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How Poor Were You?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 17, 2016
  • Post category:Family
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I spent last weekend in the company of Elysha's 94 year-old grandmother. We call her Nana, and I always love speaking to her. In the midst of our chat, I…

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Unfair assumption #26: Adults who drink milk are lunatics

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 15, 2016
  • Post category:Food and Drink
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There's nothing wrong with an adult drinking white milk.Nothing at all. Truly.Still, it just seems so wrong to me. Insanity, really.

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Sometimes a job is more than a job.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 14, 2016
  • Post category:Autobiography/Teaching
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I have been teaching at the same elementary school in West Hartford, CT since the fall of 1999. The way that this school and its people have become intertwined in…

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This is more important than selling shoes and books.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 13, 2016
  • Post category:History/Politics/Sports
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I have a friend who approached me a couple weeks ago and said, "Do you know why Michael Jordan never endorses political candidates? Because Democrats and Republicans both buy shoes."He…

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The Moth: The Promise

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 12, 2016
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In November of last year, I told this story about my high school sweetheart at a Moth GrandSLAM in Brooklyn. I was lucky enough to have the story air on…

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Best insult ever

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 11, 2016
  • Post category:Teaching
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In my 18 years of teaching, I have been insulted by students in countless times in countless ways. Playful banter, of course, never meant to hurt and often in response to…

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Practicing your speech in front of a mirror makes no sense

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 10, 2016
  • Post category:Storytelling
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In the past four years, in addition to working with the hundreds of storytellers who have performed in our Speak Up shows, I've also been working on a fairly regular…

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Confessions of a Patriots Season Ticket Holder: Seasons Fall 2016

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 9, 2016
  • Post category:Sports
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My latest humor column in the fall edition of Seasons magazine published this weekend. You can read it online here if you're not lucky enough to receive home delivery.Scroll to…

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Never in my life

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 8, 2016
  • Post category:History/Politics
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I have been in many locker rooms and on many golf courses over the course of my life. I have worked in fast food restaurants and diners and on construction…

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Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend fan art

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 7, 2016
  • Post category:MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND items
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There is nothing more humbling and thrilling than receiving fan art from a reader. I've received quite a bit over the years and seen even more on social media and…

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