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Read more about the article The many faces of Charlie

The many faces of Charlie

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 8, 2012
  • Post category:Family
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My wife takes these series of photographs of our son that I adore. Until I had children, I had no idea how expressive a baby’s face could be.    

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Read more about the article The Internet makes it a very small world

The Internet makes it a very small world

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 7, 2012
  • Post category:Sports/Web/Tech
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Yesterday I wrote about Erin DiMeglio, the first girl to play quarterback in a Florida high school football game. Uncertain about how I would react if my daughter asked to…

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Read more about the article Amazing or amazingly awful?

Amazing or amazingly awful?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 7, 2012
  • Post category:Quandry
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I’m not sure whether this man is a great father or an attention-seeking lunatic.

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Read more about the article My little girl playing football?

My little girl playing football?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 6, 2012
  • Post category:Quandry/Sports
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Have you heard about Erin DiMeglio, the first girl to play quarterback in a Florida high school football game? DeMeglio is the third string quarterback on a roster is filled…

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Read more about the article Gumby and me in the HOV

Gumby and me in the HOV

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 6, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography
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An Oregon woman attempted to disguise a giant teddy bear as an additional human passenger in order to travel in the high occupancy vehicle lane “and now faces a $260…

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Read more about the article Clint Eastwood’s Imaginary Friend was really his convenient friend

Clint Eastwood’s Imaginary Friend was really his convenient friend

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 5, 2012
  • Post category:History/Politics/MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND items
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I wonder if Clinton will speak to an imaginary Clint Eastwood tonight at the Democratic National Convention.  I doubt it. I’m guessing that Clinton knows the first rule of Imaginary…

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Read more about the article Best race of 2012 without exception

Best race of 2012 without exception

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 5, 2012
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Wouldn’t it be great if the Paralympics received the same amount of attention as the Olympics? Races like this are thrilling and inspiring beyond belief, yet so few of us…

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Read more about the article I’m not afraid.

I’m not afraid.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 5, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography
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Gerascophobia is the fear of growing old. I would be consumed with gerascophobia if I was to ever accept that I was getting older, which I would never do because…

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Read more about the article The Open and Close Eyes Game

The Open and Close Eyes Game

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 4, 2012
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My daughter has informed us that her infant brother’s favorite game is The Open and Close Eyes Game. “He’s playing it again, Daddy!” she shouts as Charlie sits in my…

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Read more about the article A message I try to drill into my students every single day

A message I try to drill into my students every single day

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 4, 2012
  • Post category:Teaching
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