A peculiar situation

Let me start this off by saying that I consider myself fairly accepting of those with alternative lifestyles.

It's the least that you could not do

We are less than a week away from John Mayer Day here in Alabama...otherwise known as my birthday/cookout/John Mayer-Ben Folds-James Morrison concert...

And in honor of that...one of my favorite John Mayer tunes...

City Love

I never liked this apple much

It always …

Bow wow wow

I've really yet to come down on the fence either way with the Michael Vick/dog-fighting mess that's plagued the Falcons this summer.

Moral Victories

I've never been a big believer in moral victories. In fact, I just had a quick conversation with a co-worker where he talked about the fact that moral and morale are the same. They aren't, by the way.

Last night, the VCO Dominators (our co-ed company softball team) …

Let the schwag cometh...again...

Many of you probably remember the phenomenon that was Valleyschwag. VS was an idea brought about by the company RubyRed Labs in which they would gather a nice package of swag from various tech companies and send it out as a care package to it's subscribers. They sent …

A little place called icon

Christy and I had our 7th anniversary this past Sunday, and to celebrate, we decided to have dinner at one of the only fine dining establishments in Birmingham open on Sunday, and that is the newly opened icon restaurant and bar at the newly renovated Tutwiler Hotel. …

6 weeks

Where's my countdown clock?

In exactly 6 weeks and a handful of hours, I will be on a plane with my wife traveling to Istanbul to begin our 15 day journey to the Mediterranean.

From one knucklehead to another

Well, I guess it was only a matter of time before the pundits and idiots alike had their say with regards to the Michael Vick/dog-fighting case. In case you all have been living under a rock for the past 3 months, Vick has agreed to plead guilty to all the charges in …

Walk on the Ocean - Prologue

Many people don't know this, but a few years ago I came up with an idea for a novel/biography of the first two years of my college life at Mobile College.

200 days

..between me, the wife, and 14 days in the Mediterranean...

Both sad and happy...all at the same time. :)

so here is where we are...ain't we cool?

Here I am...it's Mattie. Those who might not know, I am just a 30-something cubicle warrior from Birmingham, AL, who currently runs a little blog called onematt.com. It ain't much, but it's all I got.

Right now however, I'm fighting a flying bug that won't leave me …