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Read more about the article TV dinner

TV dinner

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 12, 2025
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A new YouGov survey found that during a typical dinner: 41 percent of respondents talk to people they’re with 63 percent watch television 28 percent look at their phone 16…

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Read more about the article Clara’s favorite sentence

Clara’s favorite sentence

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 11, 2025
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It's 6:30 AM on a Tuesday. The sun has yet to rise. I'm sitting at my laptop, working on a client document. Clara is across the room, eating Cheerios and…

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Read more about the article I want some plaques

I want some plaques

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 10, 2025
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I performed at The Iron Horse in Northampton last month — my first time in this storied location. While I was sitting, waiting to take the stage, I noticed this…

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Read more about the article I’m happy to tell the Democrats how to fight

I’m happy to tell the Democrats how to fight

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 9, 2025
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If the Democrats ever decide to go on offense and combat some of the authoritarian, cruel, and deceitful actions being undertaken by Trump and his cast of incompetent and dangerous…

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Read more about the article Craving an audience

Craving an audience

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 8, 2025
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A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fish tank, and appeared unwell days after the facility closed last…

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Read more about the article Jump scares marketed properly

Jump scares marketed properly

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 7, 2025
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Introducing TabBoo...  A Chrome extension designed to add random jumpscares to websites you're trying to avoid. In the words of TabBoo's marketing: "You're stuck in an addictive, endless loop, loading…

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Read more about the article Sad bananas

Sad bananas

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 6, 2025
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Bananas are sold in bunches, but when a banana falls off the bunch before it hits grocery store shelves, the grocer has a problem: People don’t like buying single bananas…

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Read more about the article Quitters never win

Quitters never win

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 5, 2025
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Charlie has launched a YouTube channel called Rails Across New England, charting his new obsession with rail fanning: Watching and recording trains as they pass by stations and crossings. Also…

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Read more about the article Surprise! No phones but great photos!

Surprise! No phones but great photos!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 4, 2025
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I made a lot of excellent decisions when planning Elysha's surprise party. Preserving the surprise was one of them — probably the most important and most difficult when it comes…

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Read more about the article A perfect dedication

A perfect dedication

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 3, 2025
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A friend from my McDonald's managing days sent me this dedication that he found in the book he's reading: "For anyone who has ever cried in a walk-in refrigerator." This…

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