Jack's Smack

Work. Life. Play. Whether I like it or not, these three elements of my one life are constantly battling for...

What happens when what you’ve been doing, successfully, stops working?  Or, at least stops working the way it had been…...

While recently packing up to move out of the family home where we all grew up, my brother stumbled across...

New Year’s resolutions. Good. Bad. Indifferent? Lately I have been reading a fair amount around the notion of not setting...

The last few months I’ve been faced with some personal parenting challenges. Turns out that a university acceptance letter and...

My cheese fondue days are behind me now. Or so I think — at least those are my thoughts as...

While my Jack’s Smack day falls on the first of a brand new, squeaky-clean, full of potential, NEW YEAR, I...

They say it’s not what happens to you that matters but what or how you react to it that is...

I think I may have accidentally made a Faustian bargain this week. Those of us who live in the United...

What causes us to stop? And I mean stop. Metaphorically speaking, dead in our tracks.  A health scare. Right? Honestly,...