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Read more about the article Hands off my little girl, buster!

Hands off my little girl, buster!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 5, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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When my wife sends me photos of my daughter from an afternoon of fun, I don’t expect them to be littered with images of some blond-haired interloper who appears to…

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Read more about the article Check out my body. Regularly.

Check out my body. Regularly.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 5, 2011
  • Post category:Quandry
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Over the last week I have heard two stories about men who discovered cancer in their bodies through freak accidents. In the first, a spectator was hit in the head…

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Read more about the article This movie poster might be better than the book and the film.  And the movie is great.

This movie poster might be better than the book and the film. And the movie is great.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 4, 2011
  • Post category:Books/Film/Recommended Reading/Viewing
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Best movie poster ever. If you can’t tell why, tilt your screen down. Then say, “Whoa.” If you haven’t seen the movie, stop reading immediately and go do so. You…

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Read more about the article Pancakes and a geometry lesson

Pancakes and a geometry lesson

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 4, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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Before breakfast arrived yesterday morning, my daughter and I engaged in a geometry lesson.  She can identify circles, hearts, squares and triangles.  She’s a big fan of triangles.  I love…

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Read more about the article Relax, lady. It’s a picture book and it’s funny.

Relax, lady. It’s a picture book and it’s funny.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 3, 2011
  • Post category:Books
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You have probably heard about the new book GO THE F***K TO SLEEP.  If not, it is a New York Times bestselling picture book written for adults that plays on…

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Read more about the article Cheerio on board

Cheerio on board

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 3, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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My daughter fell asleep in the midst of eating Cheerios. There was a Cheerio in her little fingers when she nodded off, and when my wife woke her, her arm…

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Read more about the article Get a second job.

Get a second job.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 2, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography/Idea
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The Times published a piece about the need for people in this economy to have more than one job. The lead reads: When someone asks Roger Fierro “What do you…

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Read more about the article Girl at fence

Girl at fence

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 2, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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Years from now, my daughter will ask: “What was I gazing at, Daddy, with such earnestness? A towering mountaintop? A raging river? A brilliant sunset? An unpredictable, albeit bright, future.”…

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I can make even the most hardened FBI agent crazy

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 1, 2011
  • Post category:Idea
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The members of the Westboro Baptist Church—the lunatic fringe group that pickets soldiers’ funerals with hate speech— was invited to Quantico Marine Base in Virginia to assist in training agents on…

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Read more about the article Resolution update: June 2011

Resolution update: June 2011

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 1, 2011
  • Post category:New Year's Resolutions
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1.  Lose 23 pounds, bringing me down to my high school track and field weight. Down fourteen pounds since the beginning of the year. Nine to go. Even my doctor…

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