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Read more about the article Raise your hand if you think that lush eyelashes have anything to do with beauty.

Raise your hand if you think that lush eyelashes have anything to do with beauty.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 20, 2010
  • Post category:Quandry
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There was a segment on the Today Show recently about products that women can apply to this eyelashes in order to grow them “longer, thicker and more lush.” Lush? Since when…

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Save the planet. Sit your ass down.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 19, 2010
  • Post category:Science
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My good friend, Charles, has often argued about the dangers of over-populating on the planet. He believes in a two child per couple limit, reasoning that human beings should only…

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Read more about the article Meanest comments of the year

Meanest comments of the year

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 19, 2010
  • Post category:Appearances
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Occasionally, while on book tour, I find myself saying mean things to audience members. I know.  Probably not a good idea, but sometimes I can’t help it. My two meanest…

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Read more about the article House tours

House tours

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 19, 2010
  • Post category:Critic
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I promise to never, ever force a house tour upon any of you. If you would like to see my house, I’d be more than happy to show you around.…

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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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