This reading is from Attachment: A Novel of War and Peace. The video is six minutes and I made it in 2009. I can tell by the background. At the time, I was living in a cabin up in Poudre Canyon. I'm struck by my gravely voice. Then and Now I've been going through my old files … Continue reading ATTACHMENT: A Reading
Author: Mark Jabbour
Election 2016, is my fifth book. Like the others it deals with the intersection of politics and personality. This blog addresses the overall wellbeing of the personal and political. From a unique psychological, evolutionary, and personal perspective it combines history, geography, and fiction in an attempt to get close to reality.
Regarding Myers-Briggs I score as ESTJ, Thinking being the highest score. The type is labeled, Executive. All of that makes sense considering my life's history. But there have been problems. Due to the fact I'm a freedom-loving freak - for you as well as me. I'm no boss.
I love honesty & independence and hate sloth & pretension. But, suit yourself.
Regarding OCEAN, I score highest on Openness and lowest on Agreeableness - which agrees with Myers-Briggs.
My writing is experimental - meaning it is not formulaic, or, not for mass consumption. Warning: Read at your own risk.
OVERCAST: A Novel’s Mixed Media Event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3wjmQxrL4A Overcast is a novel I wrote and published in 2014. Above is a six and a half minute slide show I made depicting, mostly, the setting of the novel. Overcast: a novel's mixed media event is something I created after I'd published the novel. I did it for fun. Because I could. The novel tells … Continue reading OVERCAST: A Novel’s Mixed Media Event
Closer to Madness
"I know it's a pain," she wrote. "But every minute you spend on it, you're getting closer." Closer to what? I thought. Closer to Madness is an instrumental musical composition by Canadian guitarist Jesse Cook. He is an amazing musician whom I discovered when selling CD's out of my bookstore, twenty-five years ago. Or, did she … Continue reading Closer to Madness
Time Travel
It's Mother's Day, a long standing traditional celebratory day in America, and I thought a good day to do some time travel. To take a look back in my own, and Colorado's history. To look how far we've come. Or regressed - depending on your point of view. Which this short film I made (7 … Continue reading Time Travel
Is Football Doomed?
Is football doomed? Is the question posed by Chuck Klosterman in his new book Football (2025). His answer is yes, it is. By mid-century, despite it being the most popular pastime in America today. In fact, he says "Football is the clearest projection of how people in the United States think and of what those people value." … Continue reading Is Football Doomed?
Before You Die
"You're getting old, you know. And you should have one more adventure before you die," she said. "And find a woman and fall in love." Before I die, I thought. I'm not even close. I think I'm in love with you, rattled around in my addled brain. That was back in the summer of 2009, seventeen … Continue reading Before You Die
TALK: A Book Not For Everyone
TALK, is a book not for everyone. My take on Alison Brook Woods' book Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves (2025) is that it's an amazing book! The book is essentially equivalent to several years of therapy and psychoanalysis. Trust me on this. Because I've been talking with Psych-girl for … Continue reading TALK: A Book Not For Everyone
My hierarchy of needs
Loving Loveland
I am loving Loveland, my new home--my thirty-sixth. How this happened is an ugly story and one I won't get into.* Which brings up the oft expressed belief, Everything happens for a reason.* Of which I am not an adherent. That said, Loveland, I've discovered, is wild--as in a place that resembles how things used to … Continue reading Loving Loveland
The Infinite Jest: Now More Than Ever
Back in 2013, I think it was, I joined an online reading group to read Infinite Jest. David Foster Wallace's 1996 novel that blew the minds of readers and critics alike. It's still doing that! The Infinite Jest is now more than ever. Because I've been seeing YouTube videos from many BookTubers claiming the novel is … Continue reading The Infinite Jest: Now More Than Ever