The History of Jacke
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Back to School Day 3 – The Real World, The Real World, and The Real World
Here’s where we are in Back to School Week: Teachers were celebrated last week in one megapost. Plenty of good links there. Day One of Celebrating Students: Young Bartleby generates a spiritual crisis in the halls of Cadbridge High… Day Two of Celebrating Students: The girl who joined the all-boys league… Today’s post is a tribute to… Continue reading
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Back To School Day 2 – Coaching the Only Girl
To catch you up: Last week we celebrated teachers (music, science, English, literature, and Suzuki parenting) This week we’re taking a look at students. A story per day. Yesterday was the Great HIgh School Schism (set off by a McDonald’s game piece) And today, we feature Object # 17 – The Shirts and Skins. The story is about what… Continue reading
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Back to School! Causing a Metaphysical Riot Somewhere Between Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Nirvana’s Nevermind
We start with a quote: I was starting to believe in the power of this thing, not as a talisman but as a phenomenon. It had to mean something that it – and I – had generated so much consternation. I represented something. To some I was a testament to discipline, to conviction, to inner… Continue reading
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All Sorts of Grateful
Wow! Another great day here on the Jacke Blog. Wonderful Reader A.M., curator of the All Sorts of Awesome blog, has included me in her Super Awesome Awesomeness roundup. I’m flattered! And so pleased to hear what she’s been enjoying: And now, the Super Awesome Awesomeness. JACKE WILSON! Guys you guys, you have to read his 100… Continue reading
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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #25: The Equation
My mother appeared in the doorway and my stomach fell. What was she doing at my algebra class? In my high school, in the middle of the day? This was exciting—it was my mother, she was here to see me—but it also felt dangerous. Years earlier, my best friend’s mother had shown up one day… Continue reading
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100 Objects Special: Back to School Week!
Summer’s almost over! Back to school time! This year I thought I’d celebrate the week with a tribute to all hardworking teachers and their achingly confused students… Jacke Wilson’s Top 5 Stories Celebrating Teachers Object #7 – The Keyboard* I started on “Three Blind Mice.” I stopped halfway through. For some reason it sounded terrible. “There must be something… Continue reading
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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #24 – The Rope
I didn’t like my new boss much. On my first day he had me scraping tar off the inside walls of his truck, ten hours in a hot, enclosed space breathing in noxious odors. The second day he blasted “beer farts” all the way to Skokie and back, and I had to sit next to… Continue reading
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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #23 – The Passage
The story begins with a great moment in literary autobiography – well, fine, let’s go ahead and say its one of the great moments in the history of literature itself. I have a personal story to throw in at the end. But the story begins here, in the famous passage in which Ford Madox Ford… Continue reading
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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #22 – The Sound
1 I fall asleep with my hand on my girlfriend’s hip. I awake with her hand squeezing my throat. “Jesus!” I gasp after I finally pry her fingers from my neck. “What are you doing?” She blinks, still in a fog, halfway between sleep and madness. “Huh? What…?” She shakes her head, coming awake. “Oh, sorry… ” she says. “I was dreaming that… Continue reading
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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #21: The Speed Trap
Some advance warning: I’m going to stop this story and start over because it’s the only way I can figure out how to tell it. So it’s 1980, morning in America, and I’m riding in a car with my grandfather. We are on the way home from the golf course. It’s sunny and we’re in Wisconsin… Continue reading
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