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Matthew McGarity
Photography
Make a Wish #2
There are two novels that can transform a bookish ...
There are two novels that can transform a bookish 14-year-kld’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish daydream that can lead to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood in which large chunks of the day are spent inventing ways to make real life
Turning Our Old Power Mac Into a Server
Jenn and I have an old Power Mac G5, which has fallen into disuse since Jenn acquired her newest MacBook Pro. We had the thought of turning it into a server for both our freelance businesses and our home media (music, movies, photos, etc.). I wanted to see if anyone
The Terrorists Have Won
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Make a Wish
Whenever I notice it’s 11:11, I take a screenshot of my iPhone then change the wallpaper to something new. Here’s what I saw earlier today.
It's really fucking ironic...
It’s really fucking ironic for us that this week is National Infertility Awareness Week.
More scenes from a McKinney storm
Let's just say in some alternate universe, there's...
Let’s just say in some alternate universe, there’s a couple just like us, okay? Only she’s healthy and he’s perfect. And their world is about how much they’re going to spend on vacation or who’s in a bad mood that day, or whether they
Little Man at the Ranch
Zachary roaming the range at my parents’ ranch. He looks like such a big man here!
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Storm a'brewin' on the McKinney horizon
Christianity
Social Media Lent 2011
So…what did I miss? Forty days ago, just one minute into Ash Wednesday, I sent my last Tweet and visited my Facebook Wall for the final time. My blog, already idle up to then, became further caked in dust thanks to my neglect. Lenten season was upon us, and
Running
2010 Tour des Fleurs 10K
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control how you respond. A wise man once told me that. Several times, in fact. And although I was listening, I didn’t comprehend them until just now. Several nights ago, I had drinks with my head coach Patton, who
Are There Dead Bodies on Mt. Everest?
According to my niece Rhyan, yes there are. As evidenced by her grade-school drawing of the mountain’s foreboding edifice, I could at least four corpses, easily identified by their sad faces and/or hollowed-out eye sockets. At least those poor chaps did not end up like poor C.W.
General Zachary
General Z, reporting for duty in his new BOB Revolution stroller. These things seem to happen all of the time in our household.
Rodin's "The Thinker", Updated for 2010
Never a dull moment with Zachary these days. Especially when everything makes appropriate headwear — especially Ikea bins. Jenn said he looks like a Cheesehead. In case you’re wondering, he’s squatting because he’s trying to look under the water closet door.