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Be little again: The best prayer

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 6, 2011
  • Post category:Film/Religion
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I am not religious (though I am a minister), which makes this a little odd. And it comes from the film that was considered the most violent film by the…

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It wasn’t as good as I remembered

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 5, 2011
  • Post category:Film
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Helen Slater’s physical appearance clearly had a lot to do with my thirteen year old appreciation for The Legend of Billy Jean. It just wasn’t that good. After this evening…

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The Legend of Billie Jean: Fingers crossed it’s as good as I remember.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 5, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography/Film/Music
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In 1985 I went to the movies and saw the film The Legend of Billie Jean. I remember liking it a lot, but I was fourteen years old at the…

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Read more about the article Proverb 1.2

Proverb 1.2

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 5, 2011
  • Post category:Proverbs
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When the start time of an activity is expressed as a goal rather than a certainty, you know that the organization conducting said activity is less than finely tuned. 

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Designed to ruin my day

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 5, 2011
  • Post category:Critic/Food and Drink
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The Coca Cola machine at Goodwin College has eight rows of Coke, six rows of Sprite, eight rows of Powerade, eight rows of orange juice and no Diet Coke.  What…

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Mugging it up

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 5, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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My daughters isn’t always so keen on posing for the camera.  But allow her to stand atop her laptop and her attitude changes completely.    

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Read more about the article Not a fan of dragons

Not a fan of dragons

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 4, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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After my daughter goes to bed each night, my wife and I like to take a look at the way that she has left her toys set up in the…

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I found my twin brother

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 4, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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I have found the twin that I have always known was separated from me at birth. Joel Stein. Journalist and occasional television writer. My long-lost twin bother. The evidence is…

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Read more about the article Growing meat

Growing meat

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 3, 2011
  • Post category:Science
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The thought of growing meat on plants is thrilling enough, but if they can get said meat to qualify as a vegetable (preferably green and leafy), my life will nearly…

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Read more about the article From the book of “No duh”

From the book of “No duh”

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 3, 2011
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Scientific American reports on a study dealing with bird communication. "Similar to us, birds learn to sing by mimicking the adults, and the early chirps are akin to a baby's…

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