Fiction
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New Office Technology (A Jacke Wilson Objectino)
Today’s Objectino* goes back to the land of the Blood Cake… A JACKE WILSON OBJECTINO After the New York office criticized us for having old equipment, our bosses splurged on a new videoconference room with state-of-the-art technology. At our next weekly luncheon with New York, we were excited to demonstrate how the camera swiveled automatically to focus… Continue reading
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Today’s Comments of the Week: The Foxes (And Some Good News for Jacke!)
I’m very pleased to announce that my post The Offering (A History of Jacke Wilson in 100 Objects #26) has been selected for WordPress’s Freshly Pressed showcase feature. Hooray! There it is, right between a terrific post about the new black stormtrooper in the next Star Wars installment and a post from Longreads (a wonderful… Continue reading
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The Cladogram (A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #27)
I was a young father raising a toddler in New York City. I was also a broke, miserable student buried under an avalanche of student loans. In my filthy, sleep-deprived condition I suddenly remembered Thomas Hobbes’s description of life, which I’d read years earlier. What was the line? Life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and…something else.… Continue reading
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Price Drop! Books Priced Cheap for Holiday Shoppers!
I know, I know. Holiday shopping is a pain. If you’re like me, you don’t want to set foot in a mall unless it’s to watch a movie. (Speaking of which, I saw Big Hero 6 other day, and it was not bad. My younger son choked up when he saw the part [spoiler alert] where… Continue reading
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The Wayward Joke (A Jacke Wilson Objectino)
Yesterday was fun! Let’s try another Objectino!* Dinnertime. An earnest seven-year-old is attempting to tell a joke: BOY: Okay. Two cannibals are eating a clown. What does one cannibal say to the other? BOY’S MOTHER: I don’t know, what? BOY: “Does this taste funny?” BOY’S MOTHER: Why are two cannonballs eating a clown? Continue reading
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The Glamorous Colleague (A Jacke Wilson Objectino)
Introducing…the Objectino!* Overheard at an office meeting: WOMAN 1: I’ve always had this thing for the days of real glamour. You know, like the Fifties and Sixties, when women had style. I was born at the wrong time! I could see myself as an Audrey Hepburn…or a Jackie O… WOMAN 2: There’s a potato chip on your boob. Continue reading
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Thanksgiving Week 4: The Readers!
We’ve spent Thanksgiving week giving thanks to the Kids, the Elders, and Life’s Sweet Partners. That covers most ground (sorry friends, coworkers, and facebook people I’m pretending to recall better than I actually do – maybe next year!). Or at least it covers most ground personally. Professionally, I still owe someone special. My enormous debt of… Continue reading
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Thanksgiving Week 3: Life’s Sweet Partners
Oh, here we go! We’ve taken a look at the youth and the elders in my life (or at least the fictionalized version of it). How about Life’s Sweet Partner! Who else could travel through the world with Jacke at her side. That’s not easy! Deserving of all my gratitude and then some. I like… Continue reading
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Thanksgiving Week 2: The Elders
Oh boy. I’m really having a good time with Thanksgiving this year, but that’s no surprise. It’s my favorite holiday. Since yesterday was our day of giving thanks to the kids, let’s take things old school and bestow some gratitude on our elders. Here are a few excerpts from stories about the generations above me. My… Continue reading
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Thanksgiving Week 1: Kids
I’ve got a big December planned here on the Jacke Blog. So I’m taking a breath and celebrating my favorite week of the year. Thanksgiving! Time to bring in the harvest, start up a fire, watch a little football, and keep the kitchen bustling. So today I’m giving thanks for children, who make all this… Continue reading
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