Positive in any way possible
We need as much positivity in our lives as we can muster. Sadly, our brains retain and overvalue negative feedback over positive feedback, so we require about six positive statements…
Judges with the temperaments of children should not be judges
In a 4-3 decision at the Ohio Supreme Court, a judge’s decision to add six more years to a person’s sentence after the individual called them a “racist ass bitch”…
Beverage talk is boring
We have a new rule in my classroom, proposed by a student, that my students and I fully support: No more beverage talk. Beverage talk is boring. If you're telling…
The non-response is often the best response
As a person who receives a lot of feedback from folks online - and not always kind, generous, or even coherent - I often have to decide how to respond.…
Campfire science
As a Boy Scout, I spent hundreds of nights camping outdoors, in tents, lean-tos, and under the stars. As a result, I have also spent hundreds - if not thousands…
Sunny Day might be here
Back on March 23, 2020, I posted the music video for Bruce Springsteen's "Waitin' on a Sunny Day" in my class's Google Classroom. During our first online meeting, I told…
Matthew Dicks’s 7 Maxims on Rule Followers and Rule Breakers
My new book, Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life, contains a chapter entitled, "Be a Criminal." The lesson of the chapter is this: Sometimes…
A remarkable accomplishment, but a remarkably lucky one, too.
A Rhode Island man recently achieved a goal he spent nearly two decades working toward — earning his Ph.D. and becoming a physicist. At Brown University, no less. A prestigious…
“Someday Is Today” is born today!
"Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life" publishes today! My book's birthday! It's a book written to help anyone who wants to accomplish almost anything…
The plague of the unrequested pickle
I despise pickles. They are a despicable, hideous creation. They are also one of the only foods that are capable of contaminating their environment and ruining a perfectly good meal.…
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