http://mattbrundage.com Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:45:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lately, I've been wondering to what extent my political worldview was influenced by my parents and my environment when I was a child. Are my beliefs truly my own? Or am I simply regurgitating what I happened to soak in during my formative years? The same set of questions can ... http://mattbrundage.com/2008/07/01/our-political-environments/ Just when I thought it was safe to eat healthy again, Annie goes to the store and brings back two large containers of ice cream, at least two packages of Pepperidge Farm cookies, a dozen doughnuts, tea cookies, chocolate chip cookies, brownies (with sprinkles), spicy hot potato chips, Boboli pizza dough, two ... http://mattbrundage.com/2008/06/22/food-and-the-general-state-of-things/ ...in a browser. Ideal specimens, in descending order, are Firefox 3, Opera 9.5, Safari 3.1, Firefox 2, IE7. Browser chrome should be optimized to increase viewable page area. Application(s) should — naturally — be maximized. ...with an operating system released this decade on a PC manufactured after 2003. An Internet connection ... http://mattbrundage.com/2008/06/13/this-post-best-viewed/ The Pretenders' "My City Was Gone", known as the bumper music with the killer bass line on Rush Limbaugh's radio show, has typically been viewed as a protest song: focused on then-president Ronald Reagan's economic policies. Between the lines, Pretenders' singer Chrissie Hynde argues that Reagan's policies (the "government") ... http://mattbrundage.com/2008/06/03/my-city-was-gone/ A certain confluence of situations has devolved this blog into a near-ghost town. Admittedly, posts of late have been less than superb. About the only bright spots are write-ups (that I didn't write) and photos (some of which I didn't take) of our rabbit, Sniff. There's been some unintentionally funny ... http://mattbrundage.com/2008/06/02/a-certain-confluence-of-situations/ I have a comment about the design of the yogurt container. There is no mention that the yogurt must be stirred. I ate about 3/4 of a yogurt before I realized that there was a huge dollop of chocolate at the bottom. Before I discovered the chocolate, I was ... http://mattbrundage.com/2008/05/16/an-open-letter-to-trader-joes/ Sera Cahoone is an interesting little-known "country" vocalist from the west coast. I first heard her on KEXP (Seattle) and purchased her first self-released album almost immediately thereafter. Her voice isn't particularly commanding or strong, but it's very pure and has a certain charm to it. Her band plays ... http://mattbrundage.com/2008/04/14/sera-cahoone-and-sea-wolf/ I've told Annie that I love her more with each passing day. While on the surface, that may sound mushy and trite, but there's actually some truth behind the statement. But the question remains: is this increase in love quantifiable? Would a graphical representation be adequate in estimating the inestimable? The formula I ... http://mattbrundage.com/2008/03/31/more-and-more-each-day/ A week ago, Annie and I took a trip down to Miami, and from there, the Bahamas, to witness the wedding of our friends Emiko and Garin. Despite the bountiful food 24/7 on the cruise ship to Nassau, Annie and I both managed to lose weight — it must ... http://mattbrundage.com/2008/03/15/emiko-and-garin/ While I was singing and playing the guitar for Annie, Sniff hid under the bed and kept thumping his hind legs. We sounded like a badly rehearsed duet between a guitar and a bass drum. After a while, either my playing had improved or Sniff’s curiosity got the better ... http://mattbrundage.com/2008/02/14/guitar-and-thump-duet/