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Read more about the article Unwarranted ATM excitement

Unwarranted ATM excitement

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 15, 2020
  • Post category:Uncategorized

I spotted this sign in the entrance of Thornes Marketplace in Northampton, MA. Weird. Right? If it were 1982, perhaps there was reason to be excited, but in 2020? Slow…

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NFL 2020 is a strange thing

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 14, 2020
  • Post category:Uncategorized

A decade or two from now, I'll  show this screenshot to an NFL fan and wait for the quizzical look. Then the questions will come. "Why was the Broncos -…

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Read more about the article I don’t like referring to JK Rowling as transphobic.

I don’t like referring to JK Rowling as transphobic.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 13, 2020
  • Post category:Uncategorized

If you watched Saturday Night Live this weekend, you heard Pete Davidson criticize JK Rowling for a slew of what Davidson and cast mate Colin Jost referred to as "transphobic"…

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Heavy lifting before sunrise

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 12, 2020
  • Post category:Uncategorized

I don't have COVID-19. At least as far as I know. The disease is asymptomatic, so the virus could be raging through my body without me even being aware, which…

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Read more about the article Blink-182 does it differently

Blink-182 does it differently

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 11, 2020
  • Post category:Uncategorized

I am constantly advising people to zig when everyone else is zagging. The very last thing you want to do is what everyone else is doing. Find the path that…

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The Other Mother: It’s reportedly good! Preorder!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 10, 2020
  • Post category:Uncategorized

My next novel, The Other Mother, publishes on January 12. It was originally slated to publish in the fall of 2019, but the pandemic set things back a bit. If…

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The White House is a viral dumpster fire

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 9, 2020
  • Post category:Uncategorized

New COVID-19 cases in past week: Vietnam - 5 Taiwan - 9 Yemen - 10 New Zealand - 25 White House - 34 This says it all. Doesn't it? Not…

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  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 8, 2020
  • Post category:Uncategorized

I was sitting in the barber's chair, getting my hair cut. The woman doing the cutting had been chatting with me for quite a while as she snipped. We had…

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Read more about the article Last time I ever…

Last time I ever…

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 7, 2020
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Here's a fun game for someone who likes lists. Given that my last novel is written entirely in lists, that's me. Maybe it's you, too. You can use my categories…

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Speak Up Storytelling: John DeMeo

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 6, 2020
  • Post category:Uncategorized

On episode #104 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Matthew and Elysha Dicks are back, talking storytelling! In our follow up segment, we discuss our absence, talk about upcoming shows,…

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