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Read more about the article Last night’s Moth audience, courtesy of Dan Kennedy

Last night’s Moth audience, courtesy of Dan Kennedy

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 13, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography
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You can actually see me on the far left in a black and white tee-short, looking decidedly less enthusiastic than the rest. 

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I won The Moth StorySlam last night, and I still can’t believe it.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 13, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography
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Yesterday was one of those days that I will never forget. Last night I had the honor of telling a story at one of The Moth’s StorySLAMs at The Nuyorican…

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My petty little slice of Facebook hell

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 12, 2011
  • Post category:Quandry
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I will sometimes Like a status update on Facebook just so I can Unlike it later because it annoys me so much. Facebook needs a Dislike button very badly. This…

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Read more about the article Desperately seeing an Ocean’s 11 answer

Desperately seeing an Ocean’s 11 answer

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 12, 2011
  • Post category:Film
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Ocean’s 11 aficionados, I have a question that I desperately want answered.Here’s the scene:Danny and Linus have knocked out the guards outside the vault with a smoke grenade. They bang…

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Read more about the article Bachmann’s latest history lesson. This time on slavery.

Bachmann’s latest history lesson. This time on slavery.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 11, 2011
  • Post category:History/Politics
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From a piece in The Daily Beast: Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum apparently aren’t close readers, having signed a pledge from a Christian group in Iowa that said black families…

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Read more about the article Douchebags Make it Douchy For Non-Douchebags to Wear Watches

Douchebags Make it Douchy For Non-Douchebags to Wear Watches

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 11, 2011
  • Post category:Critic
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The New York Times published a piece this weekend on watches entitled Watches Are Rediscovered by the Cellphone Generation Excerpts from the piece reads: But after going watch-free for much…

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Read more about the article An archeological moment in the making

An archeological moment in the making

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 11, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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This is how it happens. My daughter creates an elaborate scene involving her little people, like the one most recently posted, and then she turns around and finds something else…

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Read more about the article Dance party or deadly ambush?

Dance party or deadly ambush?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 10, 2011
  • Post category:Family/Quandry
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Here is my daughter’s latest little people scene. My wife believes that the human beings are dancing on stage while the dragons watch. I believe that the dragons are preparing…

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Read more about the article If you are going to perpetrate a fraud, please don’t be stupid about it.

If you are going to perpetrate a fraud, please don’t be stupid about it.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 10, 2011
  • Post category:Current Affairs/Teaching/Television
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While I don’t support fraud, I can understand engaging in it for profit’s sake. When there is enough reward, the risks can sometimes become reasonable. But when there is little…

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Read more about the article 7 unexpected lessons learned during my first children’s book writing group meeting

7 unexpected lessons learned during my first children’s book writing group meeting

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 9, 2011
  • Post category:The Writing Process
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1.  Long eyelashes on a man are considered attractive.  Who knew?  My wife subsequently informed me that my eyelashes are an average length.  This explains a lot. 2.  Young adult…

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