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Read more about the article Lyric Problems: Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven is a Place on Earth”

Lyric Problems: Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven is a Place on Earth”

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 25, 2017
  • Post category:Lyric Problems/Music
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Belinda Carlisle claims again and again in her 1987 Billboard #1 hit "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" that:"They say in heaven, love comes first."No, they don't. This is not…

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Guest post: Daniel Dale’s Twitter feed

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 24, 2017
  • Post category:History/Politics
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Daniel Dale, Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, tweeted the following thread that I have cut and pasted here in the event you don't use Twitter or didn't see it on…

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Read more about the article I want a little signage, damn it.

I want a little signage, damn it.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 23, 2017
  • Post category:Idea
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I'm not asking for much.When construction begins on a new project, could we require that a sign be erected explaining what this new project will be?Last year, a gas station…

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Choose to believe?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 23, 2017
  • Post category:Uncategorized

A friend recently said to me, "If you choose to believe in God, at least you get to believe in heaven." What I strange thing to say, I thought. If…

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Just the kind of conversation I want before sunrise

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 22, 2017
  • Post category:Autobiography/Books/Family/History/Politics/Words
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Nothing to see here.Just a pre-sunrise conversation with my eight-year old daughter, Clara, about what the word "stillborn" means, followed by a flood of tears over the fate of Elizabeth Adams,…

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Read more about the article The men’s restroom: All I want is a little consistency, please…

The men’s restroom: All I want is a little consistency, please…

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 21, 2017
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I appreciate and embrace consistency in all things. Find the fastest, most accurate, most efficient, least expensive way of doing something, and repeat as often as needed.This is why men's…

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Earning his keep

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 21, 2017
  • Post category:Family
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This cat pushes everything he can find onto the floor. He's broken bowls and glasses and picture frames. He's toppled laundry baskets off counters and shoved laptops of tables.   He eats…

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When will she die?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 19, 2017
  • Post category:Quandry
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Sometimes I listen to a despicable person - politician, commentator, talk show host - and find myself compelled to run to Wikipedia to find out how old the person is, hoping…

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Two word horror story

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 18, 2017
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A reader on Goodreads asked me to write a two sentence horror story. Here is what I wrote:She cried out from the laundry room. "You didn't dry my sweaters, did…

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Free Dive

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 17, 2017
  • Post category:Quandry/Sports
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This is both fascinating and bizarre.Watching the video of this man free dive to the bottom of the deepest pool in the world is both mind boggling and incredible, and…

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