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Read more about the article Resolution update: April 2022

Resolution update: April 2022

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 1, 2022
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Every month I report the progress of my yearly goals in order to monitor progress (or the lack thereof) and hold myself accountable.   The following are the result from…

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Read more about the article Pretending to not be dead

Pretending to not be dead

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 30, 2022
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Author Sallie Tisdale argues that we get ready to die by first admitting that "we are all future corpses pretending we don't know." I'm not sure that I agree. I…

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Read more about the article Zig when others zag

Zig when others zag

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 29, 2022
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I spend so much of my time with clients arguing in favor of zigging when others are zagging. Do the thing that others are afraid to do. Tell stories. Be…

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Clara got hit by a baseball

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 28, 2022
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On Saturday, Charlie attended a baseball clinic at Dunkin Donuts Field, home of the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats. He was so excited about playing on a professional baseball field. The…

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Read more about the article Tamborine and shoelaces

Tamborine and shoelaces

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 27, 2022
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Charlie asks me, "What's a tambourine." "A tambourine?" I say. "It's one of those jangly thingys." I slap my thigh to imitate the playing of a tambourine. Charlie looks confused.…

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Read more about the article Throwing stuff is cowardly

Throwing stuff is cowardly

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 26, 2022
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This past weekend, fans in the Yankee Stadium bleachers threw objects onto the field and at the Cleveland Guardian outfielders. I may be a New York Yankees fan, but I'm…

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Craving, of all things, The Rocky Horror Picture Show

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 25, 2022
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As we begin to (knock on wood) slowly emerge from this pandemic, I've found myself inexplicably and almost desperately wanting to attend a midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture…

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Read more about the article On a roll…

On a roll…

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 24, 2022
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I've solved 99 Wordle puzzles in a row. If I solve tomorrow's puzzle correctly, I'll hit 100 in a row. I'm getting uncommonly intense and unusually stressed over an arbitrary…

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Read more about the article The absence of the internet

The absence of the internet

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 23, 2022
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I'm a member of Generation X, the last generation to grow up in an analog world before stepping firmly into a digital one. It was a perfect time to be…

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Sean Hayes on American’s financial literacy

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 22, 2022
  • Post category:Uncategorized

Recently, I criticized Sean Haye's for saying that "Everything happens for a reason," which is a stupid thing to say and believe. I return again with another Sean Haye's criticism,…

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