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Read more about the article My boy!

My boy!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 7, 2012
  • Post category:Family
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My father-in-law has somehow made my little boy look a lot older than his smidgen-over two months. I swear he does not look this grownup yet in real life. 

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Read more about the article Three packages arrived last week. Only one was creepy and sexually inappropriate.

Three packages arrived last week. Only one was creepy and sexually inappropriate.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 6, 2012
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On Friday the first copy of MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND arrived at my door, wrapped beautifully and accompanied by a note from my editor. It was the kind of…

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Read more about the article Prepare to cry

Prepare to cry

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 6, 2012
  • Post category:Recommended Reading/Viewing/Science
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I will show this video to my students in hopes that it will have the same effect on them that it had on me: It will remind them how fortunate…

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Read more about the article Maybe yoga isn’t such a good idea after all.

Maybe yoga isn’t such a good idea after all.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 5, 2012
  • Post category:New Year's Resolutions/Quandry
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One of my New Year’s resolutions is to give yoga an honest try. After reading Lee Anne Finfinger’s The 10 things you’ll do once you start yoga (that have nothing…

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Read more about the article Is my extreme honesty hurting myself or helping others?

Is my extreme honesty hurting myself or helping others?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 5, 2012
  • Post category:Quandry
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Last week I posted a revised list of my flaws and shortcomings. It was the third time I have revised and posted the list. You can read about the reason…

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Read more about the article My mother soaked me in neurotoxins and endocrine disruptors as a child

My mother soaked me in neurotoxins and endocrine disruptors as a child

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 4, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography/Science
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When I was a boy, my mother would literally lock me and my brothers an sisters and me out of the house during the summer, only permitting entrance for lunch,…

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Read more about the article Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend is here!

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend is here!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 3, 2012
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Read more about the article Shortcomings and Flaws: 2012

Shortcomings and Flaws: 2012

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 3, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography
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A reader once accused me of being materialistic after I wrote about my lack of a favorite number, specifically criticizing me for saying that when it comes to salary, my…

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Read more about the article The problem with Slate’s Double X Gabfest

The problem with Slate’s Double X Gabfest

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 3, 2012
  • Post category:Critic
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I realize that this will apply to a tiny subset of my audience, but I have to put it out there: I can’t stand Slate’s Double X Gabfest. Not that…

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Read more about the article “Sticks and stones” does not apply in Italy

“Sticks and stones” does not apply in Italy

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 2, 2012
  • Post category:Current Affairs
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If I were an Italian man, I would attempt to put an end to this immediately: An Italian court just ruled that insulting a man by telling him he has…

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