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Read more about the article The Clowns recap

The Clowns recap

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 13, 2011
  • Post category:Rock Opera
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Our reading of The Clowns took place last  weekend, and after a week to digest all that happened, I thought I’d offer a few reflections: 1. Having never written a…

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Read more about the article What do Hannibal Lecter and I have in common?

What do Hannibal Lecter and I have in common?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 12, 2011
  • Post category:Food and Drink/New Year's Resolutions
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It looks like I may have found a wine that I like. A little at least. If so, it means another resolution is knocked off my list.  It’s chianti.  I’ve…

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Read more about the article This “most wondrous thing.” A gift or a curse?

This “most wondrous thing.” A gift or a curse?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 12, 2011
  • Post category:Quandry
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What is the most wondrous thing? All around us people can be dying and we don't realize it can happen to us.- Joan Halifax Having survived two near-death experience as…

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Read more about the article Yes, I work a lot. Yes, I have a lot of jobs. But look at all the empirical happiness they bring me.

Yes, I work a lot. Yes, I have a lot of jobs. But look at all the empirical happiness they bring me.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 11, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography
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Forbes list of the 10 happiest jobs leaves me feeling quite happy. Number 1 on the list is clergy, and while I am certainly not a full time leader of…

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Read more about the article French pastry expert

French pastry expert

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 11, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography/Family/Food and Drink
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My daughter knew what brioche was before I did. I’m pretty sure she also ate brioche before I did as well. Unless I had some unknowingly at some point in…

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Read more about the article This is how I end almost everyday with my daughter. Lucky me.

This is how I end almost everyday with my daughter. Lucky me.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 10, 2011
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Read more about the article Football is beautiful.

Football is beautiful.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 10, 2011
  • Post category:Family/Sports
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My daughter came into the living room after her nap and looked at the television. A football game was on. She walked up to the television, her noses inches from…

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Read more about the article People are actually buying this. I checked.

People are actually buying this. I checked.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 10, 2011
  • Post category:Quandry/Television
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For just $499.99 you can own the complete series of Law & Order on DVD. Twenty seasons of the show. Why would anyone ever want to own this? Isn’t that…

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Read more about the article My daughter thinks fall sucks, and justifiably so.

My daughter thinks fall sucks, and justifiably so.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 9, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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“What did you learn at school today?” I asked my two-year old daughter at the dinner table last night. “Fall,” she said.  “I don’t like fall.” “Why?” She went on…

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Read more about the article Don’t swing hard!

Don’t swing hard!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 9, 2011
  • Post category:Science/Sports
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Any golfer will tell you that the harder you swing the club, the worse the result. Not always, but often enough. And yet we continue to swing hard, because it…

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