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Read more about the article Napping will kill you. Science says so.

Napping will kill you. Science says so.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 9, 2014
  • Post category:Science
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A 13-year study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology has revealed that if you take naps during the day, you are more likely to die sooner than those who…

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Read more about the article Every death in A Song of Ice and Fire, displayed in rainbow-like horror

Every death in A Song of Ice and Fire, displayed in rainbow-like horror

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:December 4, 2013
  • Post category:Books
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I have yet to begin reading the Game of Thrones series (actually called A Song of Fire and Ice). I’m watching it on HBO, but I’m afraid to begin reading…

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Read more about the article Now I have to worry about falling cows. Great.

Now I have to worry about falling cows. Great.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 14, 2013
  • Post category:Current Affairs
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The Telegraph reports on a Brazilian man who died after a cow fell through his roof and landed on top of him. As a person who suffers from an ongoing,…

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Read more about the article Fraggle Rock is obsessed with death

Fraggle Rock is obsessed with death

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:April 9, 2013
  • Post category:Television
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I bought the complete box set of Fraggle Rock for my wife last year. We both loved the show as children, and we will presumably introduce our children to it…

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Read more about the article Dead and dead but still breathing

Dead and dead but still breathing

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:October 16, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography/Recommended Reading/Viewing
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My piece in this month’s Story Collider magazine deals with my death and my other death, and how they may have saved my life. If you’re a person who likes…

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Read more about the article Should children be permitted to attend funerals?

Should children be permitted to attend funerals?

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 27, 2012
  • Post category:Quandry
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Earlier this week, I joined a panel on the Huffington Post’s online television network to discuss the appropriateness of children attending funerals for deceased friends and relatives. Here is the…

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Read more about the article I’m not afraid.

I’m not afraid.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:September 5, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography
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Gerascophobia is the fear of growing old. I would be consumed with gerascophobia if I was to ever accept that I was getting older, which I would never do because…

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Read more about the article Deathbed regrets revisited: 2012

Deathbed regrets revisited: 2012

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:May 22, 2012
  • Post category:Autobiography
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Two years ago, in response to a piece listing the most frequent death bed regrets of the dying, I listed what I thought would be my most likely death bed…

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