grin and bare it
A blog by Matthew Dicks
Dishonoring the dead with stupidity
From Fox News: Is Obama Chewing Gum at Joplin Memorial Service? Earlier today President Obama spoke at a memorial service in Joplin, MO honoring those who lost their lives to the destructive tornado that stuck…
Read MoreYour sense of smell or your cell phone?
From a recent McCann survey of more than 7,000 people ages 16-30 across a variety of countries: Given a list of things (including cosmetics, their car, their passport, their phone and their sense of smell)…
Read MoreAngry, hilarious outbursts
When my daughter gets angry, she begins moving and narrating her motion as it is taking place. For example: Mommy: Clara, It’s time for bed! Clara: No! I running! I running! Or… Daddy: Clara, it’s…
Read MoreChasing fire engines
When I was in my early twenties, I worked two full time jobs while awaiting trial for a crime I did not commit. I would arrive at South Shore Bank at 7:30 AM to work…
Read MoreIs downhill downhill or downhill?
Scenario #1: Something has gone wrong early in the day. It is not good. The rest of the day promises to only get worse. I say, “Damn. Everything is going to be downhill from here.”…
Read MoreHow to be pretty
Today’s message to my daughter:_____________________________________ An important thing to remember, little one: Attractiveness is more closely related to IQ than actual physical appearance. Nothing is uglier than a stupid person.
Read MoreMe? Or a muzzled version of me?
Over the past three days, I have been keeping track of the number of ideas, thoughts and feelings that I was unable to share because doing so might have hurt the feelings of a friend…
Read MoreWhy today’s video games suck
It happened more than a dozen years ago. I was playing a new PC game called Diablo II with some buddies and liking it very much. About an hour into the game, my character was…
Read MoreIntroducing Matthew Green
My last name has caused me problems before. And many, many more that I have yet to write about. Despite the burden that a last name like Dicks has carried, I never imagined giving it…
Read MoreThe Rapture. Part II.
Oh good. Just when I thought I would have to wait years for another Rapture prediction comes word that the next one is just around the corner. Harold Camping, the minister responsible for last weekend’s…
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