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Read more about the article A bunny and a super hero: A sordid tale of unlikely love

A bunny and a super hero: A sordid tale of unlikely love

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 3, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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Poor Mr. Bunny. Mrs. Bunny has tossed him out of the bed. And with no sofa to sleep on, he has been relegated to the floor. Wait. What’s this? Someone…

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Read more about the article A convergence of fabulousness

A convergence of fabulousness

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 3, 2011
  • Post category:Film
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Written by Jason Segel. Directed by James Bobin, the creator of Flight of the Conchords. Starring Segel and Amy Adams, and featuring, among others, Jack Black, Neil Patrick Harris, Zach…

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Read more about the article The ones who fell out of the back of the pickup trucks are dead.  Worse, they are forgotten.

The ones who fell out of the back of the pickup trucks are dead. Worse, they are forgotten.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 3, 2011
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Unfulfilled potential is difficult, if not impossible, to measure. Yet we ignore this fact almost constantly. I mentioned to someone that I need to buy a bike helmet for Clara now…

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Read more about the article Pretty and precious

Pretty and precious

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 2, 2011
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My daughter almost never smiles for the camera, so this photograph is both incredibly cute and remarkably rare. 

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Read more about the article Is being a woman like living in Shark Week all the time?

Is being a woman like living in Shark Week all the time?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 2, 2011
  • Post category:Quandry
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I have yet to find the actual study referenced in this article, so there is hope that the methodology that led to the statistics listed below was poor and the…

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The Star Wars theme song. Sung in French. And that’s not actually the most frightening part.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 2, 2011
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Some things should be sacred. There may be no better argument in favor of editors, the editorial process, and even certain barriers to publication than this:

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Read more about the article Cat allowed.  Daddy not.

Cat allowed. Daddy not.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 1, 2011
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I took these photos of my daughter from a hiding place in the kitchen. I watched her for about five minutes before she finally noticed me and told me to…

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Read more about the article My simple but effective solution to the idiots who text in the movie theater

My simple but effective solution to the idiots who text in the movie theater

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 1, 2011
  • Post category:Current Affairs/Film/Idea
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The Star Telegram reports that 250-pound Dale Fout, who describes himself as “a pretty big guy, broad, not fat,” is suing 132-pound Brenda Godwin after she assaulted him for texting…

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Three simple rules to guarantee a successful wedding

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 31, 2011
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There are many ways to ensure success (or disaster) at your wedding. After almost two decades of working as a wedding DJ and minister, with hundreds of weddings under my…

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A homemade electric chair is probably overkill. Literally.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 31, 2011
  • Post category:Current Affairs
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Killing your wife is a terrible, heinous, immoral act, even if she has been nagging you for years. But it takes an especially evil man  What was this guy thinking? Killing…

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