Matthew Dean

  • Notable Awesomologist

    I was interviewed recently by Matt Posner for the School of the Ages blog. Check it out! http://schooloftheages.webs.com/apps/blog/show/34609815-author-interview-awesomologist-matthew-dean Tweet Email Related

  • Joe the Class Frully

    In the town I was raised, In the school of my youth, The kids hung together In different groups There were kids who liked baseball And kids who sang songs And kids who told jokes And some laughed all day long. But one kid stood out By the name of Joe Tully. The kids all…

  • A Conversation With God* (*NOW WITH MORE T-REX)

    Me: God, can I ask You a question? God: Sure Me: Promise You won’t get mad God: I promise Me: Why did You let so much stuff happen to me today? God: What do u mean? Me: Well, I woke up late God: Yes Me: My car took forever to start God: Okay Me: at…

  • Let Go of Your Stress* (*NOW WITH MORE T-REX)

    A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As he raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the “half empty or half full” question. Instead, with a smile on his face, he inquired: “How heavy is this glass of water?” Answers called out ranged from 8 oz.…

  • Burned Biscuits* (*NOW WITH MORE T-REX)

    Burned Biscuits – A lesson we all should learn. When I was a kid, my Mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my Mom placed a…

  • Is Beyoncé a set-back for feminism?

    I brought up this article in a conversation at a party last night, when it was said that Beyoncé should not have been so scantily dressed in her first solo breakout music video. This line came from the article came to mind during the conversation: “It seems like everyone wants to get in on the…

  • Personal sites are hard

    I’ve been struggling with building my personal website  for a long time. I’m sure a lot of people have stuggled with this, but I always feel like I have my fingers in so many pies, that narrowing a focus for a site has been kind of hard. Eventually, I decided the solution was to put…

  • Two Men Dying

    “We only have six minutes until the oxygen runs out,” said Barry. “Six minutes?” said Don. “You mean six minutes until our lives are completely over?” “That’s right,” said Barry. “Well, maybe not six minutes on the dot, and we won’t die right away. Probably we’ll lose consciousness and then die.” “Still,” said Don, “that’s…

  • The Story of Thanksgiving

    Part 4 of the Holiday Story Series Most people think there’s some kind of association of Thanksgiving with pioneers and stuff. Those people don’t know what they’re talking about, and you should probably tell them so. In fact, it would behoove you to go up to them at a party and say, “Carl, you don’t…

  • The Story of Thanksgiving, Part II

    Part 5 of the Holiday Story Series Look, I was a bit rude when I started telling you the Story of Thanksgiving before. I probably said some things and used some language that I shouldn’t have, and I’m sorry. I don’t want to ruin anything, or be the bad seed at the party, so let’s…