Matt Howell

Friday – Angie and I had “The Real Hacienda” for dinner and then attended “Friday Night Live” at Bethany Christian Church in Anderson. FNL is a variety/comedy show put on by church members. It was pretty funny, I’ll give it that. Afterwards, Mark and Patty came over to Angie’s apartment where we spent the rest [...]

Friday – Angie and I went out to Red Lobster for dinner. I had the talapia in a bag with mixed vegetables – It was yummy! We stopped by Blockbuster and picked up “Sweeny Todd” for the evening entertainment. Saturday – I attended the Randolph County Business Expo at the 4-H Fairgrounds outside Winchester. I [...]

For some reason, I was awake when the earthquake shook my bed and house at 5:40am this morning. It was quite the experience. From The Star Press: “A 5.4 magnitude earthquake that appeared to rival the strongest recorded in the region rocked people up to 450 miles away early Friday, surprising residents unaccustomed to such [...]

This article from http://www.gitomer.com/ really opens your eyes and is full of goodie nuggets for consumption. The relationship edge. Are you on it, in it, or over it? Beginning a relationship is easy. Exploration is predominantly on the surface. Nothing too deep. Nothing too wide. Nothing too revealing. In the beginning, all is well. Friendships [...]

From Karlene Clapp on MySpace: The Seattle Majestics soundly defeated the Portland Shockwave 14-0 during their home opener on April 12th. The first half of the game was dominated by solid defensive play by both teams. The Majestics went into half time scoreless but their offense came alive in the second half. Rachel Gore had [...]

Sunday afternoon was “website creative time” as I tried to build x-nod.com into an actual website again. X-NOD.com is now the home of “Howell’s DJ Service” providing information on my disc jockey service for East Central Indiana. Ever since I’ve heard the phrase “iPod Wedding”, I’ve wanted to use that to my advantage some way. [...]

Friday – Patrick and I went to the Advertising Federation of East Central Indiana presentation at noon. The speaker gave an interesting presentation on “Building Brands in Small & Rural Markets”. http://www.adfedeci.org/ Later that afternoon, I went to the “The Young & The Artless” presented by Gordy Fine Art & Framing through the Muncie Young [...]

Friday – After work, Angie and I went car shopping with her dad. We had dinner at Bob Evans and then made our way over to Beth and Bernie’s house. Bernie is going to culinary school and impressed us by producing one of the best desserts I’ve ever had, a berry biscuit drizzled with creme [...]