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Mom, You Win

by Matthew Smith · April 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Yesterday, my dear mother accused me of paying more attention to the sentiments of my fraternity brothers than to her own requests. I won’t bother to comment on the validity of this statement, but I am here to say that, in one aspect, I’m going to try to listen to you: the budget.
I have never [...]

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Classes are Out

by Matthew Smith · April 27th, 2007 · No Comments

It’s almost summer! Today marks the last day of class, Monday the first day of finals.
I’m excited to see what’s ahead! I’ll be in Columbus, LaGrange, Atlanta, Macon, Hilton Head (South Carolina), Lafayette (Louisiana), and other random places this summer, so give me a ring on the cell or drop me a line (matthew at [...]

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Almost Done

by Matthew Smith · April 11th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Senior Design presentation at 1pm. Then I’m done (for a few days).
I can’t wait.

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Spring Break or Something Like It

by Matthew Smith · March 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Spring break – a time of collegiate debauchery, comradery, and sunburn-ery. For me, this year’s spring break was nothing more than another week working in Macon to replenish the bank account. I did manage to squeeze in a bit of hanging out and hot tubbing (I’m not the only broke college student in Macon), complete [...]

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The Church Bells are Ringing!

by Matthew Smith · March 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Its getting to be that time of year again, the time when flowers bloom, the grass turns green, and… my friends get married. The hitchings include (there were so many I had to make a list), but are not limited too:

Kenneth and Christina
David and Desiree
Will and Renee
Chris and Amanda
Justin and Nicole
Adam and Katie
Corbin and Melissa

Here [...]

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I Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You

by Matthew Smith · February 20th, 2007 · 8 Comments

“Some things are meant to be” others … aren’t. Yesterday marked the end of an amazing four (almost five) month relationship with one of the most amazing women I know. The worst part of the whole thing? We still love each other.
That last statement obviously leads to the question “why?” The answer is somewhat more [...]

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Senior Design

by Matthew Smith · November 2nd, 2006 · No Comments

I’m neck-deep in senior design and not happy about it. At the moment, my group is hard at work on our Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and it is due on Monday. I’ll attempt to muster the strength to post all my long-overdue items sometime after that.

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And so it Begins

by Matthew Smith · August 18th, 2006 · No Comments

As once said by the great Sir Winston Churchill, “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” And on that note, summer break comes to a close. Today marks my last day at Emerson, and tomorrow the first day of [...]

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