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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: Readers live-tweeting my book

Gratitude journal: Readers live-tweeting my book

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 14, 2012
  • Post category:Books/Gratitude Journal/MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND items
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Tonight I am thankful for the enthusiastic readers who have been engaging in a new form of live tweeting whereby they send me tweets as they make their way through…

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Read more about the article Put yourself out there

Put yourself out there

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 14, 2012
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In 2011, I suggested on this blog that I might make an excellent professional best man and offered my services to anyone interested. Thus far I have received three inquiries…

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Spite is your friend

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 14, 2012
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Bestselling author Ellen Potter’s recent interview in The Baltimore Sun featured this gem: [Encouragement] is important in this field, right? Oh, yes. One professor in college told me flat-out I…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: Portlandia

Gratitude journal: Portlandia

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 13, 2012
  • Post category:Gratitude Journal/Television
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Tonight I am grateful for Portlandia. Elysha and I watched the season finale of the show tonight. It’s freakin’ hilarious. Happily, IFC has greenlighted a third season of the show,…

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Read more about the article Three Little Pigs: Hardcore

Three Little Pigs: Hardcore

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 13, 2012
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Read more about the article You can’t take back slut.

You can’t take back slut.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 13, 2012
  • Post category:Critic/Words

This week’s Slate DoubleX Gabfest discussed how Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown Law Student who was called a “slut” by Rush Limbaugh, might be “the new standard bearer for sex-positive feminism.”…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: A good sleeper

Gratitude journal: A good sleeper

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 12, 2012
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So many parents have such a hard time getting their children to sleep at night. Some can’t stand the thought of listening to their child crying in the crib during…

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Read more about the article Keep Calm and Carry On

Keep Calm and Carry On

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 12, 2012
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The history behind the poster and phrase “Keep Calm and Carry On” is a good one, but the most intriguing thing about this video is the bookstore where the original…

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Read more about the article Our romantic evening with the engineer

Our romantic evening with the engineer

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 12, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography
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Yesterday, I detailed our unfortunate experience on Saturday night in our NYC hotel room. After many queries regarding the end result of our evening with the engineer, I thought I’d…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: Gramps

Gratitude journal: Gramps

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 11, 2012
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Tonight I am grateful that Clara is able to spend as much time with her grandfather as she does. She loves the old guy, and he loves her right back.…

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