grin and bare it
A blog by Matthew Dicks
You hurt my feelings. I’m taking my toys and going home.
UCONN booster Robert Burton’s sent a scathing letter to school athletic director Jeff Hathaway indicating that he was upset that Hathaway did not follow his advice in the hiring of Paul Pasqualoni as head football…
Read MoreI am at a loss for words. I simply cannot believe what I have just seen.
I cannot believe what I just saw. Did you watch the State of the Union speech on Tuesday? Do you remember President Obama’s well received jokes regarding airport pat-downs and smoked salmon? These jokes got…
Read MoreBig Love is too much love
After watching four seasons of HBO’s drama Big Love, one thing has become abundantly clear to me: One wife is more than enough. Besides, polygamy violates the tenets of a minimalist lifestyle.
Read MoreI am the father of a two-year old.
My little girl turned two years old yesterday. Here is what I wrote to her on the day that she was born: _______________________________________________ Our day began yesterday, at 11:53 PM, when you mother awoke me…
Read MoreMaybe not a rapist, but the guy can’t even get a date
Ben Roethlisberger was never convicted or even charged with the crime to which he stood accused, and as someone who was once arrested and tried for a crime he did not commit, I am sensitive…
Read MoreAssigned seating sucks
I learned an important lesson last week. I arrived early to a workshop in order to sit at the table of my choice. This was the second day of training, and so I was familiar…
Read MoreI don’t know guys this cool
But I really wish I did.
Read MoreMy daughter may be in communication with aliens
Yesterday morning Clara began systematically removing balls from the ball pit and placing them in various kitchen accouterments. Later in the day, at her birthday party at her aunt’s house, she did this: …
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