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Matt – One Year Ago

December 7, 2011
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Every year on my birthday, I receive an email from myself, written the year before, via the FutureMe.org service (hattip to my friend Trapper for giving me the idea several year ago). I just received the letter from 2010. It’s interesting to review it, and see how things have changed in a year: Dear FutureMe, [...]

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Welcome to the world, Sophia Margaret

September 17, 2011

Sophia Margaret Stratton was born at 8:15 PM on September 16, 2011. We might be biased, but we think she’s pretty cute. She also made her YouTube debut:

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Babywatch 2011

September 16, 2011

We are at the hospital waiting for the arrival of Baby Girl Stratton! Follow me on Twitter (@mattstratton) for updates!

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Skinny Legs And All

September 13, 2011

Today, for , the topic is “a fictional book.” One of my favorite books is Skinny Legs And All by Tom Robbins. I find myself re-reading this book at least once a year. Besides being absurd and witty, as most Robbins books are, the insights into the very nature of “art” have been incredibly influential [...]

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A letter to my unborn daughter

September 8, 2011
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Tomorrow (September 9th) is the due date of my unborn baby girl (who is currently nameless). Today my wife sent me a link to a list of 50 Rules for Dads of Daughters. Besides make me almost tear up at work, it got me to thinking. So here is a letter to my little baby [...]

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That’s my philosophy, Marti

September 5, 2011
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The BEDS prompt for today is to share a “favorite quote”. Now, given that it is Labor Day, it seems only appropriate to share a quotation (quote is a verb, quotation is a noun) that is inspirational. I am not going to do that. I am totally rebellous* like that. My quotation comes from the [...]

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Suburban Annoyance

September 4, 2011

One of the biggest differences between the suburbs and the city….in the burbs, organizations (such as churches or neighborhood associations) assume all members have been there for 20+ years and “know how things are done”. In the city, details are spelled out. For example: suburban church says “nursery will be open in September”, meaning “after [...]

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