existence | Matthew Dicks

Snoopy’s advice sucks

By Matthew Dicks | April 8, 2018 |

If you know me at all, you’ll know that I suffer from a persistent, constant, never-ending existential crisis. I think about death all the time. More that you could ever imagine. In an effort to alleviate my concerns and perhaps offer me a little peace, one kind reader sent me this cartoon. But there’s one…

You see a leaf. I see something so much worse.

By Matthew Dicks | October 4, 2016 |

Want to know how I think? How I exist? I was standing on the Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge in Simsbury, CT with my wife and children. It was a spectacular fall day. Blue skies. Warm temperatures. Laughing children. I look over the bridge and spot this leaf, floating down the river. Here is what…

Deep, scary, philosophical Star Trek thoughts.

By Matthew Dicks | March 9, 2016 |

Somehow a discussion about how the transporters work on Star Trek had me in an existential panic. Granted, this is easier to accomplish with me than most people, but still. This is both fascinating and a little terrifying, even if you’re not a Star Trek fan.