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Read more about the article If you are going to perpetrate a fraud, please don’t be stupid about it.

If you are going to perpetrate a fraud, please don’t be stupid about it.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 10, 2011
  • Post category:Current Affairs/Teaching/Television
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While I don’t support fraud, I can understand engaging in it for profit’s sake. When there is enough reward, the risks can sometimes become reasonable. But when there is little…

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Read more about the article 7 unexpected lessons learned during my first children’s book writing group meeting

7 unexpected lessons learned during my first children’s book writing group meeting

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 9, 2011
  • Post category:The Writing Process
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1.  Long eyelashes on a man are considered attractive.  Who knew?  My wife subsequently informed me that my eyelashes are an average length.  This explains a lot. 2.  Young adult…

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Read more about the article Frisbee is still a challenge…

Frisbee is still a challenge…

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 9, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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She can count to twenty and identify about half a dozen shapes, and she’s learning her letters rather quickly, but a simple game like frisbee is still posing quite a…

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7 perfectly good reasons why the use of a tanning booth is acceptable

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 8, 2011
  • Post category:Idea
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Tanning has gotten a significantly bad rap as of late, primarily due to concerns regarding skin cancer. The FDA has issued health warnings related to tanning and are considering heightening the…

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Read more about the article Doing the impossible.

Doing the impossible.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 8, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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While visiting Essex earlier this week, my daughter became bound and determined to move this enormous rock, returning to it again and again in an attempt to lift it. Obviously,…

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Read more about the article Rethinking my assault on the institution of coffee

Rethinking my assault on the institution of coffee

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 8, 2011
  • Post category:Critic/Food and Drink
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A follow-up to my attack on the institution of coffee from yesterday: A reader on Goodreads responded to my post with the following: “Coffee is also a ritual, a comfort.…

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Read more about the article My personal assault on the institution of coffee

My personal assault on the institution of coffee

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 7, 2011
  • Post category:Critic/Food and Drink
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I am constantly annoyed by the Facebook updates, Twitter posts and verbal declarations regarding the need for coffee, the desire for coffee and the importance of coffee in everyday life.…

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Read more about the article An end to their blasted chirping

An end to their blasted chirping

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 7, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography
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A couple days ago I met with an arborist to assess the possible pruning of the trees in my backyard. He told me that earlier in the day, he had…

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Read more about the article Smothered by love

Smothered by love

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 7, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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At least it’s someone else’s cat getting mauled by my daughter for once.     

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Read more about the article Redundant, and therefore stupid, ad copy.

Redundant, and therefore stupid, ad copy.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 6, 2011
  • Post category:Critic/Words
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I don’t think that McDonald’s understands the meaning of the word savor. Couldn’t “Relax and enjoy” characterize the word savor rather effectively? So this ad copy essentially reads: For every…

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