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Read more about the article Never call it a “side hustle.”

Never call it a “side hustle.”

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 24, 2017
  • Post category:Autobiography/Idea
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I have long been an advocate of dedicating a small percentage of your free time to developing your next possible career. Whether this is painting or poetry or poker, you…

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Read more about the article Lyric Problems: Van Halen’s “Jump”

Lyric Problems: Van Halen’s “Jump”

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 23, 2017
  • Post category:Lyric Problems/Music
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"Lyric Problems" is a new, reoccurring segment on this blog in which I point out a serious problem in a set of well known lyrics.Today I'm talking about Van Halen's…

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For the first time in his life, my son cried because of a book.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 21, 2017
  • Post category:Books/Family
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I read The Giving Tree to Charlie, my five year old son, last night for the first time. It was incredible. He sat quietly beside me on the bed as the boy and…

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Quite possibly the worst person in the world

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 20, 2017
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In the unfortunate event that you are suffering with a despicable person in your life - colleague, family member, neighbor, boss, clergy person - I offer you my condolences and…

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Read more about the article Share your failures with the world

Share your failures with the world

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 19, 2017
  • Post category:Storytelling
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One of the more surprising reasons that people take my storytelling workshops is for dating.  Men (so far it's only been men) realize that what they say on a first date…

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Our dream-come-true comes to an end. A new chapter begins today.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 18, 2017
  • Post category:Autobiography
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Today my wife returns to work after eight years as a stay-at-home mom.For a couple years when Clara was in preschool, Elysha worked part-time as a reading tutor in the…

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A Columbian tradition that I will make my own

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 17, 2017
  • Post category:MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND items
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I received an email from a mother and son from Columbia, who just finished reading Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend. She explained that it's a tradition in her country to…

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Read more about the article The fade out (and fade in) explained.

The fade out (and fade in) explained.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 16, 2017
  • Post category:Music
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If you're a lover of music, you will find this fascinating. Promise. 

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Mystery machine

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 15, 2017
  • Post category:Quandry
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The Scooby Doo gang was pretty presumptuous to name their van The Mystery Machine.I realize that they encountered an uncanny and irrational number of criminals trying to cover up crimes…

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Teaching is full of unexpected surprises

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 14, 2017
  • Post category:Moth/Teaching
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One billion years ago, I taught a third grader named Kaity to multiply. Last night, as Elysha and I were leaving for a Moth StorySLAM in Somerville, I asked Kaity, now…

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