A hundred years ago (or 18-ish) I used to be a competitive runner. And I used to run with a good group of guys — Ryan Thorn, Jason Brunette, Jay Lillie — in the 4×400 and some other folks in the 4×800 in high school. Loved my experience at Northwestern University, but kind of wish [...]
4×400 Meter Relay (in 1992) aka “I used to be a runner…”
by Matt Ellsworth on 10 Jul 2010 in General
“Fun Day” @ Swim Class
by Matt Ellsworth on 09 Jul 2010 in General
Colin had a great time at Swim Class today at the Maplewood Community Pool. A big benefit of joining is the free swim lessons (just for Colin; Hannah can do them next year) that are building on his classes from the Summit YMCA. Anyway, check out the video of his first jump off a diving [...]
Geek Alert
by Matt Ellsworth on 07 Feb 2009 in Computers, Random
I used to be a huge font geek. I would amass great quantities of fonts only to use my favorite dozen on every project… Anyway, over the years I’ve drifted away from caring about fonts—probably because I don’t do much design/publishing work anymore—until I came across YourFonts.com. The font below? Yeah: my handwriting.
It’s funny: why [...]
Ladies & Gentlemen…
by Matt Ellsworth on 14 Dec 2008 in Colin, Family, Hannah
He really did do this spontaneously. It all started with him climbing up on the stepping stool and “giving a speech” to mommy & daddy and then we turned the lights off to oogle our newly decorated Christmas Tree when he “introduced it” to us… I’ll admit we had him do it again after we [...]
Colin’s a Rockstar
by Matt Ellsworth on 18 Nov 2008 in Colin, Family
Colin is a rockstar all because his buddy Ceci and her parents Sandra and Charles got Colin a drum (please note additional noisemakers features of the drum the cymbal and cow bell). Admittedly Colin loves the drum and has a lot of fun deafening his parents singing and drumming, but we will have to make [...]
Not Even Three Years Old
by Matt Ellsworth on 08 Nov 2008 in General
Well, it had to happen…
The scene: mom and dad sitting on the sofa tapping away on our laptops while Colin plays with his trains in the train room. Colin comes over and sits down between us.
“Mommy, can I play alphabet on your computer?”
“No, honey.”
“Daddy, can I play alphabet on your computer?”
“Sorry Colin, I’m trying to [...]
Uh oh! Off’n the Track!
by Matt Ellsworth on 09 Oct 2008 in General
Post title is a quote from my son. Remembering the quote inspired by this post on Streetsblog.org…
[Thanks, Joe, for shooting it over to me!]
Looks Like John was Right…
by Matt Ellsworth on 17 Sep 2008 in General
Eating veggies CAN be bad for your brain.
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- Sometimes you wish articles had more detail... The CW: Getting Digital Dollars, Not Digital Pennies | http://bit.ly/aJkvi1 about 3 hours ago from bitly
- NBCU Creates Its Own Ad Network: http://bit.ly/93Yisv -- very excited about the announcement of our new effort! Follow @UAPtweets. about 4 days ago from web
- Just saw #Inception with Deb. Love a good brainy flick! @prnaylor, I understand why you were stalking others who had seen it last week! about 5 days ago from HootSuite
- Been here 2.5 years, figured we should frequent the local theatre... (@ Maplewood Theater) http://4sq.com/8hQnnS about 5 days ago from foursquare
Deb's Tweets
- Major Ikea fail. Three separate trips to get Hannah a bed and we are going home empty handed. Luckily Costco came through with a mattress. about 14 hours ago from Twitter for iPhone
- Day 20: working on what I'm going to do for exercise in Michigan without an elliptical. about 1 day ago from Twitter for iPhone
- Day 19: Wow. Almost forgot to update! Did i mention I'm doing a food diary? Lose It iPhone app makes it easier. about 1 day ago from Twitter for iPhone
- Hurricane Hannah in technicolor. Instead of where's Waldo it's where's Hannah. http://yfrog.com/edsf3yj about 2 days ago from Twitter for iPhone






