tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39285292024-02-28T11:04:19.898-06:00Blue GargoyleFrom way high up, you can see a bit further than those on the ground.Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.comBlogger379125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-24013180587426320662009-05-03T11:29:00.007-05:002009-05-03T23:17:38.236-05:00Junior Brown at Willie's PlaceJunior Brown played the Willie's Place theater Friday, April 17, 2009 at Willie Nelson's truck stop/restaurant/biofuel-station/theater along I-35 in Carl's Corners, TX. I have wanted to see Junior Brown play a live show ever since Curt introduced me to his music way back on Jane Street. He played his "steel-guit", and had two backing musicians, a drummer and a upright-bassist. This was my first Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-52504813335841002522008-11-15T23:03:00.004-06:002008-11-15T23:20:47.557-06:00 Friday, December 05, 2008 marks 75 Years . . . of American Libation!!! .You do the math, gentle reader over the age of 21, and then reward yourself with a cold one or a hot one, a short one or a tall one. A single? A double? A domestic or an import? A red or a white? Dry or up on the rocks? Mix it up or take it straight? Whatever you want!You owe it to yourself and your-great grandpa to knock Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-22305868022365462142008-09-21T12:00:00.000-05:002008-09-21T12:35:20.102-05:00As with any long, multi-state roadtrip, you encounter unusual sights. On the trip from Boston to Texas, we had just crossed into Tennesee when we saw a vehicle:Click on these photos so you can make out the details of what this fellow has engineered on his vehicle. I have never built a car from a kit, or from scratch, so I can't criticize him in any way. Clearly this Summer-Sunday-Touring ... Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-79466928310635496482008-09-07T22:07:00.000-05:002008-09-07T23:20:38.802-05:00Take a look at this lazy lot of loafers. What a way to spend a Saturday afternoon, right? They need to rest though, because in a few hours, like it or not ... ... they will be in the spotlight! This is outside of the Bell County Expo Center in Belton, TX from last weekend (Saturday evening) where the Central Texas State Fair took place. Like most state fairs, there are games and rides and Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-33124282640275751062008-08-11T22:06:00.000-05:002008-08-11T22:57:05.499-05:00We have moved from the Boston area to the Great Nation of Texas. We have found a home, some work (some), and the cat is becoming acclimated to being an indoor/outdoor cat. This is a work in progress, as he hasn't QUITE figured out the "Medium"-sized pet-door that the house came with. We did have to use plums, pieces of cat-bite-sized plums to lure him out with, so as to learn the tricks of theMatt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-40072815406618987642008-04-13T16:23:00.000-05:002008-04-13T16:49:04.196-05:00News for the ADD set. Posted by ...Found myself with friends snowboarding and skiing at Pat's Peak in NH. It looks like this at night in the winter. Saw some flamenco dancers at the Spanish restaurant Tasca. They looked like this.Cut a friend's hair for free. It came out alright, and looks like this.Saw a swampy fen in the winter. It looks like this. Took a dog to Jamaica Pond for a walk. When Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-9990676188967795682008-02-05T10:35:00.000-06:002008-02-05T12:17:48.468-06:00A Word About Deposits on Bottles and Cans: Print your Slip Before You Walk Away !- or -How Two Dollars Didn't Change My Life for the Worse.Some states have deposits on bottles and cans. You can take your recyclable bottles and cans to a store and get your deposit returned. At some participating stores, you simply hand the bottles and cans over to a person, and they give you money. Other placesMatt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-19807931419398310812008-01-06T12:09:00.000-06:002008-01-06T16:59:28.373-06:00I have moved to Jamaica Plain, MA, reportedly the most culturally diverse neighborhood in the greater Boston area. A casual look at my block shows this to be true. Asian folk, Mid-East folk, Af-Am folk, Eastern European folk, Suburban-white folk, and dogs, they're all here. There are not many radical departures from what I have known before, but I do want to share some things that I have Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-15829534516642756652007-11-11T10:22:00.000-06:002007-11-11T10:58:49.534-06:00Long time no post! And now the proverbial returning-to-blog phrase: I hope to keep the posts coming and frequently! How've you been? In short, things have sucked, but may have been much worse, and are improving here...The past few months have been ... well, they have been. Work problems, housing problems, health problems, car problems, all circling and swirling, slooping and slopping Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-1175122147056575512007-03-28T18:25:00.000-05:002007-03-28T18:58:47.500-05:00This is how the ocean looks must days on the Massachusetts South Shore. Sometimes, we get some winds and there is a swell, with rideable waves. Mostly, it's pretty calm. Lake-like. Two weeks ago on St. Patrick's Day, we had a pretty big snow storm, and the Atlantic Ocean was pretty busy in these parts. These pics were taken around 11:30 AM, about an hour after high tide.The black spots on Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-1175120581888671372007-03-28T18:17:00.000-05:002007-03-28T18:23:01.906-05:00This is a series of pictures from Scituate Harbor in February. My favorite is the boat, frozen at the dock. Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-1172159722376623202007-02-22T09:39:00.000-06:002007-02-22T09:59:58.110-06:00Twenty years ago today, Mr. Andy Warhol passed away. Shortly before leaving town, I took my girl there to see the headstone. This is from the Post-Gazette:In other news, last week I went out skating in my neighborhood... by myself. It was not the wisest thing to do, perhaps, but it was exhilirating, and the sub-freezing weather last week did not let up. Now, there are myriad factors that Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-1167972431810145642007-01-04T22:06:00.000-06:002007-01-04T22:52:19.366-06:00I Open My Fertile Fields for You to Cultivate. - or -Irony, Inwardness and Other Self-Centered Thoughts.All of this stems from a dictionary definition of the word "irony." You know what it means, don't you? Some, like our friend Alanis Morissette, may say that they do, but this is arguable. You can guess that the reason why a 7th grade English teacher might look up the word IRONIC is probably Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-1163558820079167932006-11-14T19:56:00.000-06:002006-11-14T21:28:06.606-06:00Voting, Winter, Curry and SaltwaterMad props to the state of Massachusetts! Yes, there's a lot of cool, ground breaking stuff that you politicos are aware of, like Deval Patrick winning the gubernatorail race, and becoming Mass' first black gubernor, and I believe only the second Af Am gubernor ever, but what you may NOT know, is that MA informs the voters. YES! The candidates will make Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-1160878445734374442006-10-14T19:10:00.000-05:002006-10-14T21:49:41.456-05:00Scituated: Wild Life and the OceanI am now in my second month of teaching 7th graders and living in Scituate, MA. Scituate is considered "the Irish Riviera," where a fella like me fits in pretty well around here. I'm the sole winter rental tenant in a beach house, and I'll only be there until June. After that who knows??? So I'm enjoying my time here as best I can. It'd be nice to stay in Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-1158028711606595722006-09-11T21:28:00.000-05:002006-09-11T21:38:31.616-05:00Ahhh... the sweet smell of "I don't have to live in limbo anymore!" You can expect an update about that. Soon. It involves teaching 7th graders in Massa-chewbacca. Until then, I must return to reading more student "I Am" poems. Some memorable lines so far:"I am the girl who lives at the barn.""I am a gleaming microwave who is kind to others.""I am a wonderful sailboat.""I am a tree hugger whoMatt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-1153722966232025662006-07-24T01:18:00.000-05:002006-07-24T01:57:49.036-05:00A Poetry that has nothing at all to do with...... will*I*am eS*P*y"Prometheus in Wonderland"Father showed, in front of me, While mother's stove and frontispiece Gently spoke so she'd believe That this advice that I do speak Is truly liveTV: "I come in peace.""I did invent the morning star!", claims he, Whose name's known near and far. As flames did lick the kitchen wall, mother heeded Helping Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-1152630628034529452006-07-11T09:52:00.000-05:002006-07-11T10:20:57.583-05:00Shine On You Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett, Founder of Pink Floyd Dies at 60The article is brief, well written but has a significant error, much to the chagrin of Roger Waters: he's not mentioned as a founding member, or as being a member of Pink FLoyd at all. ERROR: Paragraph 3, Sentence 1 - "Barrett co-founded Pink Floyd in 1965 with David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright, and wrote many of Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-1152082625172081092006-07-05T01:48:00.000-05:002006-07-05T01:57:05.186-05:00Compulsory Letter Home and Email Home and Stuff: From CampCome on man, give me my stuff. I mean come on, man... give me my stuff. OK, so this is the part where some of us remember Summer Camp, or some likeness there of, be it a fat lip or a dumpster full of sweet stuff that... stunk. We like it an' love it but summer camp, was ...Regardless of the above opinion, I gotta let folks know that Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-1151383984473036352006-06-26T23:26:00.000-05:002006-06-27T00:07:22.123-05:00Just a brief note to say hey and stuff. Still on the campaign against the Japanese Knotweed, still on the prowl for Boston English Teacher jobs. Been over a month since a Homestar Runner update, and I'm a bit worried that there is trouble in Strongbadia... Recent goings on of note: Mad props to Joe DJH Lights for scoring me a ticket to see August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean at the Public. I Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-1150497379782599032006-06-16T15:55:00.000-05:002006-06-17T12:20:02.266-05:00Father's Day is this Sunday, June 18. Perhaps that's part of what has me thinking about my Dad a good bit now, perhaps it was shaving, the new soap I showered with or the smells that are the medicine cabinet. But who knows? Who knows? There's a long list of things I'd like to talk about with my Dad. Given that it's June, we may have met for brunch at Skidgy's or Tom's Diner. We may have satMatt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-1149869450242702442006-06-09T11:03:00.000-05:002006-06-09T11:10:50.256-05:00School is out for Summer! Which is awesome, because that means no 5:30 AM phone calls "to come in for work today." It wasn't really as big of a deal as you might think, but I do prefer knowing when I am working, so that I can plan accordingly. The person who did the calling for KO was always always always super cool. And so was the person from WT. Now... the trick is finding work for the Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-1149485270866018792006-06-04T23:55:00.000-05:002006-06-05T00:27:50.900-05:00I want this post to go the way of the dodo bird, with all of the accompanying fanfare of birthday whistles and party favors. Ya know when you party on those days when you don't care what people are doing, as long as they have fun. So... I've heard from a few troubled birds that they need to see an update. No, I won't promise that I'll write more often. I've trashed the Canadians, and Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-1146341290506503222006-04-29T14:46:00.000-05:002006-04-29T15:19:18.710-05:00This past week has been a week of significant change for me and many significant people in my life. My Mom has sold her home and is moving to Texas. It's kind of odd to think that folks I don't know are now living in the house I grew up in. I am taking care of Bailey (the family cat) while she's away shopping for a new domicile, i.e. house, so that's pretty cool. I started rehearsals for 'Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3928529.post-1143692156794901092006-03-29T21:03:00.000-06:002006-03-29T22:15:56.846-06:00Beautiful accidents lay all around us, waiting to be discovered. It was not by design that my last post was about Josh Seybert, and this one leads with my catching up with him and Jessie. In response to my most recent post, I finally got to catch up with Josh and Jessie this past weekend, and much merriment was to be had. Josh, the lizard I mentioned sits atop my monitor awaiting the day it Matt Duneganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12342339516284444833noreply@blogger.com0