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Read more about the article Three decisions that simplified my life

Three decisions that simplified my life

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 13, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography

1. I've never had a cup of coffee in my life, choosing to avoid the rigmarole, excessive accouterments and early morning addictions that plague coffee drinkers. 2. In 1990, I stopped thinking…

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Game show cruelty

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 13, 2011
  • Post category:Television

In the Columbian version of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, the audience often answers incorrectly when the contestant uses the Ask the Audience lifeline. Just to be jerks. My…

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Read more about the article Sometimes the obvious should be obvious

Sometimes the obvious should be obvious

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 13, 2011
  • Post category:Sports

I love basketball, almost as much as golf, but I am plagued by one reoccurring question: How long did it take Naismith to figure out that the game would be…

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Not every honor is an honor

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 12, 2011
  • Post category:Idea

In the event that I lead a nation through its infancy or command an army of rebels against overwhelming imperial forces, please don’t name a structure like the George Washington…

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Read more about the article I punched a guy in the gut. Maybe a little lower than the gut.

I punched a guy in the gut. Maybe a little lower than the gut.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 12, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography

I broke up a fight in a parking lot of the gym this morning. Actually, all I really did was stop one guy from beating the hell out of another…

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Read more about the article Crazy knows what crazy does

Crazy knows what crazy does

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 11, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography

A man was recording what appeared to be a disjointed, ranting, nearly unintelligible video outside of 7-11 this afternoon. I have seen this man at the 7-11 before, filming on…

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Read more about the article Sometimes you’re wrong, and sometimes you’re REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WRONG.

Sometimes you’re wrong, and sometimes you’re REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WRONG.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 11, 2011
  • Post category:History/Politics/Television

I’m an independent, but if I were a Republican, I’d demand a new news network immediately. Fox is a constant embarrassment to conservatives everywhere.   

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Read more about the article Your attempt at deflection simply reiterates your original ignorance, Mrs. Palin.

Your attempt at deflection simply reiterates your original ignorance, Mrs. Palin.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 10, 2011
  • Post category:History/Politics

I try not to get too political on this blog, but when it comes to Sarah Palin, it’s rarely about politics and more about common sense. In a Fox News…

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Read more about the article Serious customers

Serious customers

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 10, 2011
  • Post category:Sports

There was a woman at the gym today, about eight months pregnant, lifting free weights. While I was impressed with her moxie and determination, I also thought, “There is a …

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Improving Ice Road Truckers

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 9, 2011
  • Post category:History/Politics/Sports/Television

Ice Road Truckers would have been a much better show if just one truck had crashed through the ice just once. Just one catastrophic accident and I would have been…

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