Angry, hilarious outbursts
When my daughter gets angry, she begins moving and narrating her motion as it is taking place. For example: Mommy: Clara, It’s time for bed! Clara: No! I running! I…
Chasing fire engines
When I was in my early twenties, I worked two full time jobs while awaiting trial for a crime I did not commit. I would arrive at South Shore Bank…
Is downhill downhill or downhill?
Scenario #1: Something has gone wrong early in the day. It is not good. The rest of the day promises to only get worse. I say, “Damn. Everything is going…
How to be pretty
Today’s message to my daughter:_____________________________________ An important thing to remember, little one: Attractiveness is more closely related to IQ than actual physical appearance. Nothing is uglier than a stupid person.
Me? Or a muzzled version of me?
Over the past three days, I have been keeping track of the number of ideas, thoughts and feelings that I was unable to share because doing so might have hurt…
Why today’s video games suck
It happened more than a dozen years ago. I was playing a new PC game called Diablo II with some buddies and liking it very much. About an hour into…
Introducing Matthew Green
My last name has caused me problems before. And many, many more that I have yet to write about. Despite the burden that a last name like Dicks has carried,…
The Rapture. Part II.
Oh good. Just when I thought I would have to wait years for another Rapture prediction comes word that the next one is just around the corner. Harold Camping, the…
The Author’s Prayer
A while back, Washington Post fiction critic extraordinaire Ron Charles tweeted: Does being stuck inside writing a review on this gorgeous day make me even more annoyed with this tedious…
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