Matthew Dicks – Page 797

Rise up, my brothers and sisters!

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:December 28, 2009
Post category:Film

Mark Wilson and I are simpatico when handling movie theater talkers. I agree with everything he suggests. On Wednesday, my friend and I plan on seeing Avatar at the local…

Nothing good can come of it

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:December 27, 2009
Post category:Books Critic SOMETHING MISSING Items

When I am helping a friend or colleague prepare for a confrontation with a coworker, boss, family member, or similar individual, I often ask the same question: What is your…

I don’t care if Glenn Beck is on your Christmas list

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:December 26, 2009
Post category:Books Critic

An excellent question from Kate Ward of Shelf Life in regards to gift-giving etiquette: “Is it possible to feel good about spending $20 for a book you despise but know…

Another review to close out 2009

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:December 26, 2009
Post category:Review SOMETHING MISSING Items

Hartford Magazine reviewed Something Missing for their January 2010 edition, which arrived at my home this week. Marion Dooling writes that “Matthew Dicks’s tale about OCD thief Martin Railsback and…

My 2009 Christmas haul

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:December 25, 2009
Post category:Autobiography Books

My wife is the best gift giver ever, and particularly the best stocking stuffer of all time. My gifts from Christmas morning included: 1. A signed first edition of Kurt…

The Simpsons and me

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:December 24, 2009
Post category:Autobiography

In 1989, I was eighteen years old. I had just graduated high school and quickly moved out on my own. I lived in a townhouse in Attleboro, Massachusetts, with two…

What woman buys this stuff?

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:December 23, 2009
Post category:Critic

This product litters the counter of my local 7-11, and it’s always half-empty or better. I don’t get it.

Hollywood does it right

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:December 22, 2009
Post category:Books

Having just finished reading Under the Dome and Scroogenomics, I’ve decided to treat myself to a re-reading of Peter Benchley’s JAWS, a book I have not read since I was…

Literally singing the praises of books!

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:December 21, 2009
Post category:Music SOMETHING MISSING Items

What’s better than an independent bookseller singing the praises of your book to the tune of a classic Christmas carol? Not much! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4n-MI5Lc_E

Uncommonly bad advice

Post author:Matthew Dicks
Post published:December 21, 2009
Post category:Autobiography Religion

My wife is Jewish. I am not. I have agreed to raise our daughter in the Jewish tradition, though, for my wife, this tends to lean more on the cultural…