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Read more about the article Joaquin Phoenix is her uncle!

Joaquin Phoenix is her uncle!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 6, 2013
  • Post category:Family
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Astounding news, discovered only because New York magazine just happened to be lying on the table during lunch. Oddly enough, it was this image that attracted my daughter to the…

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Read more about the article Speak Up storyteller: Micaela Blei

Speak Up storyteller: Micaela Blei

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 6, 2013
  • Post category:Speak Up/Storytelling
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Our next Speak Up storytelling event is on Saturday, November 9, at 8:00 at Real Art Ways in Hartford. Tickets can be purchased online here or purchased at the door,…

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Read more about the article Speak Up storytellers: James Bengiovanni

Speak Up storytellers: James Bengiovanni

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 6, 2013
  • Post category:Speak Up/Storytelling
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Our next Speak Up storytelling event is on Saturday, November 9, at 8:00 at Real Art Ways in Hartford. Tickets can be purchased online here or purchased at the door,…

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Read more about the article Speak Up storytellers: Plato Karafelis

Speak Up storytellers: Plato Karafelis

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 6, 2013
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Our next Speak Up storytelling event is on Saturday, November 9, at 8:00 at Real Art Ways in Hartford. Tickets can be purchased online here or purchased at the door,…

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Read more about the article My children ruined my Patriots game day perfection.

My children ruined my Patriots game day perfection.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 5, 2013
  • Post category:Family/Sports
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Attending Sunday’s Patriots-Steelers game was pretty great. In addition to an outstanding game, our tailgate party was about a dozen strong, including a couple friends who I hadn’t seen in…

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Read more about the article You’re making your insomnia worse. Get out of bed and do something great.

You’re making your insomnia worse. Get out of bed and do something great.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 5, 2013
  • Post category:Idea/Science
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Author Nichole Berneir tweeted the following last week: One thing that made a tremendous difference in my productivity & happiness a year ago: Instead of fighting insomnia, get up and…

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Read more about the article The only proper reaction to someone who has failed to give you a wedding gift

The only proper reaction to someone who has failed to give you a wedding gift

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 4, 2013
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A piece by Abby Ellin in the Times discusses the reaction of some people when a guest fails to give them a wedding gift. Ellin writes: In the hierarchy of…

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Emergency medical care apparently sucked in 1988

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 3, 2013
  • Post category:Autobiography
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I was recently speaking to a former classmate, and she told me that her most vivid recollection of me was the time I extracted a piece of windshield glass from…

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Read more about the article Children: Ready-made victims for your cruelest pranks

Children: Ready-made victims for your cruelest pranks

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 3, 2013
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Three years ago, I wrote a post about a cruel prank that I wanted to play on my children someday involving a Christmas present and a lesson about remembering the…

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Read more about the article Unacceptable platitude #6: “I never said I was perfect.”

Unacceptable platitude #6: “I never said I was perfect.”

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 2, 2013
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“I never said I was perfect.” Criticizing someone does not imply that you are questioning their level of perfection. Discard this platitude like the piece of trash it is.  Besides,…

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