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This makes no sense to me. You?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 7, 2015
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Elysha thinks I'm crazy. I think not.I bought a new lawnmower from Lawnboy. Their motto:Easy to handle. Hard to beat. These two sentences are incongruous. The first describes the handling of the…

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Goodnight Moon: Supporting drug use and attempted kidnapping

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 6, 2015
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Ever purchase a copy of the classic children's book Goodnight Moon? If so, here's a story that will break your heart.Just a few months before Margaret Wise Brown died suddenly…

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The Connecticut Forum: Backstage with the Creators of Serial

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 6, 2015
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Tickets are still available for Wednesday's Connecticut Forum. If you live in the Hartford area and are a fan of podcasts like myself, this is not to be missed.  A…

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I was hoping for funny and embarrassing. Instead, I got one of the most amazing videos I have ever seen.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 5, 2015
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I was told that it was a video of a marriage proposal in a McDonald's drive thru that apparently went bad. I clicked on the link, thinking I'd be watching…

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The dark, incestuous side of The Brady Bunch, including dog collars and nails

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 4, 2015
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I grew up watching The Brady Bunch. I loved The Brady Bunch.Sadly, not everything on The Brady Bunch was as wholesome as it seemed. Barry Williams (Greg) and Maureen McCormick (Marcia) had…

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Possible (and recommended) bookshelf goal

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 4, 2015
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A reader sent me this.Clearly a reader with excellent taste. If only every bookshelf looked like this:

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12 Popular Things That I’ve Never Done

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 3, 2015
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These are things that many or most people seem to have done at some point in their lives that I have not._______________________________________Never used an illegal drug of any kind Never purchased a…

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Is it really so hard to imagine Jesus supporting same sex marriage?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 2, 2015
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In an Op-Ed in the New York Times last week, Louisiana Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Bobby Jindal writes that he is "holding firm against gay marriage." If I were…

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Resolution update: May 2015

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  • Post published:June 1, 2015
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PERSONAL HEALTH1. Don’t die.I am alive as of this posting. .2. Lose 20 pounds.I've lost zero pounds in May, stalling my weight loss at four pounds.  Not good.3. Do at least…

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The Nazis were evil, but this Disney film is insane

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  • Post published:May 31, 2015
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It's impossible to understand what it was like to live through World War II unless you were there, so casting judgment on the time or the decisions made is always precarious.The…

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