grin and bare it
A blog by Matthew Dicks
A little baby becomes a little kid
I write a daily blog directed to my daughter that I began on the day we learned that Elysha was pregnant. Recently, I wrote a post that garnered some attention from readers, and a few…
Read MoreEmbodiment of their teacher
As my school year begins, so does the process of preparing for another year of Shakespeare. The preparation for the yearly production is remarkably hard work for me and the students, and throughout much of…
Read MoreBested by Best Western
Sometimes I find myself caught in a moment that could appear in one of my books someday. I’m parked at the Best Western in Troy, New York. I just finished my appearance at Market Block…
Read MoreA teacher’s recollections of 9/11
I was teaching math to my third grade students when my classroom phone rang around 9:00. It was my ex-wife, calling to tell me that a plane had hit the Word Trade Center. She said that…
Read MoreIndependence trumps any semblance of heat
When I was twelve years old, I moved into a partially finished, unheated room in the basement. I moved into the room without my parent’s knowledge. For years, I had been sharing an upstairs bedroom…
Read MoreDental nerd
I told the doctor that I exercise daily, don’t drink, don’t smoke and have never even experimented with an illegal drug. “And I floss every day,” I added. “No one flosses every day,” he said.…
Read MoreHow old is considered fully cooked?
In the midst of a recent discussion on conformity, religion, clothing and parenting (I know, quite a combination), I was told by someone significantly older than me that my idealism, my lack of conformity and…
Read MorePeeing into your golf club is not a solution to not a problem.
There’s so much to say about this product. So much. Let’s begin with the fact that someone thought that this was a good idea. A golf club designed to hold a player’s urine. The ad…
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