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Read more about the article Sexist pig ladies

Sexist pig ladies

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 27, 2011
  • Post category:History/Politics
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Madeline Albright on being a female Secretary of State and a diplomat: “There is a great advantage to being a woman.  I think we are better at personal relationships and…

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My future poetry collection begins here

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 27, 2011
  • Post category:Poetry
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I’m thinking of assembling the poems that I have written over the years into a collection that my agent can then sell for millions of dollars because poetry is super…

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Read more about the article In-law visitation

In-law visitation

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 26, 2011
  • Post category:Uncategorized
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My in-laws travel with a lot of technology.   

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Read more about the article Temper your parental and marital advice based upon the bell curve

Temper your parental and marital advice based upon the bell curve

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 26, 2011
  • Post category:Web/Tech
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My friend, Tom, watched this TED Talk and thought of me. The talk centers on what the Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman call "the four taboos of parenting." One deals…

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Read more about the article Imperfect beauty

Imperfect beauty

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 26, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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The photo is unfocused, grainy, poorly framed, and poorly lit, but I think that might make it better than if it had been done well. I love this photograph of…

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Read more about the article Talk to your kids

Talk to your kids

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 25, 2011
  • Post category:Teaching
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There is a lot of fascinating information in this ten-minute TED Talk related to speech development and the way in which babies acquire language, but the piece that I thought…

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Read more about the article I was naked onstage

I was naked onstage

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 25, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography

I am quite susceptible to hypnosis. This trait may run in the family. My mother, a smoker for more than twenty-five years, quit cold turkey after one hypnosis session. I…

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Nothing like an ominous hammer cock

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 24, 2011
  • Post category:Film/Words
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I watch a lot of partial movies on AMC while I am working out. Depending on the elliptical machine, I often have closed captioning automatically turned on for the film.…

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Dating in Stop & Shop

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 24, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography
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When I was in high school, I would take girls to the local Stop & Shop on a first date. When I told this to my wife, she asked what…

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Read more about the article US Weekly a mystery to me

US Weekly a mystery to me

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:February 23, 2011
  • Post category:Current Affairs/Magazines/Newspapers
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This was the magazine cover that I was staring at yesterday while waiting in line at the supermarket. Here’s the good news: I did not recognize the woman on the…

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