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Read more about the article Thanks a lot, Glenn…

Thanks a lot, Glenn…

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 2, 2010
  • Post category:Film
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Have you noticed that since Drew Barrymore’s jackass boyfriend, Glenn, denied her the window seat on the airplane in The Wedding Singer that men around the world can no longer…

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Read more about the article One of the benefits of having children

One of the benefits of having children

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 2, 2010
  • Post category:Idea
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For years, I have been waiting for the opportunity to use the truckload of outstanding tricks and pranks that I have accumulated over the years on a child of my…

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Read more about the article Resolution update: July 2010

Resolution update: July 2010

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 2, 2010
  • Post category:New Year's Resolutions
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In an effort to achieve my yearly goals, I post my monthly progress here. This month I will begin crossing out those goals that I have already accomplished.  It will…

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Read more about the article Contest update

Contest update

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 1, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography/SOMETHING MISSING Items/UNEXPECTEDLY, MILO related
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I now have three outstanding submissions to my biography contest, and there are at least two more being written at this time.  In case you first the original post announcing…

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Read more about the article Someone stole my college

Someone stole my college

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 1, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography
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From 1994-1997, I attended Manchester Community College in Manchester, CT. Though I have attended three other outstanding universities since then, MCC provided me with the best education that I have…

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Read more about the article Pleasure in another person’s pain

Pleasure in another person’s pain

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 31, 2010
  • Post category:Science
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From time to time, I have expressed an occasional appreciation for schadenfreude: pleasure in the misfortune of others. It turns out that I am not so unusual. after all Thanks…

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Read more about the article Short-sightedness

Short-sightedness

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 31, 2010
  • Post category:Critic
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Occasionally I make the mistake of thinking about my friends’ needs ahead of my own. Rarely does it work out well. About a month ago, I suggested that my friend…

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Read more about the article You have some explaining to do, John Boy.

You have some explaining to do, John Boy.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 30, 2010
  • Post category:Quandry/Television
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I watched the Project Runway season premier last night. I realize that this may sound odd coming from a man who professes to despise the fashion industry, but I find…

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Read more about the article The precipice of publication

The precipice of publication

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 30, 2010
  • Post category:UNEXPECTEDLY, MILO related
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Just a few days before the release of UNEXPECTEDLY, MILO and some good news has been pouring in.  The Hartford Courant’s review of the book was excellent: We are happy…

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Believers always welcome

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 30, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography/Religion
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A reader recently sent me an email explaining that she has not yet posted a comment on my blog even though she has wanted to many, many times because she…

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