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A one minute Davy Jones audition video breaks my heart. What is wrong with me?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 10, 2012
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I can’t explain it, but watching this video makes me so sad. Watching someone with so much life ahead of him, knowing that it has now come to an end.…

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Read more about the article Gratitude Journal: This guy

Gratitude Journal: This guy

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 9, 2012
  • Post category:Gratitude Journal/MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND items
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I don’t think anyone should spend the exorbitant shipping costs to have my new book, Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, sent from the UK or Australia to the US. The…

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Read more about the article I won another Moth StorySLAM, and this time my wife deserves all of the credit.

I won another Moth StorySLAM, and this time my wife deserves all of the credit.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 9, 2012
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On Wednesday night I won the Moth’s StorySLAM at The Bell House in Brooklyn. The theme of the night was Theft, and I told a story about stealing shoes when…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: Simplicity

Gratitude journal: Simplicity

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 8, 2012
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Tonight I am grateful that my daughter, Clara, requires so little to be happy. I know this will not always be the case, so I am trying to enjoy it…

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Read more about the article Does the television weatherman serve any useful purpose anymore? I think not.

Does the television weatherman serve any useful purpose anymore? I think not.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 8, 2012
  • Post category:Critic/Quandry
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“Is this the end to the mild weather? Find out at 11:00.” This is what I heard tonight on television during an exceptionally rare viewing of live, non-sports related television.…

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Read more about the article My book has gone abroad

My book has gone abroad

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 8, 2012
  • Post category:MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND items
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It’s difficult to launch a book internationally while sitting at home, thousands of miles away, waiting until August for your book to publish here in the US. The reviews of…

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Read more about the article “In My Life” I have never seen anything better

“In My Life” I have never seen anything better

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 7, 2012
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Yes, having children can make life more complicated and expensive, but you get a moment like this and you can’t believe how lucky you are to have this little person…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: Idiot cat knows one important thing

Gratitude journal: Idiot cat knows one important thing

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 6, 2012
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He doesn’t know his own name. He eats and then vomits in the most inconvenient places. He eats dog food. He eats cashmere. He eats plastic bags. He eats the…

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Read more about the article Baby Lily is an orphan and I shouldn’t give a damn.

Baby Lily is an orphan and I shouldn’t give a damn.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 6, 2012
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It breaks my heart every time my daughter tells me that one of her babies is upset and crying because the baby doesn’t have a Mommy and Daddy. “But Clara,…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: No gestational diabetes

Gratitude journal: No gestational diabetes

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 5, 2012
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Tonight I am grateful that my wife does not have gestational diabetes. With three months to go before this baby is born, a case of gestational diabetes would have meant…

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