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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
  • Post category:Critic
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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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Unnecessary pages be gone!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 14, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography/Books
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When I was a kid, I used to tear out the pages of books as I finished reading each page. Read the page, look at the picture, then tear that…

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Read more about the article Not nice. And not Jewish.

Not nice. And not Jewish.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 13, 2010
  • Post category:Religion
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I just finished Jennifer Weiner’s book Fly Away Home, which details the story of the wife of a philandering Senator and the impact that an affair like this can have…

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Read more about the article My wife kissed a strange man in exchange for fruit and alcohol

My wife kissed a strange man in exchange for fruit and alcohol

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 13, 2010
  • Post category:Sports
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Elysha and I spent Sunday at the Patriots game, a glorious 38-24 defeat over the Cincinnati Bengals that featured a kickoff return for a touchdown and an interception returned for…

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A little baby becomes a little kid

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 13, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography
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I write a daily blog directed to my daughter that I began on the day we learned that Elysha was pregnant. Recently, I wrote a post that garnered some attention…

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Read more about the article Embodiment of their teacher

Embodiment of their teacher

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 12, 2010
  • Post category:Teaching
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As my school year begins, so does the process of preparing for another year of Shakespeare. The preparation for the yearly production is remarkably hard work for me and the…

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Read more about the article Go home.

Go home.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 12, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography/Critic/Quandry
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I don’t understand the people who hang out in the gas station convenience stores, lingering by the counter, engaging the employees in mindless, inane chatter between customers. Please tell me…

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Read more about the article Bested by Best Western

Bested by Best Western

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 11, 2010
  • Post category:Appearances/Autobiography
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Sometimes I find myself caught in a moment that could appear in one of my books someday. I’m parked at the Best Western in Troy, New York. I just finished…

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A teacher’s recollections of 9/11

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 11, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography/History/Politics
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I was teaching math to my third grade students when my classroom phone rang around 9:00. It was my ex-wife, calling to tell me that a plane had hit the Word…

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