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Bangstick - Jack Lewis
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I like my rifle. It’s a fine piece of gear. Times change; equipment, too. Jeeps (M151A2s like the one I drove all over Korea) are long gone, Gama Gotes are so old school everyone thinks they were Czechoslovakian trucks from the movie Stripes, steel helmets are only worn by the Poles, and this time around, the army issued me a NEW RIFLE. I work with cursed the thing for a musket, old-school, long and way too heavy. Of course, those pampered kids think the heater in a HMMWV is inadequate. These things are ...
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Jack Lewis
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Born in Portland, Oregon in 1964, Jack Lewis is a middle-aged curmudgeon of catholic writing proclivity. Jack holds a BA English. From Washington State University and an MFA in screenwriting from the University of Southern California. He wears thick glasses, drinks Ardbeg, owns two motorcycles and a chainsaw, and prefers slip-on shoes. Between spasms of frenzied writing activity, Jack has worked as a busboy, geriatric nursing aide, soldier, production assistant, telecommunications circuit designer, soda ...
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Ensconced at Hahn’s Peak Roadhouse - Jack Lewis
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Ensconced at Hahn’s Peak Roadhouse. Princess Thunderjugs, our pistachios ‘n’ cream 2015 Indian Chieftain with a paint-matched passenger pod lashed alongside, was in fine form today. There are two sidecars, our own dear PTJ and a red-over-red hack with a smaller, lighter car. With three rotating amputee passengers between the two rigs, we have plumbed the inky black depths of bad jokes about legroom. Sidehacks don’t exactly lean. We’re off tomorrow for Laramie, Wyoming. Though her tires are flattening...
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No buddy's puppy - Jack Lewis
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No buddy’s puppy. They’re some of the biggest dogs in the world. Pretty Wife has wanted one for 20 years, but it’s never been the right time. It’s still not the right time, but what could it hurt to look? He doesn’t look too good, I said. I never wanted a merle, Pretty Wife replied. So we drove right down there. It was only a three-hour round trip. Trembling, he put his head under my chin and pushed into the warmth. He gave me a serious look, like he didn’t know that puppies smell like buttered toast...
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Unexpected consequences - Jack Lewis
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There’s an old story about Chinese luck. It’s probably B.S., which is why it belongs in this blog…. An aged farmer’s stallion kicked down his stall and ran off. The farmer’s neighbors commiserated. 8220;Ah, bad luck! 8221; they said, but Li Chien only shrugged. 8220;Good luck, bad luck,” he said. “Who can tell? Don’t they always? 8220;Such wonderful fortune! 8221; they agreed among themselves. “Three new horses, and one with a colt quickening! 8220;There is no unmixed fortune! Startled, they drank off th...
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Israel Archives - Jack Lewis
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SPACE-TIME UPDATE: The following article about YAMAM was written as a sidebar for Motorcyclist magazine, where it did not run due to size constraints. Because I admire the guys profiled here and because Middle East conflicts are perennially timely, I’ve elected to run it here. Mounted police officers seem to spend most of their time … [more]. Going away, coming home. In the past “baker’s week,” I’ve bumbled into a few things. Happily, I’ve had lots of help — both i...I was supposed to link up with the Ha...
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This... is... STURGIS! - Jack Lewis
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This… is… STURGIS! The first reaction a guy might have to Sturgis is that no rules apply. Like most first reactions, this is bullshit. The rules are just different: specific, unspoken, and not applicable elsewhere. Like the rule asserting that bare torsos are acceptable on Main, with or without body paint. Also its unspoken corollary that states, Large, hairy breasts are not reliable indicators of gender. If you’re in Sturgis this week, in between flashing yours or inspecting others’, keep an eye out for...
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The Real Jack Lewis
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Jacks of all Trades (Jack Lewis). This is Jack on Wikipedia. Here are even more people named Jack Lewis on Wikipedia. This is why Jack uses “jaxworx” as his professional callsign on Facebook, G , and here on this blog. Jack and his work have appeared in two films based on the book “Operation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan and the Home Front” (ed. Andrew Carroll, Random House 2006). Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience. Operation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan and the Home Front. Dir Laurenc...
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Vet stuff Archives - Jack Lewis
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A simple whispered lesson from those who laid down their lives for us. Not Really About Motorcycles. I only knew “T” because of motorcycles. When we moved in, the guy across the street introduced himself and asked what we had under our bike covers. Tony turned out to be one of the good guys, loaning tools without being asked and even putting us up in his RV for a couple of nights when … [more]. A 9/11 Forget Me Not. The first of us headed out last night, on bikes and planes aimed homeward. Tommy and ...
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