Snippets – mattmorris.org https://mattmorris.org Sat, 29 Apr 2017 11:43:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.4 https://mattmorris.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/face_pixel.png Snippets – mattmorris.org https://mattmorris.org 32 32 https://mattmorris.org/2017/04/28/5772/ Fri, 28 Apr 2017 15:41:45 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5772 Just planted some citrus trees around the yard. Here’s hoping they get big enough to survive next winter.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2017/02/07/%f0%9f%97%a3-4490/ Tue, 07 Feb 2017 14:49:40 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5412 Was @SamsClub with my kids. An employee stops us in the isle and says, “Whoa whoa whoa… what race are you guys?”

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2017/02/03/%f0%9f%97%a3-4489/ Fri, 03 Feb 2017 18:43:08 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5765 Brought the website back online. Hello, World.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/25/%f0%9f%97%a3-4488/ Wed, 26 Oct 2016 02:48:47 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5762 We did our Halloween pumpkin carving tonight.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/23/%f0%9f%97%a3-4487/ Sun, 23 Oct 2016 22:23:01 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5759 Celebratory ribs.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/23/%f0%9f%97%a3-4486/ Sun, 23 Oct 2016 16:20:33 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5756 Naturally I’m smoking some meat in celebration.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/23/%f0%9f%97%a3-4485/ Sun, 23 Oct 2016 16:16:42 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5754 Baby and I are finally home. We survived two surgeries, a 40 day hospitalization, a bedbug infestation, a broken foot, and a hurricane.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/21/%f0%9f%97%a3-4484/ Fri, 21 Oct 2016 11:51:46 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5750 My bone is not healing. Is this what happens when you get old?

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/12/%f0%9f%97%a3-4483/ Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:29:56 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5746 I haven’t left this room in 6 days so I think a little escapism is warranted.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/12/%f0%9f%97%a3-4482/ Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:27:31 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5744 I’ve been reading The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. I’ve just now finished book 2 of 14, but it’s been very good so far.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/08/%f0%9f%97%a3-4481/ Sat, 08 Oct 2016 15:19:17 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5741 Current Status.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/08/%f0%9f%97%a3-4480/ Sat, 08 Oct 2016 14:52:35 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5738 Just heard the whole hospital is running on generators. Time to plug in the phone.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/08/%f0%9f%97%a3-4479/ Sat, 08 Oct 2016 13:49:32 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5736 The hurricane and the fire should just cancel each other out, right?

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/08/%f0%9f%97%a3-4478/ Sat, 08 Oct 2016 13:48:36 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5734 Sirens are going off. “Code red” over the PA. Our doctor says there’s a fire on the 2nd floor.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/07/%f0%9f%97%a3-4477/ Fri, 07 Oct 2016 20:36:23 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5732 I’m glad I have this room, because the rooms with an actual waterfront view have been boarded up. At least I get to see the sky.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/07/%f0%9f%97%a3-4476/ Fri, 07 Oct 2016 20:35:38 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5730 This is the view from the cot where I sleep. Only thing between me and the sky is a glass window and a glass ceiling.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/07/%f0%9f%97%a3-4475/ Fri, 07 Oct 2016 20:21:28 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5727 First story windows are being covered with heavy steel plates.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/07/%f0%9f%97%a3-4474/ Fri, 07 Oct 2016 16:02:21 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5722 There’s something therapeutic about it, much more so than my usual diet of tech, finance, and news podcasts.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/07/%f0%9f%97%a3-4473/ Fri, 07 Oct 2016 16:01:57 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5720 Something I’ve been doing this past month in the hospital that I hadn’t done for years: Eyes closed, listening to music through headphones.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/07/%f0%9f%97%a3-4472/ Fri, 07 Oct 2016 15:47:38 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5718 Glad we didn’t pay upfront for a full year of @Dropbox Business. Going to look at alternatives when we get home.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/05/%f0%9f%97%a3-4471/ Wed, 05 Oct 2016 19:18:33 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5716 Kinda glad I don’t have to mess with that.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/05/%f0%9f%97%a3-4470/ Wed, 05 Oct 2016 19:17:54 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5714 Evacuation is underway. Traffic on I-26 eastbound is in process of being reversed.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/04/%f0%9f%97%a3-4469/ Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:47:10 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5711 If there is an itemization on my hospital bill for the boards on the windows, I will post a picture online and get a million internet points.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/04/%f0%9f%97%a3-4468/ Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:45:43 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5709 Well the city is being evacuated. The baby and I, however, get to stay and get an up close look at a hurricane. πŸ™ƒ

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/04/%f0%9f%97%a3-4467/ Tue, 04 Oct 2016 16:44:10 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5707 Aaaaaaand now they’re boarding up the windows of the hospital. I should have known Hurricane Matthew would come for me.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/04/%f0%9f%97%a3-4466/ Tue, 04 Oct 2016 13:16:03 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5704 I just ate sushi from a hospital cafeteria… for breakfast. 

We all make questionable life decisions from time to time, right?

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/03/%f0%9f%97%a3-4465/ Mon, 03 Oct 2016 20:39:41 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5702 πŸ€”

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/02/%f0%9f%97%a3-4464/ Sun, 02 Oct 2016 14:33:44 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5698 TIL about debt parking. http://brontecapital.blogspot.com/2016/10/some-comments-on-new-york-times-story.html?spref=tw

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/01/%f0%9f%97%a3-4463/ Sun, 02 Oct 2016 03:13:16 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5696 I’ve made a point to not complain to anybody about my stupid broken foot even once. It’s nothing.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/01/%f0%9f%97%a3-4462/ Sun, 02 Oct 2016 03:10:53 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5694 We met a mother whose 18mo old daughter has never been outside the hospital even once.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/01/%f0%9f%97%a3-4461/ Sun, 02 Oct 2016 03:09:14 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5692 One thing I’ve learned from living in a hospital for a month, there is always someone whose situation is worse. I feel very fortunate.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/10/01/%f0%9f%97%a3-4460/ Sat, 01 Oct 2016 17:28:49 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5687 Next week, my in-laws are flying to the Philippines to retire. I hope these recent headlines are somehow inaccurate. http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/30/asia/duterte-hitler-comparison/index.html

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/09/29/%f0%9f%97%a3-4459/ Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:17:05 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5685 BRB updating ~/.plan

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/09/29/%f0%9f%97%a3-4458/ Thu, 29 Sep 2016 15:04:08 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5682 Why can’t I email a file from @Dropbox on iOS without generating a link?

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/09/27/5675/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 21:55:03 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5675 My new bionic foot. 

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/09/27/5672/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:09:24 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5672 Well the foot is broken. Good news is they’re not charging me for the ER visit since I fell down their stairs.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/09/27/5670/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:31:23 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5670 I normally wouldn’t bother but my ankle is nonfunctional and I need to be able to care for my son.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/09/27/5668/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:30:38 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5668 Well, I just fell down some stairs and am waiting waiting to be seen in the ER.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/09/27/5666/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:52:43 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5666 Echocardiogram tech selects a rainbow color map. I become visibly agitated.

Wife turns to me and whispers, β€œNot. One. Word.”

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/09/26/5660/ Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:07:03 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5660 This month has been quite a rollercoaster.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/09/26/5658/ Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:06:30 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5658 Seems the discharge was a little premature. Baby was just readmitted to the hospital.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/09/25/5653/ Sun, 25 Sep 2016 20:46:55 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5653 The doctors have put the baby on a low-fat diet until November. Sad!

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/09/25/5647/ Sun, 25 Sep 2016 17:59:44 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5647 Surprise discharge yesterday, we’re finally home! Celebrated by grilling some steaks.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/09/24/5634/ Sat, 24 Sep 2016 12:55:13 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5634 One thing I know for sure: If we ever get discharged and go home, it will be a serious blow to Charleston’s food truck economy.

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]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/09/24/%f0%9f%97%a3-4457/ Sat, 24 Sep 2016 12:50:58 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5631 Still here in the hospital room with
my son. 20 days and counting.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/09/14/%f0%9f%97%a3-4456/ Wed, 14 Sep 2016 23:07:35 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5623 The Food Network should be banned from televisions in hospital rooms. It’s just too cruel.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/09/14/%f0%9f%97%a3-4455/ Wed, 14 Sep 2016 19:31:55 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5626 Breaking radio silence to report that our Li’l Sebastian just had an echocardiogram and the tech was named Ann Perkins.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/08/24/%f0%9f%97%a3-4454/ Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:42:10 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5612 “Kingsnakes are resistant to the venom of pit-vipers and they readily eat copperheads, cottonmouths, and rattlesnakes”

Yeah I’ll let this guy stay.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/08/24/%f0%9f%97%a3-4453/ Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:32:05 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5610 Just saw my friend the king snake in the back yard. I’m thankful to know he’s not stuck in my dryer vent.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/08/22/4453/ Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:22:51 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5604 “Honey, should we invite Paul to the cookout?”
“Ugh, no. He’s such a buzzkill.”

2016-08-03 17.14.56

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/08/22/%f0%9f%97%a3-4452/ Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:24:04 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5600 The stuff of nightmares.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/08/21/5593/ Sun, 21 Aug 2016 13:45:10 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5593 We’re making good use of our state park pass.

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]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/08/19/5590/ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 12:22:14 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5590 I just got poison ivy for the first time in my life. It’s itchy, but not as bad as I’d always imagined it to be.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/08/15/5561/ Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:08:44 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5561 Self-employment and health insurance, a cautionary tale.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/08/14/5554/ Sun, 14 Aug 2016 21:10:14 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5554 Then I watched as it crawled along the side of the house and then into the dryer exhaust vent. Never trust a snake, lesson learned.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/08/14/5552/ Sun, 14 Aug 2016 21:08:53 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5552 I was lifting weights out in the garage when a 3ft king snake interrupted my workout. It agreed to catch mice for me if I spared it’s life, so I just chased it out with a broom.

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/08/13/5532/ Sat, 13 Aug 2016 18:41:10 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5532 Not my finest hour.
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]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/08/13/5530/ Sat, 13 Aug 2016 09:09:50 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5530 🚨 Stranger Things Vol 1 Soundtrack is now available. https://itun.es/us/g2Sieb

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/08/10/5526/ Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:16:01 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5526 “Google Photos: Free Up Space” https://mattmorris.org/2016/08/10/google-photos-free-up-space/

]]> πŸ—£ https://mattmorris.org/2016/08/08/5508/ Mon, 08 Aug 2016 17:52:55 +0000 https://mattmorris.org/?p=5508 I’m digitizing some old 8mm family video that has never seen the light of day. Funny how any footage from the pre-iPhone era feels like a historic artifact.

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