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Choose to believe?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 23, 2017
  • Post category:Uncategorized

A friend recently said to me, "If you choose to believe in God, at least you get to believe in heaven." What I strange thing to say, I thought. If…

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Just the kind of conversation I want before sunrise

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 22, 2017
  • Post category:Autobiography/Books/Family/History/Politics/Words
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Nothing to see here.Just a pre-sunrise conversation with my eight-year old daughter, Clara, about what the word "stillborn" means, followed by a flood of tears over the fate of Elizabeth Adams,…

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The men’s restroom: All I want is a little consistency, please…

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 21, 2017
  • Post category:Idea
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I appreciate and embrace consistency in all things. Find the fastest, most accurate, most efficient, least expensive way of doing something, and repeat as often as needed.This is why men's…

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Earning his keep

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 21, 2017
  • Post category:Family
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This cat pushes everything he can find onto the floor. He's broken bowls and glasses and picture frames. He's toppled laundry baskets off counters and shoved laptops of tables.   He eats…

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When will she die?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 19, 2017
  • Post category:Quandry
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Sometimes I listen to a despicable person - politician, commentator, talk show host - and find myself compelled to run to Wikipedia to find out how old the person is, hoping…

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Two word horror story

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 18, 2017
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A reader on Goodreads asked me to write a two sentence horror story. Here is what I wrote:She cried out from the laundry room. "You didn't dry my sweaters, did…

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Free Dive

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 17, 2017
  • Post category:Quandry/Sports
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This is both fascinating and bizarre.Watching the video of this man free dive to the bottom of the deepest pool in the world is both mind boggling and incredible, and…

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Julian Edleman changes everything!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 16, 2017
  • Post category:Books/Sports
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Each month my children each receive a free book from PJ Library, an organization that sends free books that celebrate Jewish values and culture to Jewish families across America and…

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Sibling love is a strange and varied thing

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 15, 2017
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Sometimes they want to kill each other, and sometimes they aggressively ignore each other, but more often than not, there are days when I walk into the room and find…

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Complacency kills.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 14, 2017
  • Post category:Autobiography
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Regardless of what I am doing or have ever done, I have always asked myself this question:"Who is better than me?"Whether I was managing a McDonald's restaurant, sitting in a…

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