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Read more about the article Not exactly normal behavior

Not exactly normal behavior

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 13, 2012
  • Post category:Family
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I took my daughter to her friend’s birthday party last week. Clara is always a little slow to warm up, but if Elysha is not with us, her slow-to-warn-up nature…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: The phone call

Gratitude journal: The phone call

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 12, 2012
  • Post category:Gratitude Journal
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Tonight I am grateful for the phone call we received this afternoon informing us that the results of my wife’s recent amniocentesis were normal.  We waited almost forty-eight hours for…

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Read more about the article Non-starter

Non-starter

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 12, 2012
  • Post category:Television
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Elysha and I were watching Mad Men last night and saw Trudy wearing this unique piece of maternity lingerie. I immediately offered to purchase it for Elysha. I’d scour the…

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Pajama Day takedown

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 12, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography
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Pajama Day is a reward used in many elementary schools. Fill the jelly bean jar, accumulate enough points or gather enough good behavior tickets and students are invited to wear…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: Boo Boo Penguin

Gratitude journal: Boo Boo Penguin

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 11, 2012
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Tonight I am thankful for Boo Boo Penguin, the anthropomorphized ice pack that we offered Clara when she fell off my back while climbing Mount Daddy tonight and smacked her…

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Read more about the article Delaying what is inevitable and right

Delaying what is inevitable and right

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 11, 2012
  • Post category:History/Politics
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When my daughter is my age, she will find it inconceivable that she was born into a country that did not allow for gay marriage, much the same way people…

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Read more about the article Unexpected sympathy

Unexpected sympathy

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 11, 2012
  • Post category:Science
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As a person who was once killed by bees, it was difficult to imagine any scenario in which I might feel sympathy for them. I think of them as tiny…

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My lack of a nightstand

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 11, 2012
  • Post category:Guest post
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I was recently interviewed by author Victoria Loustalot for her blog The Pencil Box. The interview posted yesterday.  She asked me to photograph my nightstand (I don’t actually own one)…

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Read more about the article Gratitude journal: Rocketfish RF-MAB2  Headphones

Gratitude journal: Rocketfish RF-MAB2 Headphones

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 10, 2012
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Tonight I am grateful for my Rocketfish Mobile RF-MAB2 High-Definition Stereo Bluetooth Headphones, given to me by my wife for Christmas two years ago and by far the absolute best…

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Read more about the article Lowering the bar for husbands everywhere

Lowering the bar for husbands everywhere

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 10, 2012
  • Post category:History/Politics
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It’s always refreshing to see a husband be so inexplicably unsupportive of his wife as Marcus Bachmann apparently was during his wife’s final day of campaigning in Iowa. As she…

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