I Knew It…

Daily Show/Colbert Viewers Most Knowledgable, Fox News Viewers Rank Lowest…

Recovering

This is me at the surgery center on Tuesday. Once again in the hospital gown (they tell you “it ties up in the back,” what they really mean is “it hangs open in the back” — which I suppose it better than the front) once again on an IV. I’ve had more morphine in the [...]

Jon….

Well he had his surgery this morning and it all went very well. He is doing good so far, alittle on the cranky side but that is understandable considering. We go in for a follow up visit tomorrow so we’ll let you know anything different then.
He is currently sleeping while I am trying to get [...]

Various Cool Things

“No. I have a deep feeling of faith, a deep religiosity that comes from my appreciation of the way the Lord made the universe” - Albert Einstein, when someone suggested he was an atheist.
I got 670km (416 miles) to my last tank of gas! That’s 30km more than I’ve ever gotten before, and 70km above [...]

Gimpy

My mom sent me this picture for those who think that the crippled arm thing is a new trick for me…

When I was 5, I broke both my arms jumping off a swing.
When I was 14, shown here (shut up your face! Long hair, plaid shirts and giant glasses were cool at the time), I [...]

My name IS Matt Foley, I AM a motivational speaker, and I live in a VAN down by the RIVER

OK, last night was hilarious. We had an open mic night at our high school program, and to kick the evening off, all the (cool) leaders got up and lip synced and danced to “Larger than Life” by the Backstreet Boys — with moves choreographed by Libby Howe.
I’m not one to brag, but I think [...]

Why We’re Not Planning on a Long Term Stay…

From CNet, via Slashdot:
The door has closed on the H1-B visa application process for this year, one day after it began. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services said that it had received 150,000 applications as of yesterday afternoon. 65,000 H1-B visas can be issued for foreigners with batchelor’s degrees. The USCIS will choose randomly from [...]

Bragging not Blogging

Some people have accused me of not being handy. Those people don’t know what they’re talking about. This week, with only an arm and a half, I:

Re-built a nearly dead PC from parts
Hacked a broken installer to get ProVideoPlayer working (great software, btw)
Built a media PC from bits and pieces I found around the Internet [...]