I love it when deserving people are made to look stupid.
My “novel in the drawer” (the book I wrote two years ago and am keeping in reserve for a rainy day) is the story of a vigilante of sorts who…
A future protagonist, perhaps.
This odd and fascinating man, who spent untold hours creating a device to remove the filling from an Oreo cookie, is just the kind of person you might find in…
Don’t call yourself old
Yesterday I heard a friend who is about my age say, “Kids today are just so disrespectful.” I laughed. I have yet to meet a student more disrespectful than my…
Speak Up: True Stories. Real People.
Back in January, I announced our intention to launch a local storytelling series here in Connecticut, modeled loosely after The Moth, the organization in New York City that hosts the…
Best basketball shot ever
The thing I like best about this amazing, incredible, unbelievable, never-to-be-duplicated basketball shot is that it only happens because an opposing player (our antagonist) is overconfident in his supposed victory…
The Matthew Dicks Treatise on Humility
When it comes to humility, I try to abide by these five rules: Be confident about the things that you know and do well. People want to know and believe…
Do you know anyone who smokes?
As Connecticut debates a ban on smoking in cars with children, The Daily Beast offers a list of establishments where smoking is still permitted. I’m frankly stunned that any of…
Grandfather-in-training
My father–in-law does his best to keep me informed on national politics, foreign policy and the dangers of playing tackle football, but what he teaches me best is how to…
No two snowflakes (or cows) are alike is bunk
I read this week that all cows have different patterns of spots and “not a single cow has identical spots to another.” I’ve also been repeatedly told that no two…
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