Matt Austin
@mattaust.in
Husband, Father, Christian, Nerd, Nationals Fan, Programmer, Amateur Photographer
https://mattaust.in
https://mattaust.in
Happy New Year from the coziest pup in all the land.
December 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Happy New Year from the coziest pup in all the land.
The setting of Thomas Hardy’s “The Darkling Thrush” for King’s College’s Festival of Lessons & Carols tonight was really lovely.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44325/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44325/...
December 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The setting of Thomas Hardy’s “The Darkling Thrush” for King’s College’s Festival of Lessons & Carols tonight was really lovely.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44325/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44325/...
After all there’s only one more sleep till Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
After all there’s only one more sleep till Christmas
So many questions for Duck Duck Go, but mostly they start with "why do I still use this as a search engine?"
December 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
So many questions for Duck Duck Go, but mostly they start with "why do I still use this as a search engine?"
Update: Trapped in a losing tic-tac-toe position, our daughter has brought forth the surveillance state to keep the elves from winning.
December 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Update: Trapped in a losing tic-tac-toe position, our daughter has brought forth the surveillance state to keep the elves from winning.
The elves have decided upon global thermonuclear war, it seems.
December 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The elves have decided upon global thermonuclear war, it seems.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
I pretty much only like whole albums not individual songs on Spotify, and this is the only album I have listed from that year.
Even googling lists of best albums from 2002…there’s not much. Maybe that’s why I listened a lot to the 80’s station.
I pretty much only like whole albums not individual songs on Spotify, and this is the only album I have listed from that year.
Even googling lists of best albums from 2002…there’s not much. Maybe that’s why I listened a lot to the 80’s station.
November 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
I pretty much only like whole albums not individual songs on Spotify, and this is the only album I have listed from that year.
Even googling lists of best albums from 2002…there’s not much. Maybe that’s why I listened a lot to the 80’s station.
I pretty much only like whole albums not individual songs on Spotify, and this is the only album I have listed from that year.
Even googling lists of best albums from 2002…there’s not much. Maybe that’s why I listened a lot to the 80’s station.
Some are clearly not a fan of Kuang. 🤣
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Some are clearly not a fan of Kuang. 🤣
One other thought, on this in particular:
I have terrible news for the author.
I have terrible news for the author.
May 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
One other thought, on this in particular:
I have terrible news for the author.
I have terrible news for the author.
I’d be stuck halfway through this mushroom trip of a story, wondering like our protagonist if there was any point to this book. (It’s got a book club at work or else I’d have given up on it.)
May 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I’d be stuck halfway through this mushroom trip of a story, wondering like our protagonist if there was any point to this book. (It’s got a book club at work or else I’d have given up on it.)
Jamie got me this for Christmas a couple years back - it’s photographs Wenders made while scouting for PARIS, TEXAS. It has some interviews too, but those are in German.
March 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Jamie got me this for Christmas a couple years back - it’s photographs Wenders made while scouting for PARIS, TEXAS. It has some interviews too, but those are in German.
Question: which word did he emphasize?
Putin?
Not?
Planning?
Invade?
All?
or
Europe?
Options abound.
Putin?
Not?
Planning?
Invade?
All?
or
Europe?
Options abound.
March 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Question: which word did he emphasize?
Putin?
Not?
Planning?
Invade?
All?
or
Europe?
Options abound.
Putin?
Not?
Planning?
Invade?
All?
or
Europe?
Options abound.
Cashed in my reward points at Barnes & Noble. $1.79 later I picked up these:
January 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Cashed in my reward points at Barnes & Noble. $1.79 later I picked up these:
Been thinking a lot about the closing sections of Auden’s “For The Time Being” since Christmas.
January 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Been thinking a lot about the closing sections of Auden’s “For The Time Being” since Christmas.
Most of that batch will be going to the church’s missions bake sale tomorrow. But don’t worry, there’s another in the stove in the making.
December 15, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Most of that batch will be going to the church’s missions bake sale tomorrow. But don’t worry, there’s another in the stove in the making.
Whisky fudge day! (This year: Bowmore 12. Getting back to my roots)
December 15, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Whisky fudge day! (This year: Bowmore 12. Getting back to my roots)
On our way back from our Christmas adventure weekend. Headed up to Bethlehem PA for ice skating, Christmas market, horse-drawn wagon ride with Santa and the Christmas lights display at CocaCola Stadium of the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs.
December 9, 2024 at 4:03 PM
On our way back from our Christmas adventure weekend. Headed up to Bethlehem PA for ice skating, Christmas market, horse-drawn wagon ride with Santa and the Christmas lights display at CocaCola Stadium of the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs.
I’m not going to say that Instagram is spying on us all, but sometimes the algorithm just works.
December 8, 2024 at 3:13 AM
I’m not going to say that Instagram is spying on us all, but sometimes the algorithm just works.
Using only a restaurant, tell us where you want to college.
I still remember the local commercial jingle.
🎶El Maguey, El Maguey
Mexican restaurant and cantina
Serving you the very best
From old Mexicooooo🎶
I still remember the local commercial jingle.
🎶El Maguey, El Maguey
Mexican restaurant and cantina
Serving you the very best
From old Mexicooooo🎶
December 5, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Using only a restaurant, tell us where you want to college.
I still remember the local commercial jingle.
🎶El Maguey, El Maguey
Mexican restaurant and cantina
Serving you the very best
From old Mexicooooo🎶
I still remember the local commercial jingle.
🎶El Maguey, El Maguey
Mexican restaurant and cantina
Serving you the very best
From old Mexicooooo🎶
