Podcast: Play in new window | Download Folks, with all this good will traveling around the world about the election of Barack Obama, and everyone reaching out and shaking America’s hand, I think this is an opportunity for me to finally say: Canada, you’ve been kind of a dick. This Texas boy moved up to […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Folks, I gotta say, it hurt my heart to see all those poor folk in my home state of Texas taking such a beating from that Hurricane Ike. What was more distressing was that even after authorities told people, basically, “You will die if you do not evacuate,” […]
Folks, I was in Maine this past week doing a book tour and giving lectures, so I met up with a good writer friend of mine who lives there, who I’ll call Stedman Kling. Now, I’ve known Stephen for a long time now, and this guy has been reasonably successful in his life, writing mostly […]
Folks, let me tell you about an encounter that happened recently at a book signing for my book, “Just Stop Having Problems, Stupid!” A gentleman came up to me and said, “Dr. Matt, you’ve had all this success and greatness, and built this vast empire upon your great successes. How do I do that?” I […]
Folks, every once in a while, a well-meaning friend will send me a picture of a cat doing something strange, with a caption on the image that is phrased in poor grammar. Now, apparently, generating these photos is a popular pastime on the internet tubes, and for many, it passes as humor, but frankly, I […]
Folks, if you’re anything like me, when you set your clock on Sunday to suddenly be a different hour than it was just a minute ago, you thought to yourself, “This is stupid.” Daylight Savings Time is one of man’s stupider inventions, ranking up there with Deal or No Deal, and, more specifically, Howie Mandel. […]
Folks, a friend of mine was recently shaving his eyebrows, and normally he shaves those on a Level 3, but on that particular day, he forgot, and end up shaving those eyebrows on a Level 1. Now, this got me thinking about you and your problems. While I say in my famous book that you […]
Folks, yesterday evening, I was walking downtown to a section of Vancouver we call Gastown (which I believe was named after Simon Gas, the inventor of the circular florescent light), and I was walking from Pender St straight along Carrall St. to this part of the city. This quickly brought me to the intersection of […]
Kids, I know what you’re thinking. It’s another year, it’s another time for resolutions and whatnot. Now, I’m sure I’d have a lot to say about resolutions, and whether or not you should have them, and how they’re likely stupid. But folks, sometimes you gotta set asides what’s stupid and what’s not stupid and just […]
Folks, maybe Christmas isn’t so bad. I know what you’re saying: “Dr. Matt, why would it be bad at all?” I admit, I may have treated Christmas like my alcoholic sister that I shake my head at, and have a hard time loving her for who she is. Sure, Christmas sometimes breaks my DVD player, […]