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Read more about the article Ant killer turned ant savior

Ant killer turned ant savior

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 8, 2012
  • Post category:Family
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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…

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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…

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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…

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Read more about the article Instagram Budo

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…

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Read more about the article Waiting for Daddy

Waiting for Daddy

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 7, 2012
  • Post category:Family
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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…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: WordPress

Gratitude journal: WordPress

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 6, 2012
  • Post category:Gratitude Journal
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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…

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Read more about the article Say it ain’t so.

Say it ain’t so.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 6, 2012
  • Post category:Science
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As a kid who grew up as a dinosaur nerd (and who remains one to a degree even today), I find this news incredibly depressing.

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Read more about the article Unusual, inexplicable, tragic and occasionally victorious

Unusual, inexplicable, tragic and occasionally victorious

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 6, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography/Sports
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Following the recent reappearance of my brother after a five year disappearance and the presumption that he was dead, one of my friends asked, “Why does stuff like this happen…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: Four square

Gratitude journal: Four square

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 5, 2012
  • Post category:Gratitude Journal/Teaching
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Tonight I am grateful for four square, a game that my principal introduced to the school several years ago that has grown in popularity ever since. Requiring only a rubber…

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Read more about the article What do you think of the blog’s new design?

What do you think of the blog’s new design?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 4, 2012
  • Post category:Quandry
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If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you may have noticed a change this week. Over the last month, I have been working with a company in Uzbekistan to…

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