Wish me luck
One of my clients was leaving for the airport on her way to a speech I had helped her craft. As she was leaving, she said, Wish me luck! I [ ]
Matthew Dicks
Making Stories Come Alive
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Maybe you’re not overwhelmed. Or maybe you’re overwhelmed for a reason.
Seemingly every day, I hear someone say they re overwhelmed, or feeling overwhelmed, or that someone they know is overwhelmed, or that a certain segment of the population is overwhelmed. And [ ]
It’s 9:00 on a Saturday
During my 25 years as a wedding DJ, I played Billy Joel s Piano Man at 9:00 on a Saturday whenever possible. Hundreds of times. In case you don t understand the [ ]
Oh, the things I’ll miss
The thing I will miss most about being a teacher is the conversations I had with kids, often outside the curriculum, but oftentimes even more meaningful, important, and brilliant, This [ ]
How many phone numbers do you know?
The ubiquity of cell phones has caused people to stop memorizing phone numbers. Scroll through a list of names or start typing their first name, and you can be calling [ ]
It’s “Matty and Bengi.” Not the other way around.
My longest and best friend, Bengi, and I met behind the counter of a McDonald s restaurant in Milford, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1987. For a moment, he didn t like [ ]
Exposed in Victoria
I ve been to Victoria, British Columbia six times over the past decade — first to consult with a company, then to speak at a university, and then four years in [ ]
Crossword quandry
Spotted at the McDonald s in Berlin, CT: Anyone want to guess what the bottom vertical word off of Grandma is supposed to mean? Apple is clearly one of them, but [ ]
RIP Jalloul Montacer
Back in February of 2022, I wrote about my former McDonald s boss, Jalloul Mantacer, and the profound impact he had on me. About a month later, a reader managed to [ ]
Angus update
In March, I wrote about Angus, a cow with a precarious future. In 2024, an art collective embarked on a new piece called Our Cow Angus. Here s what they did: [ ]