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The Chronicle
Thoughts & Reflections
Afternoon in the Park
A veritable paradise of a park, teeming with bees, butterflies, dragonflies, squirrels, crows, geese, ducks, nutria and several solitary,...
Jack Hogan
Sep 5, 2024
Wonderlove
My focus is split between the massive rave on stage, taking in an absolutely mind-numbing bass-line that makes your brain shake, and this...
Jack Hogan
Sep 5, 2024
Motivation
Dan Ariely made an experiment where participants made Bionicle figures in exchange for money, with the payout decreasing each time. They...
Jack Hogan
Aug 30, 2024
Money Matters, by Kahneman
Bernoulli argued: an increase of $10 for someone whose wealth is $100, is the same as a gain of $20 for someone who has $200. That’s why...
Jack Hogan
Aug 22, 2024
Ordering Drinks
“Can I get a gin and tonic, in a tall glass?” “Gin and tonic?” He nods. He grabs a glass and starts to fiddle around behind the bar. “You...
Jack Hogan
Aug 15, 2024
Power of the Mind
I always lose games of chicken with bumble bees. I watch the incoming missile hook a quick left, swirling like it’s namesake, eye-level...
Jack Hogan
Apr 16, 2024
Playing With Fire
DJ Super Chicken compiles a mixtape of some of his favorite songs. Strung together using Audacity. https://soundcloud.com/ogsuperchicken/...
Jack Hogan
Mar 17, 2024
Blood Clot
Towards the end of the morning’s shower, the disco ball is swirling blue light upon the wall as the phone in the sink bowl plays music....
Jack Hogan
Mar 17, 2024
OAS Athlete Spotlight
https://oregonadaptivesports.org/athlete-spotlight-jack-hogan/
Jack Hogan
Jan 4, 2024
The Power of the Stickers
“Chicken stickers for all! Here, you can have one!” After passing them all out and returning to the asphalt path to listen to the group...
Jack Hogan
Dec 11, 2023

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Nov 24, 2023
Statistical Headlines
There are a lot of click bait articles with headlines that say things like “80% of Americans say…” but no one has ever asked me what my...
Jack Hogan
Nov 24, 2023

Wisdom out of Wallstreetbets
Money is credit for future tangible goods and experiences
Jack Hogan
Nov 2, 2023


West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta
Costumed characters race massive hollowed-out pumpkins across the pond in the Tualatin Commons. The fire department raced the police...
Jack Hogan
Oct 23, 2023

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Oct 19, 2023
Sept 22, 2022
A tall, young, slender, hunchbacked man walks around the corner of his super lifted F350 talking into his air pods, saying “…and he,...
Jack Hogan
Sep 22, 2022
Self-tour of Lewis and Clark College’s Campus
“Hi.” I say, rolling along the asphalt path in the campus quad. “How are you?” She wants to stop and talk. “Are you finding everything...
Jack Hogan
Sep 14, 2022
A Walk Around the Block
“She’s watching you, Jack,” mother shouts from down the street, already having walked past the driveway with the slender, black lab...
Jack Hogan
Aug 18, 2022
Sunny Summer Day at George Rogers Park
A pack of college freshmen home on summer break swagger loudly through the park. They’ve created an impenetrable clique. They toss a...
Jack Hogan
Aug 1, 2022
Observations in the Yard
Study even the smallest meadow and you can be endlessly entertained by the complex inter workings of the species that inhabit it; the...
Jack Hogan
May 11, 2022
Quote About the Senses
"We are primarily audiovisual and unaware of the world of taste or smell in which most of the other millions of species exist. We are...
Jack Hogan
May 9, 2022
Power of Placebos
To shift your expectations to your advantage you need to make yourself suggestible. One way to do this is through storytelling. Nothing...
Jack Hogan
Mar 16, 2022
“Young dude done paid young-dude dues, dude.”
Favorite line from What The Hook Gon Be by Nelly
Jack Hogan
Feb 17, 2022
Galaxy, Universe, and Neurons
There are more neurons in your brain than there are stars in the galaxy. People often mistake “universe” for “galaxy” in this statistic....
Jack Hogan
Feb 8, 2022
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