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National Geographic photo contest

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:November 27, 2010
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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
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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
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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
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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…

You are a stupid person who cannot drive

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:November 24, 2010
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This evening I was cut off by a woman who clearly did not believe in speed limits, turn signals or the willingness to acknowledge other cars on the road. After…

When you are supposed to like it

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:November 24, 2010
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I listen to Sam Tanenhaus’s New York Times Book Review podcast every week, and as much as you can know a man though a podcast (I also read his biography…

Better than some actual SNL episodes

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:November 24, 2010
Post category:Television
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Would I still think this is brilliant if I didn’t spend about ten minutes every morning watching Sesame Street with my daughter? I think so. Cookie Monster hosts SNL