grin and bare it
A blog by Matthew Dicks
Connecticut automotive eccentricities
I’ve been in Connecticut for seventeen years now, almost as long as I lived in Massachusetts, and long enough to think of myself as a resident of this place rather than a transplant from the…
Read MoreIs good food enough?
Elysha and I went to Mo’s Midtown this morning for breakfast. The food was good, and Elysha actually likes their pancakes a lot, but these are several subtle oddities about the restaurant that had us…
Read MoreDid we need to see the veins?
My wife and I took Clara apple-picking at Karabin Farms. I cannot recommend this place enough. Hay rides, apple cider donuts, farm animals and lots and lots of low hanging apples. The day was nearly…
Read MoreYou name the state
Have you noticed that the states with the most vociferous pride tend to be the states filled with the most repulsive people?
Read MoreBad wedding advice from another white, middle aged advice columnist
Slate V produces a regular Dear Prudence video blog in which Slate contributor Emily Yoffe attempts to pass on advice to people in need of help regarding manners and morals. I find this whole setup…
Read MoreGermans continue to win despite their defeat
A couple of my closest friends live in the town of Berlin, CT. That’s Ber-LIN. Not BER-lin. I got wondering about why the town’s name is pronounced differently than the German capital, and I learned…
Read MoreThis is not semantics
It’s bad when you don’t know what you don’t know. But it’s worse when you don’t know that you don’t know what you don’t know. The message being: Humility. Follow me?
Read MoreForgotten past
This evening I spent about three hours cleaning out boxes of old letters, cards and mementos from the past. I threw out a lot (much of which made no sense to me), but in the…
Read MoreHappy Camper
Last week I brought my students to a YMCA camp for three days of outdoor education. On the morning of our departure, I donned a tee-shirt that featured the smiling face of a presumed camper…
Read MoreThe bride is pretty
I have noticed a disturbing trend over the past year that I have managed to document and analyze in order to determine if my observations have been accurate. As a wedding DJ, I have heard…
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