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Beautiful packaging begone!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 19, 2021
  • Post category:Uncategorized

I'm done with beautiful packaging. Last week, I listened to a podcast host talk about Lord Jones: "The world's finest CBD products. You'll get to see their products and their…

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Humor should be purposeful, planned, and pointed. Not random and accidental.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 18, 2021
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I don't like Mad Libs. As a kid, I remember one of my middle school teachers first introducing me to the concept. During lunch (which was eaten in our classroom),…

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Read more about the article The airplane handbag is stupid, but not because it looks like an airplane

The airplane handbag is stupid, but not because it looks like an airplane

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 17, 2021
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Louis Vuitton's latest handbag collection includes airplane-shaped bag that costs more than an actual airplane: $39,000. You can purchase a Cessna 150 for about $30,000, making this handbag more expensive…

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A man with a camera.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 16, 2021
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I've always known that my father-in-law was a very good photographer, but I think he missed his calling.

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Read more about the article I didn’t know the bassoon was so cool.

I didn’t know the bassoon was so cool.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 15, 2021
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When I was in third grade, my mother and I visited my school one evening to select my musical instrument   Music in Blackstone, Massachusetts, where I grew up, was…

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Read more about the article Early morning visitors to our home. Thank goodness.

Early morning visitors to our home. Thank goodness.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 14, 2021
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Around 6:00 yesterday morning, our newly installed carbon monoxide detector began beeping. We had work done on our furnace the day before, plus we had a new carbon monoxide detector…

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Less religion isn’t always a bad thing

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 13, 2021
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The new Gallup poll, published last week, indicates that religious membership in the United States has fallen to just 47% among those surveyed — representing less than half of the adult…

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Read more about the article Quidditch is stupid

Quidditch is stupid

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 12, 2021
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I'm reading the Harry Potter series to Elysha and the kids. We're enjoying it very much. One of our favourite parts of the day. See what I did there? But…

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Read more about the article It’s outrage. Nothing more.

It’s outrage. Nothing more.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 11, 2021
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There is a short cross street in my neighborhood that connects two infrequently traveled longer streets. It's just a couple hundred yards long. A total of eight houses on the…

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Read more about the article Pandemic musings: April 10, 2020

Pandemic musings: April 10, 2020

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 10, 2021
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I wrote this exactly one year ago today after a long bike ride. _________________________________________ I saw a hawk circling overhead today as I wound my way around an empty church…

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