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Read more about the article Recognition for SOMETHING MISSING

Recognition for SOMETHING MISSING

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 3, 2010
  • Post category:SOMETHING MISSING Items
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SOMETHING MISSING has been nominated for the Salt Lake County Reader’s Choice Award.  It’s one of twenty-eight books nominated this year, based upon recommendations by staff and customers.  These books…

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Read more about the article Possible murder scenario

Possible murder scenario

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 2, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography
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In a dream last night, it occurred to me that strangulation would be an excellent means by which to murder me, since I do not bruise. No ligature or manual…

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Read more about the article Teachers and novelists on Facebook

Teachers and novelists on Facebook

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 2, 2010
  • Post category:Current Affairs/Quandry/Teaching/Web/Tech
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The West Hartford, Connecticut School district is considering a new policy that would allow administrators to discipline teachers if they post photographs on websites like Facebook that reflect poorly on…

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Read more about the article In twenty-five years… again…

In twenty-five years… again…

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 1, 2010
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A very necessary addition to my well-received In twenty-five years… post: In twenty-five years… … people will wonder what hallucinogenic, mind-reducing drug was added to the water supply to cause…

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Read more about the article Resolution update: June 2010

Resolution update: June 2010

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 1, 2010
  • Post category:Books/New Year's Resolutions
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In an effort to achieve my yearly goals, I post my monthly progress here. Below are my sixteen New Year’s resolutions and my progress thus far. 1.  Lose seventeen more…

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Read more about the article Too many pins dropping in this world…

Too many pins dropping in this world…

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 1, 2010
  • Post category:Critic/Words
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When I hear someone say that it was so quiet that they could hear a pin drop, I think cliché. When I read it online, I think very bad writing.…

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Read more about the article A sickness perhaps, but not a hobby

A sickness perhaps, but not a hobby

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 30, 2010
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I was recently speaking to a friend about hobbies, and she claimed that her hobby was shopping.  When I expressed my doubts that shopping is a legitimate hobby, she attempted…

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Read more about the article Human targets

Human targets

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 30, 2010
  • Post category:Sports
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For the past month of so, I’ve been working on improving my golf game by hitting whiffle balls in the front yard.  The goal has been to hit the ball…

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Read more about the article In twenty-five years…

In twenty-five years…

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 29, 2010
  • Post category:Idea

… we will wonder why everyone in the world was obsessed with vampires. … we will fail to understand why people opted to eat raw fish when perfectly good cooked…

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Read more about the article Nursery rhymes, my style

Nursery rhymes, my style

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 29, 2010
  • Post category:Quandry/The Writing Process
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Amongst my thousands of other projects, I’ve been working on a book of inappropriate nursery rhymes, based upon this little ditty that I came up with a couple years ago.…

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