grin and bare it
A blog by Matthew Dicks
Floor plan of Dunder Mifflin
I love The Office. There was a time when Jim and Pam weren’t together that I hung on every machination of their potential relationship. The best part of this floor plan of the office is…
Read MoreMotivation strategies for employers, teachers and even parents.
Thought: What if I gave my students one day each week to work on any project they wanted? What would happen? Daniel Pink seems to suggest that I should expect greatness.
Read MoreDeath by headphones
Every time I get angry at my cat for waking me up in the morning or sending my to work with a hole chewed out of the crotch of my wool pants, I remind myself…
Read MoreIf you’re embarrassed to admit to buying your clothing at Marshall’s, then you’re an embarrassment to all of humanity.
I had dinner with friends a couple nights ago. For a time, conversation centered upon clothing (as it always seems to do), and a woman who I had met just an hour or so ago…
Read MoreThe evils of swashbuckling action and very bad weather.
Have you noticed that in addition to a simple rating, the Motion Picture Association of America adds a reason behind the rating to each and every movie that appears on the big screen? You need…
Read MoreThe wondrous vulva
This product should not be referred to as a puppet. Puppets speak. They sing. They romp and play. They make children laugh. I don’t want to know what these puppets are supposed to be saying. Just…
Read MoreGoonies never say die
It’s the twenty-fifth anniversary of The Goonies this week. I loved the film, as all children of the 1980s should, but I always had one big problem with it. At the end of the film,…
Read MoreNo credit deserved
In graduate school, I learned about the way in which researchers use the Likert scale in order to determine personal preference. If you’re not aware, the Likert scale is the one that asks respondents how they…
Read MoreUltimate business conversion
CHICKEN SHACK features a funeral home turned fried chicken restaurant and was inspired by the conversion of Blackstone Potato Chips to a funeral home in the town in which I grew up. I’ve written about…
Read MoreI’m a present-tense hedonist.
A week ago I posted a fascinating ten-minute video on how time perspective differs within people. To further the discussion, Jason Kottke summarized the six different time zones in which people live rather effectively: Past…
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