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Why I am still a wedding DJ after 20 years

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 23, 2017
  • Post category:DJ
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I DJ'd my last wedding of the year yesterday.My partner, Bengi, and I launched this business 20 years ago in September of 1997 with our very first wedding. We worked…

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The New York Times use of honorifics must end.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 22, 2017
  • Post category:Words
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I like the New York Times. I'm an online subscriber to the New York Times.Despite Trump's insistence that the New York Times is failing, digital subscriptions are at a record…

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I was offered a full scholarship at Yale, and I passed.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 21, 2017
  • Post category:Autobiography
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Yesterday Elysha and I spoke about storytelling, creativity, writing, and more to students on the campus of Yale University. Later, I performed at The Schubert, a large and beautiful theater…

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A whole lot of beauty

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 20, 2017
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There are days when a little bit of beauty is just the thing you need to bring wonder and joy back to your soul. This is so much more than a…

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I am successful because I am white.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 19, 2017
  • Post category:Autobiography
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I recently spoke to a large group of young people. I told stories from my life, imparted a few bits of wisdom, and took some questions.One of the young ladies…

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Thinking is a part of the writing process, damn it

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 18, 2017
  • Post category:Teaching/The Writing Process

I was teaching storytelling last week at Miss Porter's School. I sent the girls off for an hour to write and craft their stories, and when they returned, I asked…

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This is how every employee should be treated

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 17, 2017
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When web developer Madalyn Parker took two days of sick leave to tend to her mental health, she emailed her colleagues letting them know where she'd be. To Madalyn's surprise,…

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Eleven years of marriage today!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 16, 2017
  • Post category:Family

Elysha and I celebrated eleven years of marriage yesterday. I always tell her that it feels to me like we've only been married a couple years. She said it feels…

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A boy and a book in Columbia

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 15, 2017
  • Post category:MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND items
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Here is Juan Carlos. a boy in Columbia who is reading the Spanish edition of Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend. His mother was kind enough to write to me about…

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Trump makes my head hurt

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 15, 2017
  • Post category:History/Politics
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From yesterday's Press conference in France, Trump managed to (a) make a false claim(b) admit it may be false, then(c) continue on as if it were true.You can't make this…

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