January 29, 2009

A quote about a recent visit to a Wyoming town

While visiting the town of Wright Wyoming, I had the wonderful opportunity to entertain the elementary, middle and high school students as well as an evening event with the fine people of Wright! My gracious host provided this nice quote about the experience - Thank you Laura!


"Matott knows his craft well. Our students in all grades K-12 were memorized by his wit, humor, sincerity towards his topics as well as those crazy faces and delightful sound effects!" --Laura Miller, Wright Junior Senior High Librarian, Wright, Wyoming

January 16, 2009

Check this out - WOW, so being a bad speller is okay?

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too.

Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can:

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it