Jacke Wilson

December 13, 2014

A Joycean Christmas: Eveline

[Note: We’re reading one of James Joyce’s Dubliners stories each day until we get to “The Dead” on Christmas Eve. You can read more about the project on the first day’s installment. If you’re arriving late, fear not: it’s not too late to join us!] EVELINE SHE sat at the window watching the evening invade the Continue reading

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December 12, 2014

The Shirt Pocket Avatar (A Jacke Wilson Objectino)

Back to the workplace for another Objectino!* A JACKE WILSON OBJECTINO Overheard in an office meeting: MAN: I realized the other day that my shirt pockets are so thin you can see my photo ID through them. For years there’s been this little me riding around in my shirt, right on my chest, where everyone could Continue reading

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December 12, 2014

A Time to Read Joyce: Araby

[Note: We’re reading one of James Joyce’s Dubliners stories each day until we get to “The Dead” on Christmas Eve. You can read more about the project on the first day’s installment. If you’re arriving late, fear not: it’s not too late to join us!] ARABY NORTH RICHMOND STREET, being blind, was a quiet street except Continue reading

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December 11, 2014

Save Your Marriage With One Easy Trick!

Aha! Finally a headline worthy of the title of linkbait. (Well, okay, there WAS that one about the secret orgy. I have no standards!) But I’m serious about saving a marriage – or any sort of relationship in which one shares a bed or other sleeping arrangements. Wonderful Reader weebluebirdie read my post about the Continue reading

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December 11, 2014

A Time to Read Joyce: An Encounter

[Note: We’re reading one of James Joyce’s Dubliners stories each day until we get to “The Dead” on Christmas Eve. You can read more about the project on the first day’s installment. If you’re arriving late, fear not: it’s not too late to join us!] AN ENCOUNTER IT WAS Joe Dillon who introduced the Wild West Continue reading

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December 10, 2014

What Are Life’s Most Unanswerable Questions?

Okay, I’m planning a Jacke Wilson Show episode where we focus on unanswerable questions. What are the big ones? Which trouble you the most? Which ones don’t bother you at all? As always, we’re digging a little deeper here. Are there any surprises? What do these questions – and our response to them – tell us about Continue reading

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December 10, 2014

Christmas with James Joyce: The Sisters

Happy Dubliners Day! What’s that, you ask? It refers to a holiday tradition I have, which is to read one of James Joyce’s Dubliners story each day in the fifteen days leading up to Christmas Eve. Just like an advent calendar! And today, December 10, is the day to begin. I recommend taking off work, Continue reading

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December 9, 2014

Today’s Comment of the Week: Backhanded Compliments

Wonderful Reader RR listens to Episode 4 of The Jacke Wilson Show and writes: I had to giggle at ‘easier to follow’. Ah yes! This was where I noted that my friend’s response to a particular story was that the story was “easier to follow” than one of my other stories. Easier to follow! Because I wanted Continue reading

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December 8, 2014

Christmas with the Beatles!

Some great feedback on the latest episode of The Jacke Wilson Show is coming in. Many thanks to all my listeners! I’m so glad you’re enjoying it, and I hope to have another episode up soon. Until then, check out the Podcast page for the backlog. Now for some true audio (and visual) pleasure. Christmas with Continue reading

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December 7, 2014

It’s The Jacke Wilson Show! Episode 4 – The Worst Thing I Ever Did (Part Two)

ONE…ONE ONE…ONE ONE… IT’S THE JACKE WILSON SHOW!!!!! Episode 4 is here! I’m back to my four a.m. silent-house stage whisper. You didn’t think that afternoon voice would last forever, did you? Luckily I have a good microphone and an up-close personality. Or you can use it as white noise, to drift away to dreamland. I’m Continue reading

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