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Read more about the article Cracked ribs, cracked shmibs

Cracked ribs, cracked shmibs

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 23, 2011
  • Post category:Sports
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Much has been made about Tony Romo’s return to the football game on Sunday and leading his team to victory with broken ribs. Words like courage and heroic have been…

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Read more about the article An addendum to my list of flaws and shortcomings

An addendum to my list of flaws and shortcomings

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 21, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography/Critic
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Last week I posted a list of my shortcomings and flaws and asked for any other suggested additions to the list. Not surprising, there were plenty of suggestions. One of…

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Read more about the article An acceptable alternative to everlasting life

An acceptable alternative to everlasting life

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 21, 2011
  • Post category:Books/Idea

Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows that I am both slightly obsessed with and terrified of my own death. Having come so close to death on several occasions (including…

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Read more about the article Dinner and a fashion statement

Dinner and a fashion statement

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 20, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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I did not see my family much over the past three days.  A late night wedding on Friday followed by an all-day wedding on Saturday, followed by the Patriots opening…

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Read more about the article Why we don’t own an iPad

Why we don’t own an iPad

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 20, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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Prying her away from her grandmother’s is hard enough.

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Read more about the article Football in every direction

Football in every direction

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 19, 2011
  • Post category:Sports
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While sitting in the seats of Gillette Stadium yesterday, watching the Patriots defeat the Chargers, I had the following options viewing available to me: 1. Watch the game on the…

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Read more about the article This is the best they could do?

This is the best they could do?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 18, 2011
  • Post category:Critic/Quandry
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Professional Building? Seriously? They couldn’t name the building after someone slightly deserving? Just for the hell of it? A former President perhaps? A war hero? An Eagle Scout? A suffragette?…

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Read more about the article Hopefully there’s more to his marketing strategy than this

Hopefully there’s more to his marketing strategy than this

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 18, 2011
  • Post category:Quandry
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Does Reno really think he’s going to generate business with this advertising strategy? Is he wondering why the business card he tacked into the corkboard above the urinal at the…

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Read more about the article Gay fraternal lovers?

Gay fraternal lovers?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 17, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography/Quandry
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The photographer at last night’s wedding asked my DJ partner if he and I were brothers. We get this a lot. My partner is just a lesser version of me.…

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Chew-chew-chew

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 17, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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There are tree-chewing beavers on my daughter’s favorite television show, Peep and the Big Wide World. Apparently they have made a big impression on her.

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