Matthew Dicks – Page 365

I think there might be something wrong with my daughter.

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Post published:April 16, 2015
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I'm worried about my daughter. I was watching her coloring yesterday. She was using a white piece of paper. She was coloring it with a white crayon. White on white. Who does…

My Professional Best Man career is officially launched

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Post published:April 15, 2015
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After more than half a dozen failed attempts at being hired - all due to limitations of geography - it has finally happened:I have been hired as a professional best man. …

Stealing Daddy’s headphones

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Post published:April 14, 2015
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My wireless headphones are perched atop my head so often that there was a time when my son thought that they were a part of my body.They’re a little big…

3 Reasons Why You Should Never Send a Kid to a Dictionary to Look Up the Spelling of a Word

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:April 14, 2015
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As an elementary school teacher for 17 years, I have been asked for the spelling of a word hundreds, if not thousands, of times.Every time I have been asked --…

Wedding advice: No impromptu toasts.

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:April 12, 2015
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Wedding season is upon us. On Saturday my partner and I will begin our 19th season as wedding DJs. When we started back in 1996, we still had a…

Potty training in the modern world

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Post published:April 12, 2015
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Potty training in 2015 includes counsel from a supportive sister and an iPad propped up on a footstool. Times have changed.

Dear Adam Cloud: “Yard Goats” is the definition of unique. Also, your argument that the name is offensive is absurd.

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:April 11, 2015
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If you haven’t heard, the New Britain Rock Cats – the Colorado Rockies Double A affiliate – are moving to Hartford and have been renamed The Yard Goats.The Yard Goats…

A note to my children regarding the shame and embarrassment of 2015

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:April 10, 2015
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When you read about the year 2015 in the history books, little ones, please remember this: Yes, it’s true. It is still perfectly legal in much of the United States…