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Time spent in the Starbucks drive thru line is not time well spent

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 4, 2018
  • Post category:Productivity Tip
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When asked about how I get so much done, I have a multitude of answers. Strategies. Recommended routines. The propagation of certain habits. Suggested ways of thinking. But what I should…

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Republican interns are white.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 3, 2018
  • Post category:History/Politics
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Look no further than the current crop of White House summer interns to understand precisely what hardline Republican immigration policies are all about. You need to aggressively disregard people of color…

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Best and worst April Fools Day ever

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 2, 2018
  • Post category:Autobiography

It's a day late, but I thought I'd chronicle the two greatest April Fool's Day pranks ever played on me. On Sunday, April 1, 1990, I awoke before the crack…

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Resolution update: March 2018

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 1, 2018
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PERSONAL HEALTH1. Don’t die.Not even a near-death experience in March, which for me is saying something. 2. Lose 20 pounds.Two more pounds lost in March, bringing my total fo six. 3. Eat…

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Traffic might make me a little crazy

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 31, 2018
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I'm obsessed with this video, but I'm worried that I might be the only person in the world obsessed with this video, and that may say something not-so-great about me…

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It’s always strange when state-run TV and the President aren’t totally in sync

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 30, 2018
  • Post category:History/Politics
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When state-run television Fox News publishes poll data like this, there should be absolutely no question about the will of the American people. Yet not a single one of these measures…

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International Night: A reminder of what our country can and should be

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 29, 2018
  • Post category:History/Politics
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Last night my family attended my school's first ever International Night.I didn't know what to expect. I wasn't involved in the planning of this event, so when I arrived, I…

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Three continents in a single day

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 28, 2018
  • Post category:Books/MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND items/Storytelling/storyworthy items/The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs
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There is something to be said about the golden age of literature:The time when television, film, video games, and the internet did not steal away eyeballs of potential readers.Authors like…

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Memorizing phone numbers: An artifact of bygone days

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 27, 2018
  • Post category:Autobiography
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My aunt sent a text message to the family this week informing us that her landline phone number was no more. It was a phone number that I have known since…

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New Evangelical definition of marriage

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 26, 2018
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Just so we're clear:Evangelicals now believe that marriage is between a man, his third wife, a porn star, and a Playboy model.

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