Matt Peeples
@pattmeeples.bsky.social
Archaeologist and associate prof of Anthropology at Arizona State University. I mostly “skeet” (is that what we’re calling it?) about archaeology, baseball, stuff I cook, and the weather.
I’ve eaten this a lot but never made it myself until tonight. Lemongrass chicken on vermicelli noodles with fresh and pickled vegetables from our garden. From the garden: lemongrass, lettuce, carrots, daikon, cilantro, green onion, garlic, cucumber, and chile. Super funky and yummy with fish sauce.
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I’ve eaten this a lot but never made it myself until tonight. Lemongrass chicken on vermicelli noodles with fresh and pickled vegetables from our garden. From the garden: lemongrass, lettuce, carrots, daikon, cilantro, green onion, garlic, cucumber, and chile. Super funky and yummy with fish sauce.
Super cool. My grandfather’s old International Harvester tractor that I learned to drive as a kid was looking rough but was given to a friend after he passed. They fixed it up and it’s now being used for local events. It’s named ‘Ol Cecil’ after my grandfather. Glad people can still enjoy it!
October 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Super cool. My grandfather’s old International Harvester tractor that I learned to drive as a kid was looking rough but was given to a friend after he passed. They fixed it up and it’s now being used for local events. It’s named ‘Ol Cecil’ after my grandfather. Glad people can still enjoy it!
Best Halloween decorations in my area 2025
October 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Best Halloween decorations in my area 2025
Fried stuffed squash blossoms for dinner. Yum!
October 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Fried stuffed squash blossoms for dinner. Yum!
More rain than all of 2024 in just 24 hours followed by one of the brightest rainbows I’ve ever seen
September 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
More rain than all of 2024 in just 24 hours followed by one of the brightest rainbows I’ve ever seen
We got more rain in the last four hours than we have for the entire year before today.
September 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
We got more rain in the last four hours than we have for the entire year before today.
This is the best one of these “honk if” stickers I’ve seen
September 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is the best one of these “honk if” stickers I’ve seen
I used this prompt in chatGPT to extract data from an archaeological report where I already had the data so that I could check accuracy. Much of the extracted information comes from paragraphs and not tables and it worked well. This will save me so much time even if I have to check things manually.
September 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I used this prompt in chatGPT to extract data from an archaeological report where I already had the data so that I could check accuracy. Much of the extracted information comes from paragraphs and not tables and it worked well. This will save me so much time even if I have to check things manually.
Finally!! The first big haboob in years and a real monsoon storm
August 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Finally!! The first big haboob in years and a real monsoon storm
Its successor has a lot to live up to.
August 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Its successor has a lot to live up to.
It’s finally time to say goodbye to my faithful laser printer nicknamed Rocky IV (after Paulie’s robot). It served well for 23 years. It ran on parallel port but stood strong since Windows 2000 with a laptop dock as a USB converter. It can no longer print without jamming and it deserves a rest.
August 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It’s finally time to say goodbye to my faithful laser printer nicknamed Rocky IV (after Paulie’s robot). It served well for 23 years. It ran on parallel port but stood strong since Windows 2000 with a laptop dock as a USB converter. It can no longer print without jamming and it deserves a rest.
August 24th, AD 79 in Lego form.
August 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
August 24th, AD 79 in Lego form.
We 3D printed a display for some of my son's Lego minifigs. Turned out pretty cool!
August 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
We 3D printed a display for some of my son's Lego minifigs. Turned out pretty cool!
Just got a cool Mesoamerican art themed Katamari Damacy sticker from Retro Nerd Studios. I bought a Metroid print from them years ago when they were in the gallery attached to the my old downtown Archaeology Southwest office in Tucson. I need more office art!
July 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Just got a cool Mesoamerican art themed Katamari Damacy sticker from Retro Nerd Studios. I bought a Metroid print from them years ago when they were in the gallery attached to the my old downtown Archaeology Southwest office in Tucson. I need more office art!
Got a chest freezer which is useful, but I’m more excited that we finally have a place that fits all our National Park Service magnets.
July 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Got a chest freezer which is useful, but I’m more excited that we finally have a place that fits all our National Park Service magnets.
Taste tested 8 kinds of cherries today. These were my top 4 with Bing coming in first.
July 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Taste tested 8 kinds of cherries today. These were my top 4 with Bing coming in first.
Bald eagle enjoying a fish snack in a tree. Flew right over our heads.
July 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Bald eagle enjoying a fish snack in a tree. Flew right over our heads.
The place where I’m staying has a Coneheads the movie cup from a Subway promotion from 1993. “consume mass quantities”
July 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The place where I’m staying has a Coneheads the movie cup from a Subway promotion from 1993. “consume mass quantities”
Melissa grew some sugar rush peach peppers and we made a tasty hot sauce complete with a bottle label. Somewhere between a jalapeño and a habanero in spiciness so it can be used in lots of stuff.
June 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Melissa grew some sugar rush peach peppers and we made a tasty hot sauce complete with a bottle label. Somewhere between a jalapeño and a habanero in spiciness so it can be used in lots of stuff.
Flash back to that time Melissa was really missing Turkish food so I made her a feast!
June 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Flash back to that time Melissa was really missing Turkish food so I made her a feast!
Nearly 4 years ago my son had a Godzilla themed birthday party and we just found a balloon from that party behind his bookcase and it still has a little air in it.
June 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Nearly 4 years ago my son had a Godzilla themed birthday party and we just found a balloon from that party behind his bookcase and it still has a little air in it.