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The next time it rains, don’t complain. Do this.

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  • Post published:June 17, 2015
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Always calling for Mommy, even though she has ignored him almost every time

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 16, 2015
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My son has been alive for more than 1,000 days. For the last 800 days or so, I have been the one to pluck him from his crib in the…

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We don’t roll down our car windows anymore. What the hell are my children going to do?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 15, 2015
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You're standing outside a friend's car. You want him to roll down his window so you can talk. If you're from my generation or one earlier, you make a rotating, cranking motion…

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My son has no faith in me.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 14, 2015
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When I told my son that I couldn't fix his toy, he pushed me aside, grabbed the stool, found his way into a drawer with a screwdriver, and went to…

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I’m willing to reboot Lost, absent the stupid parts.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 14, 2015
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I have absolutely no experience writing or producing a television show, but if the studio is ever interested, I'd be willing to remake Lost, a show that I liked a…

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No TV since 1990 is no loss

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 13, 2015
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Perhaps you've heard that Pope Francis has not watched television since July 15, 1990. TIME's headline read:Pope Francis Has Missed Out on So Much Good Television Since 1990 And yes, I…

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Starbucks: Hate the product. Love the company.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 12, 2015
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At Starbucks’ annual meeting in Seattle last week, a shareholder complained to the chief executive, Howard Schultz, that the company had lost customers because of its vocal and economic support for same sex marriage and…

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Innocent enough to believe in “leap-whale”

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  • Post published:June 11, 2015
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My daughter came downstairs two mornings ago, insisting upon an immediate and in depth study of the minke whale. I don't know how these things happen, and I don't know why…

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Dear real estate agents: They’re just houses.

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  • Post published:June 11, 2015
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I have a friend who is a real estate agent. The other day she was explaining to me that housing prices in our area are flat because there is so…

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Sometimes the removal of a single piece can change everything

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  • Post published:June 10, 2015
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This statue can be found in the playground in the center of the parking lot at The Shoppes of Farmington Valley in Farmington, CT. It's supposed to be of a…

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