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Movies that are better than the book: Part 2

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:March 29, 2011
Post category:Books Film
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A quick update on yesterday’s post by the same name: It turns out that as I was writing my list, Jason Bailey at Flavorpill was making a list as well,…

Waking the dead with a Datsun B-210

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:March 28, 2011
Post category:Autobiography Family
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My sister tweeted this: I've had my license for 20 years and I always thought that the larger vehicle always had the right of way. Apparently that's only true at…

Movies that are better than the book

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:March 28, 2011
Post category:Books Film
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I just finished reading Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. The movie, as you may know, is a classic. Genuinely great. And I feared that this would be one of those…

Ousted zebra

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:March 27, 2011
Post category:Family Quandry
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Elysha and I came upon this scene today, left behind by our daughter. As you can see, Yellow Curly Cue and Bathtub Penguin each have seats at the table, but…

One-time Ronald McDonald Children’s Charities volunteer imposter

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:March 27, 2011
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I recently wrote a post about the American Legion-styled pins that I would like to wear denoting some of my past accomplishments and positions in life. I received quite a…

A perfect indicator of how you spent your childhood

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:March 27, 2011
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I love this video. Watching it brings back honest-to-goodness moments of pure joy. The fact that I can identify almost all of the video games featured is indicative of the…

Throw that atheist down the stairs

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:March 26, 2011
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I had no idea that I was required to preview nursery rhymes before reading them to my daughter. But apparently so. Last night I read the nursery rhyme below to…

The latest

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:March 26, 2011
Post category:Appearances MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND items Rock Opera The Writing Process
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Some recent writing-related news that I thought I’d share: _______________________ We sold the Korean rights to MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND this week, bringing the total number of languages that…

We never got to the war part of the Civil War

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:March 25, 2011
Post category:History/Politics Teaching
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The problem with American History class was that never got to the good stuff. Take the Civil War. I recall with blinding acuity the days and weeks that we spent…

The dead writing about the dead

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:March 24, 2011
Post category:Magazines/Newspapers
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The New York Times had their Elizabeth Taylor obituary ready for so long that the writer of the piece, Mel Gussow, has been dead for six years.