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Read more about the article Coincidentalism: Want to join?

Coincidentalism: Want to join?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 9, 2025
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Looking for something new to embrace in 2025? How about this? On December 23, 1988, I was in a head-on collision in my mother's 1976 Datsun B-210. I was driving…

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Read more about the article Don’t be provoked

Don’t be provoked

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 8, 2025
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“When someone tries to provoke you, don’t be provoked. When someone isn’t even trying to provoke you, but you feel provoked anyway, don’t be provoked. When your opponents are trying to…

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Read more about the article Fragile, frail, and frightened

Fragile, frail, and frightened

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 7, 2025
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A group of Costco shareholders, likely emboldened by the Supreme Court’s continued assault on the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, called on the company’s board to “conduct an…

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Read more about the article It’s Elysha’s birthday today!

It’s Elysha’s birthday today!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 6, 2025
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Today is Elysha's birthday! She's my wife, if you didn't know. I'm honestly still astounded — at least from time to time — that she's my wife. When I met…

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Read more about the article How to pull off a surprise birthday party for your wife

How to pull off a surprise birthday party for your wife

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 5, 2025
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Last night, I pulled off a surprise birthday party for Elysha at Peppercorn's in downtown Hartford. Everything was remarkably, unbelievably perfect. After months of planning, subterfuge, and worry, the surprise…

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Read more about the article I re-wrote the Ten Commandments. My list is much better than God’s list.

I re-wrote the Ten Commandments. My list is much better than God’s list.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 4, 2025
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Utah is seeing a brisk business for models with long hair and a beard who can passably pull off a Jesus look for family portraits and wedding announcements for couples…

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Read more about the article My foundational texts

My foundational texts

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 3, 2025
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Writer Karen Attiah recently wrote about the pleasure of perusing other people’s personal libraries and then asked her followers about their “personal foundational texts." — books that have impacted their lives.…

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Read more about the article New Year’s Resolutions 2025

New Year’s Resolutions 2025

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 2, 2025
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At the beginning of every year, I establish a list of goals (or New Year’s resolutions) for the coming calendar year. I post this list on my blog and social…

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Read more about the article Resolution Update: 2024 in review

Resolution Update: 2024 in review

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  • Post published:January 1, 2025
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At the end of each month, and now at the end of the year, I report on the progress of my New Year's resolutions (or lack thereof). This is my…

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Read more about the article Infinite content isn’t a good thing

Infinite content isn’t a good thing

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:December 31, 2024
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Animator and filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt on the difference between crate digging & streaming from a recent interview: Not to sound like a curmudgeon, but when I was a teenager, I…

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