But so do “cool” and “dude”, so back off. I thought that the first post of 2010 should at least fall in January. So Happy New Year, Happy Epiphany. (Both belated, of course.) Coming soon; my tale of the telemarketer.
I never really went away. I’ve just not posted in some time. Sorry if you have tried to subscribe to my RSS feed. It has man-made issues. I might work it out. I might not. Maybe I’ll just start from scratch.
Thanks to my big brother looking through old photos, the much anticipated visual proof of Matt in a mullet can be shared. This picture only hints that it would eventually hit way below my collar. It was the 80’s and I was a fan of U2.
One of the best parts about having four young boys is I get to see first-hand Christmas excitement that is enthusiastic and sincere. iTunes & Pandora on the computer and the Music Choice channels on our cable keep the boys well supplied in the holiday tunes.Of course, we also have several CDs, albums, tapes, DVDs and even one very memorable 8-track to keep the sing-along going.
Nothing beats being in the Dodge Caravan with a CD of familiar tunes cranking and having the boys belting it out in varying degrees of intelligible English from the back. It reminds me of sitting in the back of my dad’s Plymouth Fury as we drove around looking for Christmas lights and the radio fading in and out.We still listened to AM for music back then.
Maybe this year I’ll introduce the boys to the MP3 of “Santa Drives a Truck“; it could be the start of a new tradition.
This poem was originally posted at Stop Me When I Am Lying. I’m cross-posting here on the slight chance that anybody knows about this blog and not the other. I don’t know how you could make it through another Thanksgiving Day without this. By the way, I really do think that we need to remember who we are thanking on the fourth Thursday every November.
Don’t go huntin’ turducken
you won’t find such a bird.
There are no wild turducken,
the thought is just absurd.There is no call to make,
no cluck, no gobble nor quack.
You can’t drop one from your blind
and put him in your sack.But if you find turducken
on your festive plate.
Give thanks to God almighty,
your hunger He will sate.
© 2006 Matthew Keough
I’ve had a career related epiphany lately. I was in the midst of whining about having too many different responsibilities and wondering how I was ever going to balance competing interests and needs. Then it hit me. When I fret about wearing too many hats, it means I have gainful employment and I have many interesting things on my task list. There have been times - and not too far in the past - where I did not have either.
The path to contentment is gratititude for what is good in any situation. Will that sense of gratitiude slip from the top of my mind from time-to-time? Of course. But my October resolution is to try and keep my mind focused on what is good and joyful in life. (Like the little guy in the hats!)
I am raising money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as a participant in their Light The Night Walk September 27 at Progressive Field.
Donation helps accelerate cures for leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma and brings hope to the patients and families who are on the front lines of the battle against these diseases.
If you feel inclined to help, please use the link below to donate online.
http://www.active.com/donate/ltnClevel/2486_MattKeough
If you’d like to learn more about the Light The Night Walk, please visit http://www.lightthenight.org
A new addition the Matthew Musing blogroll - What Was I Thinking? It is not by Dirks Bentley. It is my wife, the Lovely Joyce. Snapshots of what her life is like as a stay at home mom of four boys. A fifth boy usually is home late for dinner. But to be fair, dinner is served early in the Keough house
I’m out of my Diet Dr. Pepper phase. I now must decide between Coke Zero and diet Pepsi MAX. You may think my capitalization is out-of-whack. It is, but that is how it looks on the can. Who am I to contradict focus groups?
So far the nod has to go to Zero. DPM has so much caffeine, I act loopy. Reminds me of Jolt. Remember Jolt? It used to advertise “all the sugar and twice the caffeine”. The same slogan could have applied to the Matt & Rob Morning Show on WBGU-FM, also a product of the later half of the 1980’s.
A recent pose from the deck of a ship that does not sail. I’m wearing Buffalo Bisons hat. Should have been a Lake County Captains hat. Do you know that I named the Captains? I got the certificate and everything. I think seven others share credit.