grin and bare it
A blog by Matthew Dicks
Maniac behind the wheel
I was watching the highway chase scene from The Matrix Reloaded while getting dressed yesterday. A few minutes later I was in my car, driving down the road like the character, Morpheus, from the movie. …
Read MoreEarly musical predictor
This website will tell you the name of Billboard’s #1 song on any given day and year. Check to see the most popular song in the land on the day that you were born. I…
Read MoreMy personal life expectancy
The Daily Beast ran a piece on fifteen indicators of life expectancy. Being someone terrified of death and in denial of its eventuality, I was immediately intrigued by the list. Here’s how I fared: 1.…
Read MoreJerry can copy but not the rest of us?
How come Tom Cruise’s Jerry Maguire can steal the now-famous “You complete me” line from the deaf couple in the elevator earlier in the film and still make it sound original and romantic, but no…
Read MoreMaybe Toughskins and parachute pants will make a comeback, too
I am pleased to report that there is a new trend in town, and it goes against everything that I despise about the fashion industry. Scientific American reports that researchers surveying California consumers found that…
Read MoreQuestion about womanly matters
How do you pronounce the word menstruation? Sometimes I hear it pronounced men-stray-tion. Other times I hear it pronounced men-strew-ay-tion. And neither pronunciation seems more prevalent than the other. It’s neck-and-neck. One big, annoying tie.…
Read MoreDaily Candy and The Wall Street Journal!
This has been a good day. UNEXPECTEDLY, MILO hit bookstore shelves yesterday, and today it was reviewed by Daily Candy and reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Daily Candy, an enormously popular website that everyone…
Read MoreUNEXPECTEDLY, MILO book tour begins!
Last night friends and family and loyal readers and complete strangers gathered at the Barnes and Noble in Blue Back Square for the first appearance of my book tour. An estimated seventy-five people showed up…
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