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A celebration of so much more than just a book
On Saturday night, I took the stage at the release party for Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling, and told five brand new stories to an audience of more than 200 friends and family. It was quite a night. My friend, storyteller, and producer Erin Barker once told…
Read MoreThe Internet is kind and crazy and kind of crazy
Last week I wrote a piece advising that you avoid shopping at multiple grocery stores in a given week, arguing that time is more valuable than the marginal differences in taste and quality of food. The argument is more complex than that, but you can go read the piece if you’d like. It was also…
Read MoreMore on shoe removal
The Internet is a pretty astounding place. Earlier this week I wrote a post about homeowners asking guests to remove their shoes. I said that I found this to be a ridiculous request, but the point of my piece was to suggest that people should feel free to step outside the norm but also be…
Read More“Be an unbeatable person and avenge my death.”
I write a daily blog to my daughter entitled GreetingsLittleOne.com. I’ve written every day since we learned that my wife was pregnant and have not missed a day. Sometimes the post is merely a collection of photographs and videos from the day. Other times it’s an account of the day’s proceedings. Occasionally I dispense fatherly…
Read MoreThe Page 69 Test
Marshall McLuhan recommends that the book browser turn to page 69 of any book and read it. If you like that page, buy the book. It works. Following this theory, I have written a guest post for the blog The Page 69 Test, as it pertains to UNEXPECTEDLY, MILO. Surprisingly, even though page 69 of…
Read MoreInfecting the Internet
I’ve been writing some guest posts for various blogs recently, and two went up yesterday if you’re interested in clicking over and checking them out. On the Water Street Books blog, I’m writing a three-part series on the realities of a book tour. The first post describes certain aspects of my book tour from the…
Read MoreTen Word Wiki
Ten Word Wiki is a spinoff of Wikipedia with one important distinction: All entries must consist of exactly ten letters. The results are often amusing and sometimes quite profound. The site has become my newest time-waster, so click at your own risk. I’m completely obsessed with it. And I’ve even submitted my own 10 Word…
Read MoreRules of a gun fight
I’m not exactly a gun fan, but this website, which lists the rules of a gunfight, is simply genius. Funny, clever, and loaded with the truth. A few of my favorite rules include: Forget about knives, bats and fists. Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at least two guns. Bring all of your friends who have…
Read MoreNot OMG
OMG Facts, a website that tweets out supposedly amazing facts throughout the day, recently posted two that I considered less than amazing and downright commonplace. First: Soccer is the most viewed sport in the world. Didn’t everyone already know this? It’s the most popular sport in the world. The World Cup draws almost as much…
Read MoreNew name. New design. Same writer.
In case you haven’t noticed, the masthead of this blog changed today. The original masthead, designed by my wife, reflected the blog’s previous URL. That address, matthewdicks.com, is now the location of my new author’s website. This new masthead, also designed by my wife, reflects my new name for the blog, Grin and Bare It.…
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