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Hiya! My name’s Matt.  You’ve stumbled onto my little patch of the internet where I dump all of the things rattling around inside of my head.  So pull up a chair and take a load off.  Enjoy.</description><title>Delicious Nothings</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @mattaldridge)</generator><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/</link><item><title>A Laugh is Good for the Soul</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHoxl8IK7po"&gt;A Laugh is Good for the Soul&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;American Idol Freakout…just for you as a new season begins.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/70954122</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/70954122</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:16:22 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>The Little Things</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Getting a seat in a crowded coffee shop.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Little Things&lt;/b&gt; is a series of posts about those small things in life that keep you going, make your day, or just bring a smile to your face. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/64839633</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/64839633</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:14:01 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>I know.  You’re thinking there’s something missing...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/w0ffwDYo00Q?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I know.  You’re thinking there’s something missing in your life.  Yep, I understand.  I am here to fill that hole.  That’s correct, the last installment of &lt;a title="Simon's Cat" href="http://www.youtube.com/simonscat"&gt;Simon’s Cat&lt;/a&gt;.  Now go and be merry.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/62864230</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/62864230</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:36:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>More of Simon’s Cat for your every day life.</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/s13dLaTIHSg?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;More of &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/simonscat"&gt;Simon’s Cat&lt;/a&gt; for your every day life.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/62628366</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/62628366</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:34:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Cats.  Sigh.  Simon’s Cat: a funny series of videos to get...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4rb8aOzy9t4?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cats.  Sigh.  &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/simonscat"&gt;Simon’s Cat:&lt;/a&gt; a funny series of videos to get you through the day.  Enjoy!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/62472837</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/62472837</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Happy Halloween!! </title><description>&lt;p&gt;Happy Halloween everybody.  Enjoy the sugar, food, fun, and friends that this holiday brings out.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/57342969</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/57342969</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:36:32 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Best.Coffee.Shop.Interaction.Ever.</title><description>Friendly Neighborhood Barista: Hi!  What can I get for you today?&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Me:  Hmmm...I guess I'll have a grande Pan Asia green tea. &lt;br /&gt;&#13;
FNB: Sure.  What else can I get for you?&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Me:  That'll do it.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
FNB: Ok.  That will be $2.00 even.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Me:  ::Gives him a $10.00 bill::&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
FNB:  And a Mr. Lincoln and the Washington triplets is your change. &lt;br /&gt;&#13;
Me: ::mind is blown::&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
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</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/56990209</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/56990209</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:32:37 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>book</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.lookatbook.com/"&gt;book&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Creative Inspiration!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/55066677</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/55066677</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:21:46 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>(via garfieldminusgarfield)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fSymsOGXOf0sk2yeSwd9zhh8o1_r1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/"&gt;garfieldminusgarfield&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/54390689</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/54390689</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:27:37 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>RIAA Meet Fail</title><description>&lt;a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081002-five-years-of-failure-eff-says-riaa-must-embrace-new-model.html"&gt;RIAA Meet Fail&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/52910668</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/52910668</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:19:45 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Seth MacFarlane…need I say more?  And I don’t even...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/o_kbOQIg4sM?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Seth MacFarlane…need I say more?  And I don’t even mind if the whole thing is a &lt;a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080910-family-guy-creator-opens-cavalcade-of-comedy-for-business.html"&gt;vehicle for advertising&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/52814485</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/52814485</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:28:33 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"The comical Poodle cut was originally intended to aid the dog’s swimming abilities.  The poms..."</title><description>“The comical Poodle cut was originally intended to aid the dog’s swimming abilities.  The poms were left to keep their joints warm.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Get Fuzzy Day-To-Day Calendar, October 1, 2008&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/52609899</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/52609899</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:42:37 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Tim Gunn + Craig Ferguson = Awesome.  A must watch if...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BpXBouC67eg?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tim Gunn + Craig Ferguson = Awesome.  A must watch if you’re a fan of &lt;a href="http://www.bravotv.com/Project_Runway/season/5/index.php"&gt;Project Runway&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/52310287</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/52310287</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:51:39 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Geek Flags and Mysterious Forces</title><description>&lt;p&gt;The universe works in mysterious ways.  Case in point&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You know when you learn a new word and suddenly other people start using the word or it turns up in conversations you overhear?  Yeah, that happens to me a lot.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So lately it&amp;#8217;s been happening to me with a particular video game.  Yeah, I&amp;#8217;m a huge geek.  I&amp;#8217;ll fly that flag proudly.  Recently, a couple friends of gotten to me to join the &amp;#8220;online sensation&amp;#8221; (South Park reference&amp;#8230;anyone?!) &lt;a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com"&gt;World of Warcraft&lt;/a&gt;.  Now I&amp;#8217;ve only been playing about a week but I&amp;#8217;ve overheard one conversation in Starbucks about the game and I saw a woman playing it in Panera.  Before this week, the only time I&amp;#8217;ve heard or seen mention of the game is when I&amp;#8217;m partaking in games related media.  Alas, it appears the Universe has struck again.  Ok, it&amp;#8217;s probably just that I&amp;#8217;m more aware of the subject now.  But I prefer to think it&amp;#8217;s some mysterious force.  It&amp;#8217;s just more fun that way.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oh, and as a side note, if you enjoy South Park and have even the slightest predilection towards gaming, you NEED to see the Emmy award-winning &lt;a href="http://www.southparkstudios.com"&gt;&amp;#8220;Make Love Not Warcraft&amp;#8221;&lt;/a&gt; episode.  Pure Genius!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/52309923</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/52309923</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:48:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"Cats’ lower jaws can’t move sideways.  Advantage: Cows."</title><description>“Cats’ lower jaws can’t move sideways.  Advantage: Cows.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Get Fuzzy Day-To-Day Calendar, September 25, 2008&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/51921617</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/51921617</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:57:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Dante's Web</title><description>&lt;a href="http://alistapart.com/articles/webstandards2008"&gt;Dante's Web&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;For the web geeks out there (of which I proudly place myself in their ranks).  An interesting read on web standards and the horror that they are.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/51920898</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/51920898</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:52:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Email Pro Tip</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#8217;t try to guess someone&amp;#8217;s email address.  Unless you&amp;#8217;re on a closed network, a la a corporate intranet, you&amp;#8217;ll usually be wrong.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/51718490</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/51718490</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:04:13 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Pet Peeve Kitchen Edition</title><description>&lt;p&gt;If you use the microwave and open the door before the timer runs out.  Please clear the timer.  Yeah, it&amp;#8217;s only an extra button to press when I come along to use it, but it&amp;#8217;s only an extra button to press before &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;you &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;walk away.  See what I&amp;#8217;m getting at&amp;#8230;?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/51601220</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/51601220</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:24:37 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>It's Easier to NOT DO Than TO DO</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/16/the-not-to-do-list-9-habits-to-stop-now/"&gt;It's Easier to NOT DO Than TO DO&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Easier said than done…but good to have in your arsenal of tricks.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/51452991</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/51452991</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:05:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Relive Those Childhood Cartoon Memories</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.kewlcartoons.com/show/listing"&gt;Relive Those Childhood Cartoon Memories&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Remember those old DIC cartoons like Mummies Alive! And Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad?  Well even if you don’t, this is a great place to catch some past episodes and stoke that childhood nostalgia.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/51452424</link><guid>http://blog.mattaldridge.net/post/51452424</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:57:18 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>

