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Read more about the article Is there a reason to cater to adults?

Is there a reason to cater to adults?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 18, 2010
  • Post category:Critic/Television
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My daughter has started watching Sesame Street in the morning while my wife is taking a shower and getting ready for work.  As a result, we’ve been catching a few…

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Read more about the article Read that book at your own risk

Read that book at your own risk

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 18, 2010
  • Post category:Religion
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I was speaking to a good and wise friend about religion and faith. Unknown to me, she was under the impression that I had been raised outside any formal or…

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Read more about the article Hiding from me

Hiding from me

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 18, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography/Quandry
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Over the past month, three different people have told me that they had kept a secret from me, fearing that if I discovered their secret, I would have made fun…

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Read more about the article I learned so much more than a foreign language

I learned so much more than a foreign language

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 17, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography
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I took four years of French in high school with Lester Maroney, a good teacher who was also a little crazy. Lester would hand out detentions as if they were…

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Read more about the article Pets. Part 1.

Pets. Part 1.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 16, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography
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Earlier in the summer, I posted about all the jobs that I’ve had in my life. It turned out to be a popular post, and I loved the fact that…

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Read more about the article Strangest question this year

Strangest question this year

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 16, 2010
  • Post category:Appearances
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Strangest question asked of me while on book tour this year: How have your ex-girlfriends played a role in the writing of your fiction? When I asked the woman if something…

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Read more about the article Disoriented but on time

Disoriented but on time

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 16, 2010
  • Post category:Quandry
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Why is it that my body can wake me up every morning around 4:45 without an alarm but I have to look at my phone in order to determine what…

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Read more about the article Ladies. Please. My daughter’s future is at stake.

Ladies. Please. My daughter’s future is at stake.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 15, 2010
  • Post category:Critic
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“A 2007 study by the Workplace Bullying Institute found that 37 percent of the US workforce reported being bullied at work. Among those who mistreat their co-workers, women were more…

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Read more about the article Roses are red. Not green.

Roses are red. Not green.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 15, 2010
  • Post category:Critic
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For all the talk about the importance of local foods and the impact that shipping food from around the world has on the environment, isn’t it time to take a…

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Read more about the article Are wives really this rotten?

Are wives really this rotten?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 14, 2010
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On Slate’s recent Dear Prudence video podcasts, Emily Yoffe, who plays the role as Prudence, was giving advice to a pregnant woman who was suffering from nausea while at work. …

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