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Matt Van Horn
@mattvanhorn.com
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Ralph Gracie black belt, programmer, card player, shooter, home brewer, amateur pizzaiolo, bedroom DJ, and electric unicyclist.
He/him.
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This thing makes me feel better than I expected it would, but I guess it makes sense after wanting one for decades.
2020 Mustang GT, Shadow Black, PP1 wheels, seen in a 3/4 rear view in a parking lot with a tree in the background.
January 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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AR-15 on top of a black case with two stickers. One is the Armalite logo, and the other one says “THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS”
January 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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But if we're not counting our own:
Yellow TRD Scion/Toyota 86
January 4, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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What's the last car you stopped to take a photo of?
Rear view of a Black Mustang GT with license plate VRYDARK, and brake lights on.
January 4, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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One can only hope…
Your 2026 Word: Bougie
January 1, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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Might be a fun road trip…
Map showing driving directions from SF Bay to Van Horn, TX. It’s 18 hours, and runs through LA, and Phoenix. Black Mustang GT with license plate reading VRYDARK.
December 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Sign marking the city limits of Van Horn, TX, population 2063 It's on a rural road with mountains and a blue sky in the background.
December 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Oh yeah! Happy solstice!
Six pasteis de nata (egg tarts) in a cast iron pan which is in an oven with flames on the roof. They have just been placed inside and have no color yet. Six pasteis de nata (egg tarts) in a cast iron pan. They are done now, with leopard spotting and beautiful browned, flaky crusts.
December 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Tomorrow’s gonna be a good day for cruising around with my new vanity plates.
Rear view of a Shadow Black Mustang GT with custom plates reading: VRYDARK The rear window is tinted dark, and the brake lights are on.
December 21, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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That whole dialogue is worth a read.
Roy Cohn: Your problem, Henry, is that you are hung up on words, on labels: "gay", "homosexual", "lesbian." You think they tell you who a person sleeps with, but they don't tell you that. Like all labels, they refer to one thing and one thing only: Where does a person so identified fit in the food chain? In the pecking order. Not ideology or sexual taste, but something much simpler: clout. Who owes me favors. Not who I fuck or who fucks me, but who will pick up the phone when I call. To someone who doesn't understand this, homosexual is what I am because I sleep with men, but this is wrong. Homosexuals are not men who sleep with other men. Homosexuals are men who, in 15 years of trying, can't get a pissant anti-discrimination bill through City Council. They are men who know nobody, and who nobody knows. Now, Henry, does that sound like me? Henry: No. Roy: No. I have clout — lots! I pick up that phone, dial 15 numbers, and guess who's on the other end of the line? In under five minutes, Henry. Henry: The President. Roy: Better — his wife. Henry: I'm impressed. Roy: I don't want you to be impressed, Henry — I want you to understand. This is not sophistry, and this is not hypocrisy. This is reality. I have sex with men, but unlike nearly every other man of which this is true, I bring the guy I'm screwing to Washington, and President Reagan smiles at us and shakes his hand, because what I am is defined entirely by who I am. Roy Cohn is not a homosexual. Roy Cohn is a heterosexual man who fucks around with guys.
December 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Pablo Picasso: Still Life, 1918 Early cubist painting, very abstract but identifiable as a table with a vase, some sheets of paper, a guitar and playing cards on it.
December 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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And car culture.
A white Challenger doing a wheelie off the line at a drag race. The car is painted with some kind of blue flames and has massive rear tires.
December 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Bladerunner

“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time… like tears… in rain… Time… to die.”
Closeup of Rutger Hauer’s face in the rain. From Bladerunner.
December 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Same thing happened to me, but it was Ingmar Bergman’s “The Seventh Seal” vs this:
Movie poster for Demi Moore in the Seventh Sign.
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Photo of Malcolm X smiling, with a quote: “If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it out three inches, that is not progress. Even if you pull it all the way out, that is not progress. Progress is healing the wound, and America hasn't even begun to pull out the knife.”
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Heathen (77) you like to have a good time, but know when to reign yourself in. good for you. just don't make too many bad choices.
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Well, it did, but…
Tweet from @Olivianuzzi: “Excuse me, I have to recuse myself from the Rick Perry beat because he is so dreamy.”
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

I turned 16 in 1984. Half the albums released that year were perfect.
Prince - Purple Rain Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA Sade - Diamond Life Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Does this mean it's the "Four Eyes" now?
A man with very thick glasses, a bow tie, and a terrible haircut.
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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King, Shaheen, Kaine, Fetterman, Rosen, Hassan, Durbin, Cortez Masto, Schumer...
Arya, from Game Of Thrones, reciting her enemies list before going to sleep.
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Honestly, I wouldn’t even be mad if they had tried and failed - but they tried for a while, getting incredibly positive feedback via the elections, and then they gave up and sold us out so they could save a few hours on their holiday travel.
1792 Guillotine, looking up at the blade.
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Is this anything?
“O FOR TUNA” in the Zohran Mamdani campaign poster style.
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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@ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social
This was on my porch as I headed to jiu jitsu tonight. Did you ever find a source for it?
Picture of the Shin Godzilla box, taken in my car under very red lighting conditions. Dashboard gauges are visible in background. Back of the Shin Godzilla box: “A critical and compelling addition to the kaiju canon." - David Ehrlich, Indie Wire
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Alan, I will let you borrow this, as long as you have someone around to return it.
My hand on my .45 semi-auto. There’s a bottle of tequila and a laptop in the background.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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And, the "after" pic:
Headline from Matt Walsh's youTube Channel: "Trump's humility makes him a great leader."
November 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM