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Read more about the article A demanding girl

A demanding girl

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 14, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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As we were putting Clara to bed last night, she requested her first official hug from Daddy.  Though we’ve hugged one another several thousand times, including the glorious hugs and…

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A day late, a couple of marbles short

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 14, 2011
  • Post category:Critic/Current Affairs
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This is Rush Limbaugh’s Tucson, Arizona billboard, taken down at 9:30 AM on Monday morning.  Similar to Sarah Palin’s attempt to expunge her much maligned gun sight website (much maligned…

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Read more about the article A call to arms

A call to arms

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 13, 2011
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In preparing for this week’s dreadful bridal show, I stumbled upon this New York Times article about the recent trends in bride and bridesmaid wedding preparations. Brides providing Botox to their…

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Misunderstood palate

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 13, 2011
  • Post category:Food and Drink
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I recently learned that my wife purchased Chef BoBo’s Good Food Cookbook: Smart Recipes for Happy Healthy Children. She did not purchase it for Clara.  She bought it for me. …

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Read more about the article Only idiots on the roads

Only idiots on the roads

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 12, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography
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When I left at 7:30 this morning, my street was not plowed. The cross street was not plowed. I had to drive to three different McDonald’s and two Dunkin Donuts…

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Old school verbiage in new school scenarios

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 12, 2011
  • Post category:Words
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Heather Carreiro wrote a post entitled 20 Obsolete English Words that Should Make a Comeback, and while I don’t think that all of them are worthy of my time, a…

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Read more about the article Arizona shooting recap

Arizona shooting recap

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 12, 2011
  • Post category:Current Affairs/History/Politics
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Just for the record: 1. I do not blame Sarah Palin for the attempted assassination in Arizona. 2. I think that Sarah Palin’s gun sight website was incredibly stupid, dangerous…

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Susan Patricia McKenna: 1950-2007

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 11, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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Today is the anniversary of my mother’s death. I wrote a post on the day that she died.____________________________________________Mom passed away this morning.Ironically, I spent last night in ICU with her…

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One definition too many

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 11, 2011
  • Post category:Words
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I can’t bring myself to use the word seminal. There are moments when I'ave wanted to refer to a seminal moment in my life or the seminal idea of a…

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Read more about the article How much does Clara love Daddy?

How much does Clara love Daddy?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:January 11, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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