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I threw cases of French fries against walls to relieve stress.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 18, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography/Idea
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I found this new business idea rather intriguing: Donna Alexander is the founder of the aptly-named Anger Room, probably the only business in the world that begs you to break…

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Read more about the article Desperate times call for desperate measures

Desperate times call for desperate measures

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 18, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography
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I texted my wife yesterday, telling her that I was beginning to feel ill. I cannot afford to be sick at this particular moment in time.  Elysha has been ordered…

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Read more about the article I am not a loser, little one, and I will have the shirt to prove it.

I am not a loser, little one, and I will have the shirt to prove it.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 17, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography
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CHICAGO—A study published this week in the journal Pediatrics found that, within seconds of their birth, babies have the ability to sense whether their parents are losers. "From the moment…

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Read more about the article You have been replaced by an app, sir.

You have been replaced by an app, sir.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 16, 2012
  • Post category:Quandry/Television
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A TV weatherman is visiting my daughter’s preschool tomorrow as part of their week-long study of occupations. He may be an actual meteorologist and not simply a failed actor who…

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Recent press for Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 15, 2012
  • Post category:MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND items
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Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, which published in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa back in March, continues to receive positive press overseas and even some here in…

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Yes. I’m an author. Yes, with real books and everything. Why doesn’t anyone want to believe me?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 15, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography/Books
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Author Allison Winn Scott wrote a piece for Psychology Today that made me realize that I am not alone. In imagining a future in which she is no longer an…

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Read more about the article Is one book a year enough?

Is one book a year enough?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 14, 2012
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Julie Bosman of The New York Times published a piece over the weekend discussing how writing one book a year might no longer be enough in this age of the…

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Read more about the article A whole new breed of middle school student

A whole new breed of middle school student

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 14, 2012
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I admire this kid on so many levels: His product His company’s website His entrepreneurship The origin of his idea (spite) His choice of scents (bacon, baseball mitt, fresh cut…

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Read more about the article That moment…

That moment…

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 13, 2012
  • Post category:Words
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… in the midst of a back and forth texting session when a comment is so clever, so amusing, so succinct and so timely that it could serve as the…

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Father’s Day

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 13, 2012
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Since your Mother’s Day shopping is probably complete, I thought I’d remind you of what I would like for Father’s Day, in case any of you are so inclined to…

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