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Read more about the article The majesty of the combine harvester.  Oh, and a legitimately bionic cat, too.

The majesty of the combine harvester. Oh, and a legitimately bionic cat, too.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 21, 2010
  • Post category:Books
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This is one of my daughter’s favorite books.  MY FIRST FARM BOARD BOOK And it’s great.  It has terrific photographs of cows and pigs and horses and even a big…

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Read more about the article Mired in hip-waggling and scat

Mired in hip-waggling and scat

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 20, 2010
  • Post category:Music
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My wife and I spent the evening listening to one of her former students, now a senior in college, perform with her jazz quartet. I left the bar mystified as…

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Read more about the article Lacking less-than-vital information

Lacking less-than-vital information

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 20, 2010
  • Post category:Current Affairs
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There is a person named Lindsay Lohan and she is going to jail soon. I know that Lindsay Lohan is a famous person, but I do not know why she…

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Read more about the article Organ swapping?

Organ swapping?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 19, 2010
  • Post category:Idea/Science
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How about this for an idea? Every year thousands of people die waiting for kidney and other organ transplants. It’s tragic considering how many of us have an extra kidney…

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Read more about the article It’s fine to be a slightly insane parent. Just don’t pretend that you’re not.

It’s fine to be a slightly insane parent. Just don’t pretend that you’re not.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 19, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography/Critic
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I have friends whose daughter slept in a tiny bed at the foot of their own bed until she was five years old. Today that little girl is eight years…

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Read more about the article The world is slightly less interesting today

The world is slightly less interesting today

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 18, 2010
  • Post category:Science
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Scientists claim to have answered the question that has confounded philosophers for centuries: Which came first? The chicken or the egg? It was, they say, indisputably the chicken. A team…

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Read more about the article The Vatican is nothing if not consistent

The Vatican is nothing if not consistent

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 18, 2010
  • Post category:Critic/Religion
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It’s the lack of consistency that often annoys me when it comes to religious tradition and belief. It most often occurs with the strict adherence to certain lines of Scripture…

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Read more about the article There is never a need to make Journey songs more accessible to children

There is never a need to make Journey songs more accessible to children

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 17, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography/Critic/Music/Quandry
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This morning, I brought Clara to her gym class and was subjected to the musical styling of a Journey cover band that transformed classic songs such as Don’t Stop Believin’…

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Read more about the article How to write like a simpleton

How to write like a simpleton

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 17, 2010
  • Post category:CHICKEN SHACK/SOMETHING MISSING Items/The Writing Process/UNEXPECTEDLY, MILO related
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One of the joyous aspects of becoming a published author has been watching people in my life take a crack at writing as well. If that idiot can do it,…

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Read more about the article Rumble seats?

Rumble seats?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 16, 2010
  • Post category:Film
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The 1970’s were a strange time in America. Disaster movies were quite popular throughout the decade. Movies like Poseidon Adventure, Airport, and The Towering Inferno were well received by audiences…

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