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Stop getting older, little girl.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 25, 2018
  • Post category:Family
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Today is my daughter's ninth birthday.As I write these words (at 5:40 AM), she's standing about seven feet to my left, listening to the music of Grace Vanderwaal and, in…

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It’s 9:00 on a Saturday…

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 24, 2018
  • Post category:DJ/Music
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During my 21 years as a wedding DJ, I have played Billy Joel's "Piano Man" at 9:00 on a Saturday whenever possible.Hundreds of times. Only once - La Renaissance, September 2011 - did…

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Five sausages and a good story

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 23, 2018
  • Post category:Sports/Storytelling
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The New England Patriots defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday in the AFC championship game at Gillette Stadium. It was the eighth AFC championship game that I have attended in…

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It’s a wonder I get anything done

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 22, 2018
  • Post category:Family/The Writing Process
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I was writing this morning. It was quite early. The sun had yet to rise. Words were flowing. Paragraphs were forming. Things were good. Then my daughter, Clara, age 8, appeared…

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Women’s March 2018

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 21, 2018
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I wasn't able to attend this year's Women's March, which saddened me. Last year's march was one of my highlights of 2017. It represented hope and possibility in a time…

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Are my books a window into my soul?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 20, 2018
  • Post category:Books/SOMETHING MISSING Items
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Elysha met a person who read my first novel, Something Missing, and refuses to read any more of my books because after reading the first, she is worried that I'm…

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When I launched my DJ career, it was ancient times

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 19, 2018
  • Post category:DJ
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My partner and I started our DJ business 21 years ago on a whim. We had no experience and no equipment but thought we could make it work.Since 1997, we’ve…

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I learned about “onset” this week

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 18, 2018
  • Post category:Words
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I learned something new this week:"Onset" is a word that signals the beginning of something, but it specifically signals the beginning of something unpleasant.Unpleasant only.I did not know this. For decades,…

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Pickle smooch?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 17, 2018
  • Post category:Quandry
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At the Olive Garden in West Hartford, CT there is a men's restroom. Inside that men's restroom, there is a framed photograph of a house and a tree. I'll never understand restaurant…

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48,762 is a completely unacceptable number

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 16, 2018
  • Post category:Productivity Tip
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As an "inbox zero" guy (one who strives to keep his email's inbox empty or as close to empty as possible), you can't imagine how upsetting this particular phone is…

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