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Read more about the article Our favorite video of all time

Our favorite video of all time

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 11, 2011
  • Post category:Family/Quandry
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Someone taught our two-year old daughter to dance, and it wasn’t us. In the midst of shopping with Elysha this weekend, the right song came on, and this happened. Where…

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Read more about the article Tears of joy

Tears of joy

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 11, 2011
  • Post category:Family/SOMETHING MISSING Items
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My wife reacted similarly when I told her about my first book deal. I’ve been trying to make her cry ever since.

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Read more about the article It’s easy to be self-righteous and stupid when you’ve never known hunger

It’s easy to be self-righteous and stupid when you’ve never known hunger

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 10, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography/Critic/Television
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Sesame Street decides to portray poverty in an attempt to raise awareness and allow the impoverished and hungry children of America to feel recognized and validated and Fox News decides…

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Read more about the article Everything I wrote before the age of 30 was terrible

Everything I wrote before the age of 30 was terrible

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 9, 2011
  • Post category:Recommended Reading/Viewing/The Writing Process
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Ira is right. Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.

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Lunchbox notes for the ladies

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 9, 2011
  • Post category:Idea
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Redbook recently posited the importance of men telling women why they love them in a piece entitled 50 Weird Things He Loves About You. In the same week, The Wall…

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Read more about the article Nervous

Nervous

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 7, 2011
  • Post category:Books/Family
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Our little girl gets very anxious every time we read Are You My Mother to her. I guess that big, loud Snort can seem kind of scary.     

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Boy learns that Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker’s father for the first time

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 7, 2011
  • Post category:Film/Quandry
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This is hilarious, and I will certainly make a point of doing the same someday when my children discover the secret of Darth Vader. Better still, it makes me wonder…

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Read more about the article The super cool 1987 version of myself

The super cool 1987 version of myself

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 6, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography
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My sister, Kelli,  wrote the following for our brother-sister blog.  Reading it made me both happy and very sad. It’s strange to discover how your sister felt about you twenty…

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Read more about the article I understand why you think this is about you, but it’s probably not about you at all.

I understand why you think this is about you, but it’s probably not about you at all.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 5, 2011
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For the third time in the past month, someone has assumed that something I wrote on this blog pertained to them, and in all three cases, they were wrong. After…

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Read more about the article Our childhood revealed (and another goal achieved)

Our childhood revealed (and another goal achieved)

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 5, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography/Family
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One of my New Year’s resolutions is to convince my sister to write a blog with me that tells stories from our childhood from both perspectives. The purpose is threefold:…

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