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Read more about the article What the hell was that supposed to mean?

What the hell was that supposed to mean?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 25, 2011
  • Post category:Quandry
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In searching for a story that would fit The Moth’s GrandSlam topic Deal Breakers, I asked a few of my friends to suggest a possible story idea or a general…

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Read more about the article Eerily accurate…

Eerily accurate…

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 25, 2011
  • Post category:History/Politics
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So I guess it wasn’t so unexpected after all.

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Read more about the article I would not have handled this situation nearly as well

I would not have handled this situation nearly as well

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 24, 2011
  • Post category:Books
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For those of you not following the publishing industry closely, this is a good and amusing summary of the recent debacle involving the National Book Awards.  I must admit: Had…

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Read more about the article It’s 6:00 on a Saturday morning. Are you awake?

It’s 6:00 on a Saturday morning. Are you awake?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 24, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography
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It’s Saturday morning. I am sitting at my computer, writing. It’s 6:00 AM. I have awake for more than an hour. The dog has been walked.  The dishwasher has been …

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Read more about the article Not nice

Not nice

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 24, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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My daughter has begun to demonstrate some of the defiance that is common in toddlers her age. One of the ways this manifests is in her rejection of all things,…

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I couldn’t read the word “the”

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 23, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography/Books
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I don’t know what I was thinking. When I asked my sister to write this blog with me, I didn’t expect every entry to be an attempt to embarrass or…

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Read more about the article Future writer? Or perhaps an editor?

Future writer? Or perhaps an editor?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 23, 2011
  • Post category:Family/Words
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Please note my daughter’s brevity (her name is Clara). If there is a fire, she is going to get the hell out for sure. Her sentences are admirable as well.…

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Read more about the article Maybe this preschool is worth the cost after all…

Maybe this preschool is worth the cost after all…

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 22, 2011
  • Post category:Books/Family
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Could your child’s preschool teacher send a better photograph than this? It was probably staged…

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Read more about the article Have you ever seen a more beautiful sunrise?

Have you ever seen a more beautiful sunrise?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 22, 2011
  • Post category:Food and Drink
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It’s back.  It’s back.

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Read more about the article A lost wedding ring, an unfriendly receptionist and peeing in the wrong place

A lost wedding ring, an unfriendly receptionist and peeing in the wrong place

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 22, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography
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My morning started off well enough.  I stepped on the scale and discovered that I was eight-tenths of a pound away from my goal weight. Considering this represented a 53…

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