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The landscape in Palm Springs has changed dramatically in the last couple of weeks. All of the snow birds are finally gone (including my parents) and it's been fun adjusting. The town is nearly deserted and after the initial 'missing everyone', I came to enjoy this a lot. The weather is unbelievably wonderful and now I'm getting to know the locals. No more do I get asked 'where you from?' as now most people assume you're from here.

Things on the work front are a bit slow but I expected that. During the good times, I socked as much away as I could so now it's time to live off the reserves. With more free time, I'm working harder on my websites. Affiliate income still continues to climb which I'm mighty grateful for.

I've come to a decision on the blog here as well. I'm so far behind that I am not going into such lengthy detail with each entry. Instead, I'm going to do brief posts - beginning with February. The posts will be similar to my tweets on Twitter. I like that micro blogging much better and it's a quicker read as well. Mind you, I may elaborate if I feel up to it.

Finished February posts to blog
January blog entries done, updated calendar events & 'Current Projects' panel
Still no updates to the blog, but I did install a DailyMugShot Widget
Follow me on Twitter for daily bits and pieces of my life
Almost two months behind in the blog - the gap widens
Split the Blog page into two sections
Updated the Current Projects panel
Swapped out a new guy into my Top Fives man entry.
Began adding code and text for a new Directory page - lots to do.
Testing out new ideas for a Calendar page.


Enjoy the site and thanks for stopping by,
_Matt

About Me

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My name is Matt and I now live in Palm Springs - a far cry from the small farming community in southern Wisconsin where I lived for the last 8 years or so. I've had a bunch of different occupations in my life cause there is always something that seems to catch my interest and I go and do it.

I've worked as a cook, punch press and fineblanking setup/operator, an OTR truck driver, a quality technician, a tutor, chimney sweep, an IT systems engineer, a graphics manager, bartender. Before moving here, i owned and operated a coffee shop and bakery. I still own both the building and the business, but it's closed and the building is in moth balls as I moved my life to California. The shop and business are for sale so if you know of anyone wanting to own a venture like this, let me know and we'll make a deal.

I'm currently single and hating it very much. I tend to be down to earth and dislike drama but somehow it does seem to find me from time to time.

I'm forever poor but usually, just in the nick of time, something comes along and pulls my ass out of a jam.

I've never won a contest or lottery, etc, but I do consider myself lucky. I fart a lot and have a diverse sense of humor. I enjoy working with my hands and my head and don't mind getting dirty. I love to plan stuff and get the ball rolling but have difficulty finishing tasks. I'm very handy and want a man to settle down with. Know anyone that can tolerate this sort of behavior? Send him my way.

Current Projects

My latest site: TOOLS-FOR-WOMEN is doing ok, but not as well as I had hoped. My keywords are right on target and I'm getting very good rank in search engine requests. However, my bounce rate is terrible and I need to work on getting the right words in place. Oddly, most of my sites I feel like I'm struggling to get the right words and this one I feel like they flow naturally. And yet they aren't performing well at all. Funny how that works, eh?

Been working a lot on Wood Carving Machine Tips. I'm taking it to a different level and trying to bring in a larger more diverse audiance. The site has lagged in the SERPs and so there's a ton of work that needs to be done to get it back on top. Part of the problem there is that there's been a industry wide slump due to the economy. My hope is that by expanding the niche, I hope to improve my conversion.

Also register two more websites with a couple more in the making. I'm long on ideas but short on energy to make them happen. I had tried to convince my mentor that we should work together on a project or two but he declined.

As always, if you think of anything I might be interested in, please let me know. Same for ideas to improve my existing properties.

Favorite Links

Lost & Not Found

There are a number of people i lost contact with and would like to see and/or talk to again. if you know the where-a-bouts of any of the following, contact them and let them know i'm looking for them and have them visit this site and give me a shout.
  1. John Clark - I went to manchester grade school and north boone high school with John. he was a year ahead of me. we were also in boy scouts together.
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    last time i saw John was when he and my boss at the time came to one of my after hours parties. I was working at the stage door lounge and John hung out with my boss Jim Hatch. John was big into muscle cars and drove a souped up orange camaro. this is a picture of him from that party. this was taken in the late 1970's. John also went by the nick name of "Mo"
  2. Ray Yedinak - I attended college (Southern Illinois University) with Ray. he and his wife Colleen were lots of fun to be around. Ray has a wicked sense of humor and he put it to good use when we were so poor during college, all we could afford was our own entertainment. Ray and I used to laugh about how our dads would make up these weird sandwiches. Ray nicknamed his dad Jack Snack and i think he got the prize for concocting a potato chip sandwich. would like to see Ray again and reminisce. Ray is orginally from Streater Ill and lived for a while in California. when i find a picture i will post it.
  3. Dan Starnes - worked with Dan at Amerock Corp in Rockford. Dan drove fork lift and was a lot of fun to talk with. he quit Amerock and i lost contact with him till one night at a bar, he came up and put the moves on me. we hung out for a while together but i took a job down in Bloomington/Normal and we lost contact again. then one night i was cruising the circuit and ran into him again. i was living in madison but still had rental property in rockford. we just talked that night but i told him where i was living. about four years later he called the house one night. it was real late and he woke my roommate up. he needed a place to spend the night so i went and picked him up. i took the next day off work and we goofed off till he had to leave. seems he was fleeing his ex wife, the law, or both and was on his way to minnesota. this was around 1996 and i haven't heard from him since, but i've moved about 200 times since then as well. i'm gonna look, but i don't think i have any pics of him. he has one distinguishing birthmark though. his right hand has a couple of webbed fingers and we used to call him "The Claw". I would like to see Dan again - I enjoyed his company very much!

Shot Code

Something new on the horizon - SHOT CODE...

A cool way to encode your cell phone to pull up a website without having to type in the url address.



The above code is the link to my site. Visit ShotCode for more information.

Top Fives

My top fives of everything...


FOODS 1. Ice Cream
2. Beef Barley Soup
3. NY Strip w/Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
4. Pasta, Pasta, Pasta
5. Cheesecake
LOVES 1. Kissing
2. Masturbation
3. Laughing w/Friends & Family
4. Learning New Things
5. Solitude
HATES 1. Liars
2. Being Scared
3. Bugs
4. Injustice
5. Days When I Can't Get Motivated
MUSIC 1. Collective Soul
2. Assemblage 23
3. Peter Gabriel
4. Supertramp
5. Pink Floyd
MOVIES 1. Moulin Rouge
2. Brokeback Mountain
3. Lord of the Rings
4. Ghost and Mrs Muir
5. King Pin
CONCERTS 1. Hawkwind (in Chicago)
2. SuperTramp (Theater Seating)
3. Emerson Lake & Palmer (w/full orchestra)
4. Jethro Tull (Lots of Bald Heads)
5. Black Sabbath (my 1st concert)
MEN 1.Bill Goldberg...BG
2. Toby Keith...TK
3. Matt Bown...image of matt bown
4. Tom Shear...Tom Shear
5. Clint Taylor...CT

Garage Sale

Here's a place to put all the crap I want to get rid of...

I finally put together a webpage that is for all the sale stuff I have on the market. I use that page to link to from CraigsList and eBay. Instead of listing all that stuff here are well, I will give you the link so you can scoot over to that page and view to your hearts content.

Please be aware that the page is under constant revision so be sure to visit it often.

Find all those deals at Matts.Bargains-Up-The-Wazoo. Pretty catchy name, eh?

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