grin and bare it
A blog by Matthew Dicks
Seriously?
How am I going to explain this to my daughter when she’s old enough to understand the lunacy behind these two maps?
Read MoreI have a new job.
Frank and Jaime McCourt, owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers and currently engaged in bitter divorce proceedings, paid a psychic hundreds of thousands of dollars over a five-year period to watch Dodger games on his…
Read MoreUnfaithful unicorn with a mix tape
Somehow, someway, this is funny as hell. But what was the pitch? “I’ll have a steamy romance with a unicorn, set to a an 80’s power ballad, and we’ll throw in a mix tape, too. It’ll…
Read MoreAssigning my students new (and sometimes permanent) names
As a teacher, I assign a lot of nicknames to students, a practice that my friends and I often did as a kids. Growing up, everyone I knew had a nickname. I also refer to…
Read MoreI know far too much about The Land of the Lost
I know far too much about the original 1970’s version of The Land of the Lost. even though I haven’t watched the show since I was a kid. While visiting a children’s museum this weekend,…
Read MoreWho loves Elmo?
Actually, I kind of love Elmo. He is quite possibly the nicest creature I’ve ever seen. His joy in infectious. It really is. Clara loves him, too.
Read MoreGreat accomplishments in the trenches
“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert…
Read MoreResolution update: March 2011
1. Lose 23 pounds, bringing me down to my high school track and field weight. I’m down six pounds since the beginning of the year. Seventeen to go. Doing well. My wife said I looked…
Read MoreMy first and only earthquake
I am fortunate to have experienced only one earthquake in my life. Years ago, I wrote about the three best compliments that I have ever received. The first came on January 1, 1988 when I…
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