Persistence
I love this video so much. I love this guy so much. If I owned a company—any company—and was hiring, I would hire this person. It's so worth the watch.…
Cover errors
Have you ever discovered that a song you love by a particular band or singer is actually the cover of a much more famous (and better) version of the song?…
Commandments still good
Back in the fall of 2016, ten years ago, my kids were studying the Ten Commandments at Hebrew School. As part of the lesson, they were then asked to come…
Dolly Parton and Johnny
As you've probably heard, the great Dolly Parton passed away this week. My family and I love her. We loved her music, the enormous amount of charitable work she did…
Grace has its limits
An appeals court ruled this week that a woman who lost $310,000 in a scam perpetrated by someone impersonating country music superstar Kenny Chesney cannot sue the real Kenny Chesney…
Speak Up this fall
Hello storytelling fans! Elysha and I hope your summer is coming to a lovely, peaceful end and that the autumn is looking bright and beautiful for you all. We didn't…
Remembering the people before me
As the school where I once taught for 27 years invites children into its doors today for the first time this year, I have a confession: When I walked the…
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A strange, new, maybe good day
After 27 years of teaching, I find myself sitting at home today as my wife, Elysha, returns to school for her first day of work. This is the first test…
Have yourself a pillow fight.
Back in the early 1990's, when I was living in Attleboro, Massachusetts, with my best friend, Bengi, in a home we affectionately called The Heavy Metal Playhouse, we engaged in…
Matthew Dicks’s 5 rules of punishment
Back in 2017, a judge in Hawaii ordered a defendant to write more than 140 “nice” things about his ex-girlfriend after he violated a protection order. “For every nasty thing…