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Read more about the article Do these prices make any sense to you?

Do these prices make any sense to you?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 9, 2012
  • Post category:Food and Drink/Quandry
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Look at the prices on this dessert menu. Do they strike you as bizarre? For example, we ordered the strawberry shortcake, but we could’ve saved 14 cents by ordering the…

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Read more about the article Wedding reboot: Nana recommends pole dancing

Wedding reboot: Nana recommends pole dancing

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 8, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography
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My wife and I will be celebrating our sixth wedding anniversary later this month. Following our wedding, I wrote about some of the more memorable moments and posted them on…

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Read more about the article Our little reader

Our little reader

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 8, 2012
  • Post category:Family
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My daughter reads WAY OUT IN THE DESERT while in her crib. Recites it, really. I love the way she says the Spanish names. These are the videos that I…

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Read more about the article Darth Vader would never have allowed such a cheap shot

Darth Vader would never have allowed such a cheap shot

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 7, 2012
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It’s rare when two individually outstanding creations can be brought together so seamlessly to produce something as near-perfect as this:

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Read more about the article Team effort

Team effort

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 7, 2012
  • Post category:The Writing Process
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When you read my next book, actually my next next book, know that a lot of it was written like this:

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Read more about the article Wedding reboot: Favorite wedding moments

Wedding reboot: Favorite wedding moments

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 7, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography

My wife and I will celebrate our sixth wedding anniversary later this month. Following our wedding, I wrote about some more memorable moments and posted them on a blog that…

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Read more about the article Wedding reboot: Best wedding response ever

Wedding reboot: Best wedding response ever

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 6, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography/Books
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My wife and I will be celebrating our sixth wedding anniversary later this month. A couple days ago I was writing about the hora, and it prompted me to go…

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Read more about the article From lunacy to reason in just three days

From lunacy to reason in just three days

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 6, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography/Family
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On Saturday we were back at the emergency room with our daughter after a less-than-pleasant ambulance ride two days before. The dreaded hives had reappeared, and unaware that this was…

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Read more about the article I hate the Red Sox, but I love these guys

I hate the Red Sox, but I love these guys

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 6, 2012
  • Post category:Books/Sports
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I’m listening to the book Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season by Stephen King and Stuart O’Nan. It’s essentially a double-entry journal that chronicles…

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Read more about the article Last year I punched the guy. Yesterday he apologized.

Last year I punched the guy. Yesterday he apologized.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 5, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography
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More than a year ago, I broke up a fight in the parking lot of my gym. In the process, I was forced to throw a punch of my own.…

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