Challenging literary analysis
Tonight, I was reading Eric Carle’s The Very Lonely Firefly to my daughter. Though I like the book a lot, I apparently never fully understood the story. As the firefly…
Honesty gets you nowhere
I must have been living in a cave four years ago when Ayelet Waldman published this piece in which she says she loves her husband more than her children. In…
New name. New design. Same writer.
In case you haven’t noticed, the masthead of this blog changed today. The original masthead, designed by my wife, reflected the blog’s previous URL. That address, matthewdicks.com, is now the…
Judging people based upon viewing choices
It might not be nice, but I often judge people by the television shows they watch while exercising at the gym. Each machine has its own TV, and I find…
Rock opera update
Last night, my friend Andy and I had our first reading (and listening) of the rock opera we have been working on for several months. A group of friends gathered…
Handerpants!
Katherine from Bunch of Grapes Bookstore recently made me aware of the fabulousness of Handerpants. I know. Handerpants are nothing new. I have a friend who wears a version of…
Perfection
Last week, we experienced our first significant snow of the year, covering the ground in about four inches of the white stuff. After spending the entire fall season ignoring the…
Leadership begins with the Lord. And castration.
Article 6, section 8 of the North Carolina state constitution states: “The following persons shall be disqualified for office: First, any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God.”…
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