Charlie is a seven year-old boy, so he likes jokes involving poop, vomit, and butts. It’s kind of hilarious but also a little tiresome. Recently I forbade him from using…

On episode #81 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Matthew and Elysha Dicks talk storytelling! In our follow up segment, we share about upcoming events in the Speak Up realm…

Activist conservative group and rabid anti-LGBTQ bigots One Million Moms (which at best has about 170,000 members) is taking aim at Burger King for using what it calls the "d-word"…

I started working for McDonald’s in Milford, Massachusetts in 1987 when I was 16 years-old. Within a year, I was promoted to manager while still in high school, studying my…

I spend a significant portion of my life paralyzed by fear over the thought that Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Bruce Springsteen might someday die. Sometimes I awake in the morning,…

A friend informed me of a possible job opportunity yesterday. Don’t tell Elysha. “What would that be?” he asked. “Job #10?” I didn’t take the job, of course. A technicality…

About 18 years ago, my DJ partner, Bengi, and I were driving home after entertaining at a wedding on the Connecticut shore. We had played the song “Sweet Home Alabama”…

On episode #80 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Matthew Dicks analyzes his own story "The Avocado Melt" in an episode we call Storytelling Forensics. LINKS Purchase Storyworthy: Engage, Teach,…

Tom Hanks received the Cecil B. deMille Award at the Golden Globe on Sunday night. In his speech, he offered advice once given to him on how to be a…

As an author of a novel written entirely in lists, you can imagine how much I enjoy a good list. You might also imagine how much a song like Paul…