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Slightly disingenuous but outstanding nonetheless

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:November 28, 2010
Post category:Television
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Not everything that is stated in the first commercial is entirely true, but I thought both of these GM commercials were excellent. Two of the most effective of the year,…

How to know your Supreme Court justices

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:November 28, 2010
Post category:History/Politics
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My admittedly unfair and terribly biased list of determiners of intelligence begins with: The number of Supreme Court justices that a person can name While my list has been surprisingly…

Flip-flop throwing and pending nuptials

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:November 28, 2010
Post category:Sports
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I just love this note from Mike Reiss on the ESPN Patriots blog: The Titans will start rookie quarterback Rusty Smith, a sixth-round draft choice out of Florida Atlantic, today…

National Geographic photo contest

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:November 27, 2010
Post category:Critic
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National Geographic is once again holding their annual photo contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30th. There are about fifty entries so far. Many of them…

Determiners of intelligence

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:November 27, 2010
Post category:Idea
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I judge intelligence (rather unfairly) by the following criteria: The number of Supreme Court justices that a person can name The amount of time a person spends watching television Smoker…

LOUD MUSIC in a library?

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:November 26, 2010
Post category:Autobiography Quandry
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I’m sitting in the library, pecking away at my manuscript. I've just hit my stride when an announcement comes over the intercom warning me that the library will close in…

Casual dining at 7-11

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:November 26, 2010
Post category:Food and Drink
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I just watched a family of five purchase their entire dinner from a 7-11. Not an impoverished, bedraggled family either. A jovial, well-dressed bunch who proceeded to pile into an…

How to win a Thanksgiving Day argument

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:November 26, 2010
Post category:Autobiography Idea

John Dickerson wrote an entertaining piece about how to win your Thanksgiving Day fight. Dickerson’s piece centers on politics, which is his field of expertise. On his weekly podcast, he explained…

And now some genuine thanks

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:November 26, 2010
Post category:Autobiography Books Family Food and Drink
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Regardless of my inability to give thanks for my greatest blessings, I have many other reasons to give thanks this year that I thought I should mention: 1. My daughter…

Unable to give thanks on this Thanksgiving

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:November 25, 2010
Post category:Autobiography

One of the problems with being a reluctant atheist is that there is no one to thank for much of my good fortune. I was born a white male in…