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Read more about the article Adult-sized toilet. Child-sized toilet. Bet you can’t guess which one I used.

Adult-sized toilet. Child-sized toilet. Bet you can’t guess which one I used.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 6, 2012
  • Post category:Uncategorized

Continue ReadingAdult-sized toilet. Child-sized toilet. Bet you can’t guess which one I used.

It’s like kudzu.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 5, 2012
  • Post category:MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND items

One of my wife’s friends took this photo in a bookshop in Taipei!

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Read more about the article No prom allowed

No prom allowed

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 5, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography/Critic/Current Affairs

Did you hear about the high school student who is not allowed to attend her junior prom because she does not have a date? Amanda Dougherty, 17, a student at…

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Read more about the article Disaster averted.

Disaster averted.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 5, 2012
  • Post category:Family

While I was gone for the weekend, Elysha allowed our three year old to sleep with her in our bed, the first time this has been permitted. It could have…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: Grandparent love

Gratitude journal: Grandparent love

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 5, 2012
  • Post category:Family/Gratitude Journal

Tonight I am grateful for the love that Clara feels toward her grandparents. She adores Nani and Gramps and is as comfortable and happy in their presence as she is…

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Read more about the article She loves her future sibling, perhaps because she has not been asked to share yet.

She loves her future sibling, perhaps because she has not been asked to share yet.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 4, 2012
  • Post category:Family

I’m hoping that the love my daughter feels for her future sibling lasts a very long time. I know there will be days when the two of them don’t exactly…

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Read more about the article My wife looks beautiful, so shut up, lady.

My wife looks beautiful, so shut up, lady.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 4, 2012
  • Post category:Idea

Yesterday, a woman asked my very pregnant but perfectly sized wife if she is having twins. When Elysha answered in the negative, the woman then said, “Wow! You’re big.” Actually,…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: My solo mission

Gratitude journal: My solo mission

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 4, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography

As much as I may have have wanted and appreciated financial support from my parents after high school (at least in times of need), after watching the pilot episode of…

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Read more about the article French toast is her Muse

French toast is her Muse

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 3, 2012
  • Post category:Family/Music

Some songwriters are inspired by love. Others by joy, anger, heartache, loss and even peaches. My daughter is apparently inspired by French toast. Strange, but damn cute, too.   

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Read more about the article Resolution update: April 2012

Resolution update: April 2012

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 3, 2012
  • Post category:New Year's Resolutions

1. Don’t die. Another month of avoiding death complete. 2. Lose ten pounds. Things were looking so good until I attended back-to-back literary festivals over the last two weekends and…

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