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Gratitude journal: Dancing in the kitchen

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:April 10, 2012
Post category:Family Gratitude Journal
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Tonight I am grateful for the ten minutes of after dinner-dancing that my daughter and I did in the kitchen at her bequest. The music, selected by my wife, included…

When was I supposed to tell him that she is pregnant?

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:April 9, 2012
Post category:Quandry
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I saw my friend, Gary, last week. He’s an engineer at Pratt and Whitney, and he served as a judge in my annual science fair. I have known Gary for…

Gratitude journal: Plentiful Easter

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:April 9, 2012
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Tonight I am grateful for many things: Great friends who have a knack of making us feel like family on days like today. My daughter’s spontaneous and unprecedented sharing of…

Ant killer turned ant savior

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:April 8, 2012
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Our home has been invaded by ants. Today one was crawling across the table. My three year old daughter, Clara, spotted it first. Then my wife, Elysha, saw it. She…

My Wikipedia dream

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:April 8, 2012
Post category:Web/Tech
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It’s my dream that someday I will click on the Wikipedia app on my phone, and the featured article of the day will be the same article that brought me…

Gratitude journal: Peanut free Easter candy

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:April 8, 2012
Post category:Family Food and Drink Gratitude Journal
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Tonight I am grateful to Tootsie Roll Industries, the makers of Andes Candies and Junior Mints, for specifically stating on their packaging that these products are manufactured in facilities that…

Instagram Budo

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:April 7, 2012
Post category:MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND items
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Someone posted this to Instagram yesterday. It’s a photograph of the back cover of the UK edition of Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, enhanced by one of Instagram’s filters. I…

Waiting for Daddy

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:April 7, 2012
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My daughter spent the night with friends last week while we attended a 90th birthday celebration for my wife’s grandmother in the city. It was Clara’s first overnight stay with…

Gratitude journal: WordPress

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:April 6, 2012
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Tonight I am grateful to WordPress, the website and blogging platform that I now use. Thanks to the good folks at Foliovision, I recently migrated my blog from TypePad to…