Dec 12, 2020An Endorsement (but definitely) Not A Review of “Ready Player Two”(because I’ve got all the feels after reading this book, and the first one… and even Armada) So, I just finished the book, “Ready Player Two” and, much like the first book, “Ready Player One”… I’m left with a tsunami of memories and a LOT of words that need to…3 min read
Sep 22, 2020Dry… from the boxI sat down to write you a poem. A beautiful love poem, one filled with flowers and sunsets and moonlight and electricity… but all I could think about was the way you ate ‘Corn Pops’ dry… from the box. I wanted to write about falling asleep beside you, listening to…1 min read
Nov 15, 2019The Trade Show Rules Are Changing!How does one get corporate sign-off to attend the modern industry Trade Show… and what experience should the attendee expect? (+2 points) A Parody/Narrative White Paper — By Terry Jackson (Industry Veteran) — Nov 15, 2019, 12:00pm EST The Problem: How does one get corporate sign-off to attend the modern…Trade Show6 min read
Jul 3, 2019How. To. Breathe.Try to breathe… in (incredibly) long and (impossibly) deep, (fill your lungs to bursting) with enormous gulps and furtive savor (the stolen and unseen moments) (cherishing) all the life (and love) (humbly and gratefully) around you (and us). Hold these breaths (strong and fast) and these moments, (advancing and retreating) …Poetry1 min read
Jun 1, 2019“LOVE… and Other Foolish Things”February 2011 — I came here tonight to read you a poem I had written — a beautiful love poem filled with flowers, sunsets, moonlight and electricity, you know, the works… and believe me, you would have loved it BUT when I sat down to write this epic “legend of a poem”, all…Love6 min read
Jun 1, 2019America (revisited)May 2, 2017 — (This is best read while listening to the song “America”. You might have to play it twice. Apologies to Simon and Garfunkel. Actual lyrics in BOLD.) Let us be lovers, we’ll marry our fortunes together It was twenty years ago, today — May 2, 1997. I’ve got some real estate…New York6 min read
Jun 1, 2019An Un-Cooperative FutureMay 13, 2016 — Often times… if you work hard, study hard, say all the right things, meet all the right people, are honest, find the right partners in crime, use the word love as often as possible, smile at all the right times, laugh at all the right jokes, take one for the…Politics3 min read
Jun 1, 2019“will wreck it”April 2, 2017 — I may have shared this James Baldwin clip before. I may have viewed it no less than 20 times over the years. I may have heard this or read this or viewed this as a child. It may have informed the very person that I am today. I may have…Photography1 min read