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Read more about the article Resolution update: May 2010

Resolution update: May 2010

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 1, 2010
  • Post category: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 Your child’s birth ain’t news

Your child’s birth ain’t news

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 1, 2010
  • Post category:Critic/Family
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I have nothing against sending photographs of your children to friends and family. In fact, I think it’s great when someone uses their family photo as a holiday card instead…

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Read more about the article Not a T-Rex after all

Not a T-Rex after all

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:June 1, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography
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In response to Phil’s recent comment that my arms resemble that of a T-Rex, a better, more sympathetic friend researched arm length ratios on my behalf. It seems that your…

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Read more about the article Lawyer jokes made easy

Lawyer jokes made easy

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 31, 2010
  • Post category:Critic/Current Affairs
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This is almost too ridiculous to believe. Elysha and I were driving through Hartford on interstate 84 when we saw a billboard advertising Lady DUI, an attorney who specializes in…

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Read more about the article Grossest thing ever

Grossest thing ever

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 30, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography
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This is a topic that recently came up on another blog that I read, and it’s a journal topic that I invite my students to write about each year. Children…

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Read more about the article I found this utterly fascinating

I found this utterly fascinating

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 30, 2010
  • Post category:Web/Tech
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Read more about the article I’m Popeye the Sailor Man. Or a dinosaur.

I’m Popeye the Sailor Man. Or a dinosaur.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 29, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography/Sports

Playing golf on Thursday, my friends noted that my persistently awful tee shot probably has something to do with my arms. “You have Popeye arms,” one of them said. “What…

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Read more about the article My band of real life super heroes

My band of real life super heroes

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 29, 2010
  • Post category:Autobiography

Here is a list of some of my stranger super powers: I haven’t thrown up since the riding on the Music Express at Rocky Point Amusement Park in 1982. I…

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Read more about the article In preparation for the summer book tour

In preparation for the summer book tour

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 28, 2010
  • Post category:Appearances
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This summer, I will be appearing at bookstores throughout New England and New York in order to promote my second book, UNEXPECTEDLY, MILO.  Last year I appeared in about two…

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Clara behind the camera

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 27, 2010
  • Post category:Family
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My daughter got her hands on Elysha’s iPhone and took this photograph of herself, her first self-portrait. I’m completely obsessed with it.

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