100 Objects
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Today’s Comment of the Week: A Former Student Weighs In
Wonderful Reader L writes: I never thought I’d peruse a blog & “cry”. This piece is brilliantly & pleasantly descriptive, literally reaching out to the reader…and perhaps this is a sign I should make my mother proud and practice on the piano she gave me so many years ago…thank you. What can I say? You’re 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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The Neuroscience of Lists
Ryan Shmeizer gives us 10 reasons why lists are so tough to resist: In the end, we have what Charlie Munger calls the Lollapalooza Effect: when multiple psychological biases combine together in the same direction, the effect is compounded on a tremendous scale. It’s no wonder that Buzzfeed’s list of it’s 50 Best Posts of Continue reading
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