tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899408356792879618Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:46:15 +0000The life and times of our resident moron in his new journey thru the Pacific Northwest.http://themattabides.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (TheM@)Blogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899408356792879618.post-6622359871400832509Sun, 08 Apr 2012 01:24:00 +00002012-04-07T18:24:11.013-07:00What an incredible day.  This weekend is always one of my favorites each year.  The azaleas are in bloom, the Georgia pine stand sentinel, and I become a vegetable on my couch.  Dead to the world.  Useless.  To the outside observer this might appear to be my normal status, but I assure you this weekend is special. Golf can be incredibly boring to watch for some.  http://themattabides.blogspot.com/2012/04/mans-day-afternoon-aka-masters-sun-surf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TheM@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899408356792879618.post-1687717739605984437Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:22:00 +00002012-03-26T11:22:34.577-07:00As we move into the 2nd quarter of 2012, I think I am finally able to catch up and look toward the future on this blog...  It's about time! Let's recap:   2011 was a year of visitors to Seattle including my best friend Cameron from Hawaii along with Annie from Colorado, my sister came out a couple times along with my nephew once, and there was even that fateful trip when my mom and http://themattabides.blogspot.com/2012/03/so-here-we-are-aka-are-we-up-to-speed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TheM@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899408356792879618.post-4789895428587896991Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:47:00 +00002012-03-25T22:47:57.658-07:00Hola, all.  No way am I gonna be able to catch everyone up on everything.  But this blog posting might be a bit on the long side, so settle in and enjoy or give up now.  It is really up to you. First off, I am in the process of writing a book.  If anyone knows a good literary agent or someone at a publishing company, please let me know.  For those of you who've been http://themattabides.blogspot.com/2012/03/catching-up-aka-boy-its-been-while.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TheM@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899408356792879618.post-6327132862114970760Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:31:00 +00002011-08-04T00:31:09.796-07:00I went out to Los Angeles a few times this summer.  No, not to follow my dream and finally make it in pictures.  I went out to a friend's wedding, took in a NASCAR race at Fontucky, caught an Adam Carolla show (my third or fourth one, but who's counting) and went to visit the final resting place of my hero, Ronald Wilson Reagan. The NASCAR race was a little bit of work and a lot of http://themattabides.blogspot.com/2011/08/lala-land-aka-traffic-is-disaster-boo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TheM@)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899408356792879618.post-6570278742139728449Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:36:00 +00002011-08-03T23:36:48.599-07:00Back in January, I moved into a new apartment.  My old one you might recall overlooked Puget Sound.  Now I am on the other side of Queen Anne and overlook Lake Union.  I have a full 180 degree view from the University of Washington to the north all the way through downtown.   Here are some pictures to acquaint you: It really is a gorgeous view from my little apartmenthttp://themattabides.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-new-home-aka-just-show-us-pictures.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TheM@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899408356792879618.post-993335370575223633Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:03:00 +00002011-08-03T23:03:12.044-07:00A couple years back, I was blessed to work not one but two jobs to pay the mortgage on my house in Denver and keep the cat in fresh food and pooping powder.  When I say blessed, I mean to say my company crapped on every one of its employees and I had to find extra income.  Gannett gave us all pay cuts, took away our cars, and then gave us multiple weeks off with no pay.  It was http://themattabides.blogspot.com/2011/08/north-to-alaska-aka-now-this-is-what.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TheM@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899408356792879618.post-7758355106297161816Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:45:00 +00002011-08-03T21:45:35.720-07:00This is going to be harder than I imagined.  I am trying to go back through time and remember what all has happened and what you people would care about....  Hang with me, some of it MAY be interesting. When last we left off I believe my sister and nephew had just come to town to approve of my new living arrangements. I moved to Seattle the end of July last year.  My first http://themattabides.blogspot.com/2011/08/so-where-were-we-aka-i-last-wrote-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TheM@)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899408356792879618.post-3408082904320940759Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:13:00 +00002011-08-03T20:34:55.926-07:00Welcome back, dear reader!!!! Wow.  So, I haven't written a blog in a long time.  Not sure I remember how to do it.  Let's see...  I got my haircut today.  Not real thrilled with the job she did, but its a small ma and pa barber shop in a cute neighborhood up on...  Wait, no, that's no good. I'm heading up to Alaska again.  Third time in a year.  Yep, http://themattabides.blogspot.com/2011/08/well-hello-old-friends-aka-has-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TheM@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899408356792879618.post-2183596567119541670Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:20:00 +00002010-09-07T22:20:39.822-07:00Hello everyone!  I apologize for my lack of writing the past week or so...  I just had a lovely weekend visit from my family.  My sister and nephew came to Seattle to check out the sights. I will post a nice long extendo blog with some pictures and the such, but for now, just know I am alive and all is well!http://themattabides.blogspot.com/2010/09/sorry-for-absense-aka-that-vacation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TheM@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899408356792879618.post-5211319593504748346Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:57:00 +00002010-08-22T17:57:48.293-07:00Sorry.  Watching Tombstone on the tube.  Love this movie.  Always hated Val Kilmer but for some reason he just hit this one on the head.  I doubt Doc Holliday himself was as good as ol' Val at being the said huckleberry. Weird to see Lowell Mather playing a bad guy with a gun in the old west tho.  This is the guy who got beaten up by a small asian chick in Sideways but Ihttp://themattabides.blogspot.com/2010/08/you-tell-em-im-comin-and-im-bringing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TheM@)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899408356792879618.post-1162107910109151353Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:20:00 +00002010-08-22T17:48:25.131-07:00It's been a very long week or two since last we chatted.   There were times where I truly believe I have gone back in time to the early 1980's.  But that is for another post. Today's blog is coming to you from the middle of the Puget Sound.  I am crossing the gap between Bremerton and Seattle via the lovely Washington State Ferry System. What brings a land locked man like myself http://themattabides.blogspot.com/2010/08/save-oysters-aka-im-gonna-have-to-buy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TheM@)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899408356792879618.post-851766927471893972Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:39:00 +00002010-08-09T23:02:37.512-07:00So my work situation is no more clear these days than ever before. That will be its own blog someday soon, but until it all works its way out, lets just gloss over the basics. I was telling Cam and Kaleo and Kalewa in Hawaii that I had a ton of options if I moved to Seattle.  I told Ken and Jimene and the Walter clan that every day I seemed to get a new offer of something bigger and betterhttp://themattabides.blogspot.com/2010/08/look-into-my-days-aka-why-did-you-say-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TheM@)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899408356792879618.post-1536766682164772364Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:18:00 +00002010-08-02T23:25:11.809-07:00Hello, dear reader... or readers, but its probably reader. I apologize for my lack of updates.  I want to keep this thing going, so I am gonna make this new installment a simple pictorial (no Kilzer, not THAT kind of pictorial) look at my new life in this beautiful city. So, here goes: This is my apartment building. The bottom level is market area.  The first floor is actually threehttp://themattabides.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-belated-welcome-to-seattle-aka-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TheM@)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899408356792879618.post-4559386657309680552Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:12:00 +00002010-07-25T13:26:01.673-07:00 (Ominous 1930's radio announcer) When last we left our dynamic duo, they were battling the savage beast that is sleeping in a hotel in Idaho.  Can they best their valiant foe?  Will they complete their journey?  And who is Sheldon Devane? OK, so since I'm writing this recap, clearly we survived.  We did complete our journey.  And, if you've ever enjoyed a delicious http://themattabides.blogspot.com/2010/07/journey-concludes-aka-ok-this-has-gone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TheM@)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899408356792879618.post-8680443274577987772Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:45:00 +00002010-07-24T23:45:33.244-07:00 For this blog, please become acquainted with this little man... Hairy Konowalchuk Jr. From here on known as Kono In all great adventures, certain decisions have to be made.  Do you spend the travel allowance on big trucks and professional movers or do you save the dough and do it yourself.  As you all know, I am nothing if not cheap.  I like to call it penny-wise.  I am the http://themattabides.blogspot.com/2010/07/journey-begins-aka-if-i-had-bumper.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TheM@)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4899408356792879618.post-952887639396322924Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:17:00 +00002010-07-24T22:25:55.577-07:00It had been coming for a very long time, really.  As anyone who knows me can attest, I don't like to settle down. After 9 years at KUSA it was beyond time to start a new adventure. After looking all over the country and even wondering about a life of pineapple farming in the middle of the Pacific Ocean...  I decided to try something slightly closer to home. My final day at http://themattabides.blogspot.com/2010/07/before-journey-begins-aka-i-think-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TheM@)1