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Read more about the article You hurt my feelings. I’m taking my toys and going home.

You hurt my feelings. I’m taking my toys and going home.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 27, 2011
  • Post category:Critic
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UCONN booster Robert Burton's sent a scathing letter to school athletic director Jeff Hathaway indicating that he was upset that Hathaway did not follow his advice in the hiring of…

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Read more about the article I am at a loss for words. I simply cannot believe what I have just seen.

I am at a loss for words. I simply cannot believe what I have just seen.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 27, 2011
  • Post category:History/Politics/Television
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I cannot believe what I just saw. Did you watch the State of the Union speech on Tuesday? Do you remember President Obama’s well received jokes regarding airport pat-downs and…

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Read more about the article Big Love is too much love

Big Love is too much love

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 26, 2011
  • Post category:Television
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After watching four seasons of HBO’s drama Big Love, one thing has become abundantly clear to me: One wife is more than enough. Besides, polygamy violates the tenets of a…

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I am the father of a two-year old.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 26, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography/Family
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My little girl turned two years old yesterday. Here is what I wrote to her on the day that she was born: _______________________________________________ Our day began yesterday, at 11:53 PM,…

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Read more about the article Maybe not a rapist, but the guy can’t even get a date

Maybe not a rapist, but the guy can’t even get a date

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 26, 2011
  • Post category:Sports
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Ben Roethlisberger was never convicted or even charged with the crime to which he stood accused, and as someone who was once arrested and tried for a crime he did…

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Assigned seating sucks

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 25, 2011
  • Post category:Teaching
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I learned an important lesson last week. I arrived early to a workshop in order to sit at the table of my choice. This was the second day of training,…

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Read more about the article I don’t know guys this cool

I don’t know guys this cool

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 25, 2011
  • Post category:Recommended Reading/Viewing
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But I really wish I did.

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Read more about the article Huh?

Huh?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 24, 2011
  • Post category:Quandry
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There are some things that restaurants should always have on hand. 

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Read more about the article My daughter may be in communication with aliens

My daughter may be in communication with aliens

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 24, 2011
  • Post category:Family/Film/Quandry
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Yesterday morning Clara began systematically removing balls from the ball pit and placing them in various kitchen accouterments.   Later in the day, at her birthday party at her aunt’s…

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Read more about the article Sometimes she’s a little too witty

Sometimes she’s a little too witty

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 23, 2011
  • Post category:Books/Family
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I’m reading Stephen King’s new short story collection, All Dark, No Stars. The final story in the book is about a woman who discovers that her husband of twenty-five years…

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