Author: Matt Aromando

Stand-up, improv, and sketch comedian.

The Return of Manny Ramirez?

Well well well, former Red Sox/general baseball player Manny Ramirez wants to play again and apparently, “is calling teams directly.” Most players have an agent for such things and I can remember when he played in Boston, he was not known for talking to the press or anyone else for that matter. Then again he… Continue reading The Return of Manny Ramirez?

5 Words You Don’t Want Describing Your Gift

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There are plenty of words out there that you’d want describing a gift you’re giving to someone (ex. awesome, great, alluring) and there are some obviously undesirable words (ex. terrible, inappropriate, bad). Here is my list of words that aren’t obviously poor gift descriptions but they’re really no good: Useful – It is a good… Continue reading 5 Words You Don’t Want Describing Your Gift

You’d Better Bring Your Wetsuit

From Kenmore Station, an MBTA T stop, in Boston: Do you see that rather large chunk of blue? That is a river, you cannot walk in it. Okay, fine, drawing a circle is easier than drawing 70% of a circle and cutting it off at certain points but not that much easier. If someone is… Continue reading You’d Better Bring Your Wetsuit

I’m Getting Mixed Signals

Classic case of being overly clever: Okay, so you knew you would be selling new clothes. You knew there was a term for old/used clothes. Then you went with the term for old/used clothes to describe your store that sells new clothes? Alright, I get it, you’re trying to be clever, or something. I take… Continue reading I’m Getting Mixed Signals

Teaching a Phone to Talk (Part 3)

I have a smartphone. The auto-correct feature for typing is pretty good and allows you to add words to the dictionary it might not otherwise have. As it would be, I have 217 words that I’ve added to my dictionary and most of them are pretty silly/unnecessary. Here is the third part (check out the… Continue reading Teaching a Phone to Talk (Part 3)