Matthew Dicks – Page 594

Young, thin and preferably blond

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:December 9, 2011
Post category:Quandry Sports
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As a Patriots season ticket holder, I attend almost every home game, so I have become quite familiar with the way in which the game is produced inside Gillette Stadium.…

Buffering, procrastination and taunts from the mouth of a babe

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:December 7, 2011
Post category:Family
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While putting my two year old daughter to bed tonight, she said the following things:1. “Peep is buffering, Daddy.”She was watching Peep and the Big Wide World on an iPhone…

My approach to the book tour: Part 2

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:December 7, 2011
Post category:Appearances Idea
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Yesterday I described the format of my typical book talk. Today I offer a few suggestions on how to guarantee success at a book talk.1. One of the criticisms of…

Our little Nutcracker ballerina

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:December 7, 2011
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My wife sent me this video to me while I was at the Patriots game on Sunday. It’s adorable, but I spent half the day trying to figure out how…

My approach to the book tour

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:December 6, 2011
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The Wall Street Journal’s Joanne Kaufman wrote a piece on the way in which bookstores are beginning to rethink the traditional book tour that got a lot of attention in…

Cute Thanksgiving Day photos

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:December 5, 2011
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This is pure, self-aggrandizing pride in the cuteness and joy of my little girl on Thanksgiving Day. Forgive me.

A reminder that some of the best gifts come in cheap packages. And in some case, the best gifts are actually cheap packaging.

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:December 5, 2011
Post category:Poetry
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This insightful and amusing post on the five best gifts of all time (stick, box, string, cardboard tube, and dirt) reminds me of a poem that I wrote years ago…

This post-feminist world is confusing to me.

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:December 5, 2011
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I purchased my Christmas tree last week. We rode a tractor into the hills of a tree farm, and using my bare hands, I tore the tree from the cold…

It’s got everything. Opposition to authority. A First Amendment battle. And the stupidity of the demanded apology.

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:December 4, 2011
Post category:Current Affairs
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The story of Emma Sullivan is one of my favorites of the year. Sullivan is the eighteen year old high school student who tweeted that Kansas Governor Sam Brownback "sucked"…