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Read more about the article They can’t win. At least when the critics are stupid.

They can’t win. At least when the critics are stupid.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 24, 2013
  • Post category:Critic/Food and Drink
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Coca-Cola has rolled out a series of anti-obesity ads that highlights some of the measures that the company has taken already to curb obesity, including making calorie counts more visible…

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Read more about the article I wonder if his children’s book is nearly as impenetrable as his adult fiction.

I wonder if his children’s book is nearly as impenetrable as his adult fiction.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 23, 2013
  • Post category:Books/Quandry
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I’d purchase a copy to find out for myself, but it is sadly out of print. Amazon is offering it for as low as $98.97, but I don’t need to…

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Read more about the article Christmas morning. Unwrapped presents still under the tree. Discussion on the nature of 13.

Christmas morning. Unwrapped presents still under the tree. Discussion on the nature of 13.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 23, 2013
  • Post category:Family
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I wrote about this back when it happened, but here is the video of the actual moment. In the midst of opening Christmas presents, Clara stopped and asked to practice…

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Read more about the article There is always a reason for an imaginary friend

There is always a reason for an imaginary friend

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 22, 2013
  • Post category:Autobiography/Current Affairs/MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND items/Quandry/Sports
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Someone invented Manti Te’o’s imaginary girlfriend. Whether he was the victim of an elaborate hoax or the perpetrator of the scheme, the fact remains: Te’o professed to loving a woman…

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Read more about the article Storytelling coming to Connecticut! Save the date!

Storytelling coming to Connecticut! Save the date!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 22, 2013
  • Post category:Storytelling
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I've decided to launch a local storytelling series here in Connecticut, modeled after The Moth, the organization in New York City that hosts the storytelling events in which I compete…

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Read more about the article Making a defeat look like a win

Making a defeat look like a win

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 21, 2013
  • Post category:Marketing and Publlicity/MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND items
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MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND did not win the 2012 Goodreads Choice Award. Being nominated was an honor, of course, and making it to the finals was thrilling, but the…

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Read more about the article Best Christmas morning words ever spoken

Best Christmas morning words ever spoken

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 21, 2013
  • Post category:Family
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It’s a little late, but I finally got around to looking at the video footage from Christmas. This was one of my favorite clips.

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Read more about the article It’s ironic, damn it. Or close enough.

It’s ironic, damn it. Or close enough.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 20, 2013
  • Post category:Music
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Anyone who criticizes Alanis Morissette’s song Ironic for its lack of irony is an intellectual douche bag. It’s a four minute pop song. It need not be held up to…

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Read more about the article The Wizard of Oz versus Star Wars

The Wizard of Oz versus Star Wars

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 20, 2013
  • Post category:Recommended Reading/Viewing
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Late last week I “stirred up a hornet’s nest” by writing a piece arguing that the reason Hasbro markets Easy Bake Ovens solely to girls is because the vast majority…

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Read more about the article The most baffling part about the North Korean government is their inability to lie well.

The most baffling part about the North Korean government is their inability to lie well.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 19, 2013
  • Post category:History/Politics/Quandry
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The North Korean government is obviously unlike any other governing body in the world, but what I cannot understand is why they are such bad liars. While there may be…

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