grin and bare it
A blog by Matthew Dicks
Melting ice or a bullet in the head?
There’s been much discussion over the potential loss of the polar bears as a result of the recent melting of polar ice. Many environmentalists have adopted the polar bear as their symbol of the dangers…
Read MoreI will pledge whatever my teacher says…
I’m just about finished reading THE BOOK THIEF, which provides a very interesting view of Nazi Germany from the perspective of a child. Among other things, the book portrays a country that is fanatic in…
Read MoreToo close for comfort
From time to time my in-laws have debated moving from their sizable home in the Berkshires into a 350 square foot, single room apartment that they own in Manhattan. I tried to convince them to…
Read MoreThe choice is made!
After publicly flogging my fellow book club member (her words) and having another member propose that we may need to consider group therapy, a choice was finally made: BOTH WAYS IS THE ONLY WAY I…
Read MoreChildhood bogeyman returns
When I was a kid, my town and the surrounding communities were terrorized by the Blackstone Valley sniper. For a period of about two years, someone was firing a rifle into picture windows at the…
Read MoreDJ blunders and tribulations
Just as we were leaving to yesterday’s wedding, more than an hour away from home, my DJ partner, Bengi, noticed that the a tire on the truck was flat. Not trusting the spare, we got…
Read MoreTelltale signs
I was listening to an interesting story on mapping on This American Life today, and it gave me the idea of writing the short story or a novella in which a protagonist’s life is told…
Read MoreSlacker book club extraordinaire
I’m a member of a slacker book club. Yes, I’ve heard stories about slacker book clubs before, and perhaps you are even a member of one yourself. But my slacker book club is the most…
Read MoreConfirmed perfection
I was watching Journeyman today, a show that was sadly cancelled by NBC after just one season. In the episode, two characters are discussing the possibility of marriage. The female character asks, “Are you looking…
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