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Resolution update: June 2013

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:July 1, 2013
Post category:New Year's Resolutions
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In an effort to hold myself accountable, I post the progress of my yearly goals at the end of each month on this blog. The following are the results through…

13 things that make me happy

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:June 30, 2013
Post category:Autobiography
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Former acquisitions editor Jennifer Pooley wrote a post on her blog entitled “13 things that make me happy.” Nothing on her list actually makes me happy (#1 comes the closest,…

First marks

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:June 29, 2013
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My son, Charlie, made his first marks on paper while waiting for our meals at a local restaurant. Perhaps this is just the beginning. Maybe he will be following in…

Sperm, sticks and downright douchebaggery

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:June 28, 2013
Post category:Current Affairs
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TIME recently posted a piece entitled A Dozen Random Goods & Services Selling Unusually Well Right Now. A few were particularly notable to me. American SpermIn Canada, Australia, the United…

Father-son discussion

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:June 28, 2013
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I’m sure that we will have some serious and unpleasant discussions in the future, but the conversations that my son and I have today aren’t too bad, especially when only…

“In The Night Kitchen” relies on the penis for its success and notoriety.

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:June 27, 2013
Post category:Books Critic Recommended Reading/Viewing
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This reading of In the Night Kitchen got a lot of attention on the Internet last week with the passing of James Gandolfini. And Gandolfini delivers a spectacular reading of…

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s DOMA ruling, I can’t help but accentuate the negative

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:June 26, 2013
Post category:Critic History/Politics
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I think it says a lot about me that as happy as I am about the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down the Defense of Marriage Act, I take infinitely more…

Second place sucks. I am a jerk.

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:June 26, 2013
Post category:Autobiography Critic Moth Storytelling
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I came in second place on Monday night at a Moth StorySLAM in New York City. I was in first place after four stories but gave up the lead to…

If only he could remain so agreeable

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:June 25, 2013
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My son has begun to make that transition from baby to little boy. He can speak a few words now, and he’s crawling upright on all fours rather than slithering…