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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

That's some progress you made, Jackie-boy

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 "Oh, gawd," I thought to myself as I saw an alert pop up for the Boleyn-O-Sphere. I'd hoped I was safe by not downloading the...
Sunday, November 9, 2025

I told you it wouldn't be long...

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 Minding my own business, reading the latest offering from The Krug--how things have changed about the way a gumshoe keeps up with the news ...

Well, it's been a while

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Not much has happened since January 16, 2020. A pandemic, a couple presidential elections—one good, one bad. I guess it's time to get Ja...
Thursday, January 16, 2020

Retirement will slow a fella down, even Jack D'Mestiere who's slow as a slug anyway...

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Ever since I went to part-time private-eying, me and Dolly-girl have been doing the rounds of movie parlours taking advantage of the fact th...
Monday, July 1, 2019

CONFAB

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I was lookin' in the really cold section of our Coldspot when my blower started buzzing in a way I had never felt before. "Good G...
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Sunday, June 2, 2019

Late Night Phone Call

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 Me and Dolly-girl had settled in to watch a coupla episodes of Deadwood ( © HBO )  'cause we needed something light and fluffy to ta...
Saturday, June 1, 2019

Getting Thinner By Getting Shorter

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"What in the name of Aunt Nicki's knee bends are you doin, Jack?" "I'm practicing walking in a half squat, Dolly-girl...
Friday, November 10, 2017

Dispatch from London: What kinda circus is this?

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Fiora D'Mestiere: Yawn. What's this? A note from Jack. "Headed out on a waddle to see the circus. I know you don't like t...
Sunday, November 5, 2017

Dispatch from Cymru: Help for a 2-Stepper

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Professor Javier Boleyn: Jackie-boy, I'm afraid you have passed 3 standard deviations from the mean of lapsed 2-Steppers. Jack D...
Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Dispatch from Youghal: Floating down memory lane

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“Dolly-girl, I’d like to head over to You-gal for a quick gape at something.” “It’s pronounced Y’all, Jack, like Dixie Devereaux ...
Saturday, October 28, 2017

Dispatch from Killimer: Adaptive expression of genetic traits

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"Jack, I'm old for me age, amn't I? I mean I got silver threads in me coppertop, and me clackers tain't what they used to w...
Sunday, October 22, 2017

Dispatch from Crossmolina: Cuairt chuig an tír dúchais

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Fiora: Here we are, Jack. Crossmolina, County Mayo, where my great-great grandfather was born! Jack: Hey, there's a brewery in ...
Friday, October 20, 2017

Dispatch from Bushmills, Northern Ireland: Where red sweaters come from

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Jack: Look Dolly-girl, sheep with red wool. I guess that's where red sweaters come from. Sure would take a lot of them critters to make ...
Thursday, October 19, 2017

Dispatch from Knowth

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Jack: these mounds are pretty cool, Dolly-girl. It must have taken quite the earth moving equipment to make them. Fiora: Jack, these are ...
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