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Read more about the article Fly, Baby Trump! Fly!

Fly, Baby Trump! Fly!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 14, 2018
  • Post category:History/Politics
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You probably heard about the baby Trump balloon being flown in protest of Trump's visit to London. In addition to flying it over Parliament Square during his visit with the…

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Read more about the article Biggest fan and greatest nemesis meet. Results are climactic.

Biggest fan and greatest nemesis meet. Results are climactic.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 13, 2018
  • Post category:Autobiography/Books

I first wrote about this story back in 2012. It's one of those stories almost too strange to be believed. It involves two people. One of them is a woman…

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“Do we believe in heaven?”

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 12, 2018
  • Post category:Family/Religion
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Driving home from the farmer's market on Sunday, Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven came on the radio.Elysha asked the kids, "What's the name of this song?""Stairway to Heaven!" they shouted…

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Read more about the article Prankster satisfaction

Prankster satisfaction

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 11, 2018
  • Post category:Autobiography/Idea
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Brilliance learned on the internet this week:Scratch haunting things into bananas at the market so when people take them home hours later and the words appear they think a ghost…

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It’s too early for something as depressing as this.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 10, 2018
  • Post category:Family
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It's 6:22 AM.  Clara quietly comes down the stairs in pajamas and slippers. She yawns. Walks over to the table. Sits beside me. First words out of her mouth:"Dad, I was…

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Speak Up Storytelling #8: Sharon Snow

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 9, 2018
  • Post category:Podcast/Speak Up/Storytelling
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Episode #8 of Speak Up Storytelling is now ready for your listening pleasure.On this week's episode, we talk about finding and crafting stories in your everyday life using my strategy "Homework…

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Read more about the article “How do you get so much done?”

“How do you get so much done?”

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 9, 2018
  • Post category:Productivity Tip
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The question most frequently asked of me during interviews and at the end of book talks, lectures, and the like is some variation of "How do you get so much…

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Daddy taught her well

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 8, 2018
  • Post category:Family
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Clara's spelling and handwriting aren't great, but when you see the phrase, "...just like Dad taught me" it really doesn't matter. It's remarkable how good five words on a math assignment…

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Read more about the article I don’t know my father had a second or third heart attack, so leave me alone.

I don’t know my father had a second or third heart attack, so leave me alone.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 7, 2018
  • Post category:Autobiography
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A couple months ago, when I had my heart attack-turned-pulled chest muscle scare, doctors, nurses, and even the ambulance crew kept asking me the same question:"Does your father have a…

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Less money. More connection.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 6, 2018
  • Post category:Books
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I hear from a lot of readers and storytelling fans from around the world. Just this week, readers from Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Columbia, and Ecuador wrote to me about my books…

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