-02-17T08:57:15-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/95140e9183be491ddd2f3c90257fe279-28.php#unique-entry-id-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/95140e9183be491ddd2f3c90257fe279-28.php#unique-entry-id-28</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[And the box upstairs cut off the last 7 minutes of The Office last week, so I had to buy the whole frickin' episode from iTunes just to see the end. 

...I don't care how much George Bush and his brother Jesus love us, I still can't see the last three minutes of The Shield.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Another day at the office.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>I Am Professional</category><dc:date>2006-02-13T22:19:11-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/88d6bfd20636f657cac2eca188f00a14-27.php#unique-entry-id-27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/88d6bfd20636f657cac2eca188f00a14-27.php#unique-entry-id-27</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA["And here we have the engraving area where we blah blah for whatsis and the other place. that's our really expensive router table that is controlled by that computer over there. 

...I always imagine the first minute or two is silence as the bank people pull out of our mud-and-cinder parking lot on their way back to the home office. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Black Keys&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Tunes</category><dc:date>2006-02-06T22:17:23-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/469e0f77ac853ddaff07ce872cef906a-26.php#unique-entry-id-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/469e0f77ac853ddaff07ce872cef906a-26.php#unique-entry-id-26</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[They're using "Set You Free" by local band (well, Akron, that's close enough) The Black Keys for the background music. 

...Quick Black Keys story- the band is comprised of two regulars, the singer/guitarist and the drummer, who is the gangliest motherfucker ever. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I like sports.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-02-05T13:55:41-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/d47b0e841f2347343cd6a218582f428e-25.php#unique-entry-id-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/d47b0e841f2347343cd6a218582f428e-25.php#unique-entry-id-25</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[When most sports teams are bad, their fans are angry and stop supporting the lousy product by not going to the games.


When the Cleveland Browns are bad, their fans are angry and buy season tickets.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Because I just can&#x27;t leave &#x22;well enough&#x22; alone.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-02-02T00:11:42-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/24264e437920bf0846fa85a7d0daf836-24.php#unique-entry-id-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/24264e437920bf0846fa85a7d0daf836-24.php#unique-entry-id-24</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[That way you will know almost instantly when I've posted my awesome and inspiring advice for your enrichment, which I am going to attempt to update daily like the title would lead us all to believe. 

...I'm just going to disable it if no one can give me a good reason not to. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What? We have to bomb Iran for their healthcare?</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-02-01T09:42:24-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/81fdf8cba7617c0a730165938921f736-23.php#unique-entry-id-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/81fdf8cba7617c0a730165938921f736-23.php#unique-entry-id-23</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Of course, it will be the sort of liberty that will be determined by their own individual cultures and histories; but it'll be US THAT GIVES IT TO 'EM! ...  The oppressed people want the hot Freedom Seed our Big Freedom Pipes will thrust deep into their infrastructure to provide with NUCULAR FORCE. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Why does everything need a title?</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>IGNORE ME&#x21;</category><dc:date>2006-01-28T23:46:42-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/173c1fa716d87edc25e081dbcf2f9eb1-22.php#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/173c1fa716d87edc25e081dbcf2f9eb1-22.php#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Is it strange that my wife has absolutely no interest in what I write? 

...I admit it is oddly liberating, but maybe I should worry more.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Feel free to call me &#x22;Ugly American&#x22;...</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-01-28T22:03:15-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/5212803733019c08a2a99c40f7606167-21.php#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/5212803733019c08a2a99c40f7606167-21.php#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[...but where the hell is this "Torino" they keep talking about on my TV?   Is it in Nevada?]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The edges unravel first.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-01-27T22:14:25-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/da9495e2ada7cbbd4e158ed558567f31-20.php#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/da9495e2ada7cbbd4e158ed558567f31-20.php#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I only tell you this because I feel that Amanda Pays stands up very well to this day as a high quality object of hopeless teenage fanboy desire- beautiful and brainy, a female in control of any situation, a woman who demanded attention from her presence alone. ...  No way- Amanda was the whole package, the voice, the eyes, the accent,  that thing that hot British girls do when they want to laugh at something but instead smile demurely as if to say, "I'll laugh at your jokes, but first you've got to earn it, boy."   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>One more day of this.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-01-27T11:05:11-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/79f98daa9a0f9381a62b8d7dec3eb8d4-19.php#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/79f98daa9a0f9381a62b8d7dec3eb8d4-19.php#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Today should be the last day of crushing work overload, the show bozos get on a plane in the morning.   The show we're getting prepped for is the C.H.A. show in Vegas, which stands for Creative Hobby Assclowns, or something just like that. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Jeezuz beezuz I&#x27;m tired.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>TV</category><dc:date>2006-01-25T18:33:22-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/ec751027987eb49a25f4e2d2c8aebedd-18.php#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/ec751027987eb49a25f4e2d2c8aebedd-18.php#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Anyway, this morning on NOGGIN the best Blue's Clues ever was on- the one where Steve does his Elvis impression for the last ten minutes. 

...Someday the kids will see some old Elvis footage on the History Channel or something and ask, "Hey- who's that guy ripping off Blue's Clues Steve? ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Addendum to the previous missing skunk entry-</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-01-24T23:49:27-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/bb77c90776fd8fed7fd486e2fe8e5aff-17.php#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/bb77c90776fd8fed7fd486e2fe8e5aff-17.php#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I guess the chain is building four of these concept stores around the country, and for some reason Euclid gets one of them.   Up until now that reason was a mystery, but Zach thinks it was because somebody high up in the Dunkin' Donuts Corporate HQ is deathly afraid of skunks (or perhaps is tempted to rape them, we couldn't decide), and hand picked Euclid for the futuristic new Dunkin' Donuts store because it was one of the four towns in the US that agreed to murder all their skunks.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Okay&#x2c; it&#x27;s official now. BOOKMARK&#x21; Do it&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Internet</category><dc:date>2006-01-24T23:38:59-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/23ec1c75f02dbc95145144f92300a073-16.php#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/23ec1c75f02dbc95145144f92300a073-16.php#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'll keep the redirect page up on the other site, but save yourself five seconds every time you visit me and bookmark this now!   Also (and I hope this is the last time for a while), you'll once again need to reestablish an RSS subscription, since the feed is on a whole new server. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>They talk a little.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Kids</category><dc:date>2006-01-23T20:42:34-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/8240462ca37377d218665f7d54120268-15.php#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/8240462ca37377d218665f7d54120268-15.php#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Not that he's not chatty, he made up his own little language very early on and he will stand up and deliver very bombastic monologues with it.   We are slightly alarmed that his speeches are almost a perfect impression of a very young Adolph Hitler sprechen from der Reichstag or something; arm stiff out front; hard stress on the very guttural words, the works. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>One other note about Journey-</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Tunes</category><dc:date>2006-01-23T10:29:41-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/3fedb84e87e7b384729e966955743d60-14.php#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/3fedb84e87e7b384729e966955743d60-14.php#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Since Dee brought up the totally sad fact that she has all Journey's records on vinyl (something she should never, ever tell anyone ever again, even if it isn't true), we should discuss the fact that they had really cool album covers. ...  I think they had some other ones too, but for most of these I believe they never actually recorded any new songs for. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What happened to all the skunks?</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-01-23T09:26:54-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/09f88d70df5d8fbb55f9ed2214798f8b-13.php#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/09f88d70df5d8fbb55f9ed2214798f8b-13.php#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[They were like a silent army of stinky ninja assassins lurking around this town, owning the night for the first seven years we lived here. ...  I fear there was some sort of skunk holocaust, but nobody talks about it because we all like to be able to go outside at night and let our pets out in the yard. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Even more changes.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Testing</category><dc:date>2006-01-21T13:45:30-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/81786b1645b11d679a5da07fcb32eef7-12.php#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/81786b1645b11d679a5da07fcb32eef7-12.php#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA['Cause without change humanity is no greater than the rocks on the moon.   I'm testing things, and I'm taking you along for the ride! ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Well lookit me- I&#x27;m editing CSS code and LOVING IT&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Testing</category><dc:date>2006-01-20T22:14:00-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/8314dd50b73a7630b03aa9ae1bc228ca-11.php#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/8314dd50b73a7630b03aa9ae1bc228ca-11.php#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It took me like three hours to figure out how to change three lines of code so that 1.) the content copy was a little smaller and tighter- it was a bit horsey before; and 2.) the links didn't have that obnoxious blue box behind them, just nice underlines for smooth reading. 

...I also figured out how to switch out the built in mountain graphic and just have my picture there, so I seem much less the loser and far more awesome and cool. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Whoops&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>Testing</category><dc:date>2006-01-20T08:07:04-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/55060be907dcf64f18287075e9478eba-10.php#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/55060be907dcf64f18287075e9478eba-10.php#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm still trying to figure out the whole XML/RSS feed thing, so if you subscribed to the RSS link before, you might need to do it again as I changed the filename.   I'd say I'm sorry but we both know that would be a lie, now don't we?]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A few notes about this site.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-01-20T00:44:16-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/97924ce7be85bffe351da21cbd253854-9.php#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/97924ce7be85bffe351da21cbd253854-9.php#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[&bull; You'll notice, especially if you have a slow-ish internet connection, that the logo graphic of my own cranky baby face I have in the upper left corner of the page is actually covering a picturesque mountain landscape. 

...As many of you most likely know, I used to post a lot over at the BuffyGuide, but then came the babies and more work & responsibility. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>It&#x27;s about time they played something good.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-01-19T23:01:12-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/9f1b648539c7dbb4ce40ff5f02f86c43-8.php#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/9f1b648539c7dbb4ce40ff5f02f86c43-8.php#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Even with these glaring omissions, this CD is one of the biggest selling disks of all time, and from royalties alone Steve Perry is able to swim naked in piles of money every morning like Scrooge McDuck (which always bothered me- wouldn't he get some sort of metal poisoning from always being immersed in filthy gold coins?).


...Trust me, over the course of a lifetime, by the 800th or so instance I look over at you and say "It's about time they played something good." when that shitty piano heralds the beginning of "Open Arms" you'll laugh your ass off. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>And oohh yeah... I&#x27;m an F.B.I. agent&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-01-14T19:06:35-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/ec8f1d5cf8bcb4f2f723cd245d5c0fcd-6.php#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/ec8f1d5cf8bcb4f2f723cd245d5c0fcd-6.php#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Like most everybody in that area of town she was black, but unlike most of the residents of Euclid on "that side of I-90" she was dressed very nicely in a professional looking suit, made up, looked like she took care of herself. ...  She wandered closer, and after it was obvious she wasn't going away, I rolled down the window, which startled her, and asked if there was something I could help her with.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>We are all going to be so tired of my children.</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>What?</category><dc:date>2006-01-14T15:21:04-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/164f6865cc8031ae839f5e28185522c6-5.php#unique-entry-id-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/164f6865cc8031ae839f5e28185522c6-5.php#unique-entry-id-5</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I must tell you- I am really liking this Apple iWeb a whole lot*- I may ask it to the prom! ...  and then went and had sex with the soccer team in the school&rsquo;s groundskeeping shed while I watched MTV all night with my also dateless loser friends and a bucket of ham salad. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>YES&#x21; And it COUNTS&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>IGNORE ME&#x21;</category><dc:date>2006-01-14T14:33:38-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/d5e1957740f8ab23e62826fa094a20ae-4.php#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/d5e1957740f8ab23e62826fa094a20ae-4.php#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It's still ON!!!!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Testing</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>IGNORE ME&#x21;</category><dc:date>2006-01-14T14:33:11-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/b1a4cf9f28924d9eb114465c788bc599-3.php#unique-entry-id-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/b1a4cf9f28924d9eb114465c788bc599-3.php#unique-entry-id-3</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It's ON!!!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Trying a new program&#x21;</title><dc:creator>matt@crankymatty.com</dc:creator><category>IGNORE ME&#x21;</category><dc:date>2006-01-14T10:30:39-05:00</dc:date><link>http://crankymatty.com/files/83b1562d41a4acc3e507f32523a9e98a-0.php#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://crankymatty.com/files/83b1562d41a4acc3e507f32523a9e98a-0.php#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I really liked iWeb, but there were 2 things wrong with it- one, it saves graphics as PNG files, which are relatively huge compared to same size jpegs. ...  In iWeb's defense, it is only version 1.0, so I'm sure Apple is working out all this stuff. ]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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