grin and bare it
A blog by Matthew Dicks
A brief history of my favorite musicians
I thought it might be fun to track the history of my favorite bands or musical acts of all-time. Perhaps you could share yours as well. Here goes: My first favorite band was The Rolling…
Read MoreResolution Update: February 2010
In an effort to achieve my yearly goals, I post my monthly progress here. I’m eleven days late in posting, but I’ve been busy. It slipped my mind. Below are my sixteen New Year’s resolutions…
Read MoreI told you so
Yesterday I declared myself the king of “I told you so,” and two friends agreed wholeheartedly. Issue some dire warning about my future or some half-baked assurance based upon your own experience, and l will…
Read MoreMost popular at the the moment
One of the websites that I like best is the New York Times Most Popular page, where you can get links to the most emailed and most blogged stories from the Times, ranked in order. …
Read MoreMystery fruit
My wife and I finally found a grocery app for the iPhone that works: Grocery IQ. With this brilliant bit of code, we can update a grocery list on one phone and have that item…
Read MoreThe Friendship Application
Behold the long awaited Friendship Application. There have been instances in the past year when people have been on the verge of becoming genuine friends. This is all well and good, but what if the…
Read MoreBartering herself into a new career? Maybe.
Get this: My wife stopped by a new consignment store in town and found a child-sized cashmere sweater that she loved. The problem: Even on consignment, the sweater was fifty dollars, more than she was…
Read MoreThe demise of the book tour and the rise of its replacement
The Los Angeles Times published a piece on how book tours have transformed over the years, and especially now in this economy. Author Carolyn Kellogg writes: “As the business of publishing changes, book tours increasingly…
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