grin and bare it
A blog by Matthew Dicks
Pouty Sanchez
Tim Graham of ESPN writes: The Jets want Mark Sanchez to stop pouting. To force Sanchez into acting as regal as a franchise quarterback should, offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer and backup quarterback Mark Brunell have…
Read MoreDefeated by the elderly
In a follow-up to the post about my lack of cultural awareness comes this evening’s revelation that my wife’s 88-year-old grandmother is more culturally aware than either one of us. On our way home from…
Read MoreCan’t imagine why I am not universally adored
I am a direct person, and I have always considered this quality to be an asset. Furthermore, I have always had difficulty understanding why anyone in my life would not also appreciate the quality in…
Read MoreSpiders in a Volkswagen
A few weeks ago I wrote about the best gift that I have ever received, and it included a story about my friend, Tom, and his fear of spiders. In the flurry of tweets and…
Read MoreCartoon babe?
Was Scooby Doo’s Daphne actually hot, or was her hotness the result of her juxtaposition to the dreadful looking and more dreadfully named Velma?
Read MoreSimple and doable
Here is the best solution that I have seen to my recent electronic voting rant: Brilliant idea
Read MoreI don’t know who Snooky is or if Lady Gaga wore a meat dress, but I’m probably happier than you.
My wife and I do not watch very much television. Last night, for example, I watched the fourth quarter of the Celtics game. Otherwise the television did not go on. The night before that, the…
Read MoreKnitting not allowed (because I’m jealous)
I’m hesitant to say that I’ve discovered a new phenomenon, because perhaps it’s been around for a while and I’m just horribly inattentive. I’ve missed other, fairly obvious cultural changes before, so it’s not uncommon.…
Read MoreBest news from our little bundle of joy
On a night when I received stunningly good news about deals that we accepted from Spanish and Italian publishers for my partial manuscript, Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, the best news of all came while…
Read MoreInexplicable engineering stupidity
Could someone please explain to me how the banking industry manages to flawlessly dispense millions of dollars in cash each day from the thousands of ATM machines around the country, all the while providing every…
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