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These folks get it.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:December 5, 2018
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I’m always heartened when I see church signs like this given the fact that about 80 percent of Evangelicals and more than half of Catholics still support the Trump Presidency.…

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A Patriots fan becomes an honest-to-goodness Patriot, and I’ll never forget it.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:December 4, 2018
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It’s rare when you actually get to witness the straw that breaks the camel’s back, but a few weeks ago, I witness just such a straw-and-back situation while sitting in…

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Speak Up Storytelling: Kathy Binder

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:December 3, 2018
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On episode #27 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Matthew and Elysha Dicks talk storytelling alongside storyteller Kathy Binder. In our followup segment, we talk about upcoming Speak Up events, respond…

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Be happy for others, damn it.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:December 2, 2018
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Years ago, before the kids were born, Elysha and I went to the movies.We’ve gone to the movies since the kids were born, of course, despite warnings from those rotten…

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Read more about the article Resolution update: November 2018

Resolution update: November 2018

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:December 1, 2018
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PERSONAL HEALTH1. Don’t die.My left ear has been filled with fluid since a plane flight two weeks ago. My doc says it should clear in another week of so, and…

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Changing minds. Occasionally.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 30, 2018
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I make a lot of arguments in writing, both on my blog, via social media, in the magazine columns I write, and in the occasional newspaper pieces that I publish.…

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Spy magazine’s prank from 30 years ago is more remarkable now than it was then.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 29, 2018
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The following is a true thing. Also, it seems absolutely impossible. Impossible to me and perhaps to you. When I first read about it, I assumed it was false. A…

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Dr. Seuss’s The Grinch is feminist and lovely.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 28, 2018
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Elysha and I took Charlie to see Dr. Seuss’s The Grinch last weekend. It’s a great film, not unlike the cartoon that we grew up watching on television. And I’ve…

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Don’t sleep on Die Hard 2

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 27, 2018
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Here’s the thing that everyone misses about Die Hard absolutely being a Christmas movie:So is Die Hard 2. Maybe even more so.

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Speak Up Storytelling: Linda Storms

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  • Post published:November 26, 2018
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On episode #26 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Matthew and Elysha Dicks talk storytelling!In our followup segment, we talk about upcoming Speak Up events, respond to listener comments, and…

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