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Resolution update: January 2016

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 1, 2016
  • Post category:New Year's Resolutions
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PERSONAL HEALTH1. Don’t die.I lowered my cholesterol by almost 40 points. I'm going to live forever. 2. Lose 20 pounds.Four pounds down. 16 pounds to go. Good start. 3. Do at least…

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My children take selfies now, and I’m glad.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 31, 2016
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I texted my wife and asked her to take a few photos of the kids and send them to me.She taught them to take selfies instead. It was a good decision.

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Richard Marx is trapped in my head, and I didn’t even know it.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 30, 2016
  • Post category:Music/Quandry
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My wife decided that the theme of our next Speak Up show at Infinity Music Hall in Hartford would be "Should've Known Better."We decided this in the car on the…

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The Name Game

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 29, 2016
  • Post category:Autobiography
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My daughter, Clara, turned seven on Monday. Tomorrow we host a birthday party for friends and family. I was telling Clara stories about the day she was born, and this story…

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Three Things I Eat Oddly

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 28, 2016
  • Post category:Food and Drink
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Peanut butter and tuna fish sandwich I despise mayonnaise. It's a terrible, evil substance. But as a boy, my mother still fed me tuna fish sandwiches, despite my hatred for…

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Boy vs. Girl: Episode 12 – The Rachel-less Episode

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 27, 2016
  • Post category:Boy Vs. Girl/Podcast
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Episode 12 of Boy vs. Girl features unintentional and accidental recordings of conversations between myself and my ch-host, Rachel Leventhal Weiner, about such issues as when you should get married,…

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A Giants fan enacts a random and nonsensical act of football hatred upon a Patriots fan

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 27, 2016
  • Post category:Sports
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I found this in my classroom on Monday morning following the Patriots loss to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship game.  The balloons, the orange soda, and the poorly…

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Heart beeps

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 26, 2016
  • Post category:Family/Words
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My three year-old son discovered his mother's heartbeat today.He calls them "heart beeps."  Don't you dare correct him. 

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Clara Susan: January 26, 2009

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 25, 2016
  • Post category:Autobiography/Family
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I wrote this seven years ago today, upon the birth of my daughter.Today she celebrates her seventh birthday. Such a big girl._______________________________________Our day began yesterday, at 11:53 PM, when you…

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Professional Best Man (and the amazing things that have happened since I first proposed this job)

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 25, 2016
  • Post category:DJ/Idea
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Five years ago I proposed a new job idea:Professional best man.It remains a role that I am waiting to fill. Let me explain.Although I meet many outstanding best men in…

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