grin and bare it
A blog by Matthew Dicks
Another bestseller list!
Still not the New York Times bestseller list, but SOMETHING MISSING was number 4 on last week’s bestseller list for Market Block Books in Troy, NY, alongside such heavyweights as THE ELEGRANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG…
Read MoreGenius name recognition
I spent much of the morning at the Apple Store with a very competent employee at The Genius Bar attempted to diagnose the problem with my iPhone. I’ve spent a great deal of time at…
Read MoreThird person nightmare
I’ve started to refer to myself as Daddy in the third person. Even when my daughter is not around. Me: Daddy’s going to bring to garbage out. Mother-in-law: Isn’t Clara upstairs already? Me: Um…yes. Mother-in-law: …
Read MoreMy book has been hijacked by a couple of no-nothings.
I have been betrayed by my book. As I come closer and closer to completing the manuscript to CHIKCEN SHACK, the story continues to veer off in unintended directions. When I began writing a year…
Read MoreVegans. The annoying kind.
I don’t mind vegetarians, vegans, and the rest of their ilk. In fact, I admire them and am envious of their ability to eat and enjoy vegetables and fruits to the exclusion of other foods. …
Read MoreEnough with the ten minutes
I spent the afternoon writing at Panera, which is always a delightful spot to work. Good food, caffeine-free soda, free Wi-Fi, and comfortable surroundings. I have just one complaint. I typically order one of two…
Read MoreThe demanded apology: A pathetic, passive aggressive attempt to make someone say words that the don’t want to say
From yesterday’s Washington Post: “The mother of a 13-year-old Montgomery County middle school student is demanding an apology from a teacher who had school police escort the youngster from a classroom for refusing to say…
Read MorePoisoned before my second birthday
When I was about sixteen months old, my stomach was pumped after having swallowed an entire bottle of paregoric. Oddly enough, I never looked into what paregoric was until just recently. It was just one…
Read MoreFine is not good enough
My wife and I are attempting to keep our daughter away from television until the age of two, as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and based upon a great body of research that…
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